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Instructional Design Experience Before Your First Job

Experiencing eLearning

One of the recurring questions I hear from those trying to start their instructional design careers is “How do you get experience in the field so you can get your first ID job?&#. One common recommendation is look for volunteer work to get some experience before getting your first job.

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Professional Organizations for Instructional Designers

Experiencing eLearning

A number of job seekers and transitioning teachers have asked about professional organizations to help people gain skills and network. In fact, I found one of my early instructional design jobs through the Learning Guild job board. For example, I live blogged one of Ray Jimenez’s webinars back in 2010.

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Organizational Change Management Cited – Again – as Key.

Dashe & Thomson

Organizational change management, as usual, is right near the top of the list: A major contributor to the importance of change management stems from the impact on workers’ job roles, and the degree to which those changes can affect their careers. That impact likely includes process changes that may affect employees in a variety of ways.

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Learning Technologies 2010 – Day 2 Recap

Upside Learning

After having a great first day at the Learning Technologies 2010 I was looking forward to an exciting second day. Some bits of what Josh shared in his presentation are available in this complimentary report titled Predictions for Corporate Learning and Training Management 2010 (registration required).

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery. Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes.

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You've Been Furloughed from your L&D Job. Now What?

Caveo Learning

Degree in Adult Education from Bellevue University, and has held the CPTD (formerly the CPLP) certification from ATD since 2010. Leonard Cochran is a Regional Learning Manager for Hilton. Leonard holds a B.S.

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Teacher to Instructional Designer Interview Questions

Experiencing eLearning

Talking about how much you love working with students is a great thing if you’re interviewing for a teaching job. When you’re interviewing for an ID job where you’ll be behind the scenes and may never talk to a student, it isn’t so helpful. She was a good ID, just not the right fit for that particular job.