Back when I wrote my instructional design careers series in 2007, I was only aware of a few blogs by instructional designers. Since then, I’ve discovered a wealth of blogs by instructional designers, e-learning developers, and workplace learning specialists. Design for Learning is written by Natalie Laderas-Kilkenny, a former coworker of mine who blogs on education and technology. In the Middle of the Curve is one of the first blogs I linked to, back in January 2007. The Usable Learning Blog is written by instructional design consultant Julie Dirksen. MORE >>

That’s not to say that I think the importance we give to informal learning is wrong, far from it. There is plenty of “seems to fit” evidence for 70/20/10, ranging in quality from anecdotal blog posts to studies like the one conducted by the Education Development Center (EDC), often quoted as the basis of most “70%” work. The EDC research is often cited as providing the corroborating evidence for suggesting that 70% of workplace learning is informal in nature, but it makes no reference to the 20% or 10% part of the model. Jay Cross on Informal Learning: [link]. MORE >>

We follow a whole lot of blog – most of them focused on the learning, workplace learning, eLearning, and learning technology domain. We have learnt a lot from these blogs and thank all those blog writers for their invaluable insights on various topics. Here is a list of top 47 blogs (in alphabetical order) that Upside Learning team follows. Bersin & Associates : Blogs. eLearning Blog // Don’t Waste Your Time…. eLearning Curve Blog. Informal Learning Blog. Internet Time Blog. D Blog. The Bamboo Project Blog. MORE >>

Formal information overload > email & intranets are being ignored. Micro-blogging is starting to become a very effective way in which organizations can mitigate some of the aforementioned points. personally don’t care what tool, application or technology is being used to drive enterprise-wide micro-blogging, but it must be secure and ideally it’s behind the firewall. Of course, if you already utilize platforms such as Confluence , Jive , SharePoint , IBM Lotus , Salesforce.com  amongst others, there are built-in micro-blogging or status update features. MORE >>

Don’t let your instructional design get carried away by the amount of information that you get from your Subject Matter Expert; constantly review your work at all stages and ensure that it contributes to and tests the desired behavioural change throughout. To find out more,  read my blog post  and look out for our upcoming Advance article about implementing RCTs in your organisation. This article was originally published on eLNinsights. As an early Christmas gift, our instructional designers have gathered together some of our favourite tips for L&D people like you! MORE >>