The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 11, 2011

I’m happy to announce that Instructional Design Guru , my new reference and performance support app for instructional designers, is now available for the iPhone. The inspiration for this occurred one day when I was writing a design document and needed a verb for a learning objective from Bloom’s taxonomy.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 30, 2009 Do Instructional Design Degrees Get "Wasted"? In my recent post Instructional Design - Whats in a Name? Is the degreed-ID the department manager and not doing any actual design work?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 3, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. I like the analogy Michele Martin uses: instructional design as cooking. Which is critical in both cooking and instructional design. Back to Instructional Design as a Spectrum. Even a rat.

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CourseArc

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Conducting a needs analysis of your audience is an important part of every instructional design process. Producing the educational outcome that your target audience wants is every instructional designer’s ultimate goal. your stakeholders and clients may lose confidence in you as an ISD professional.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, June 08, 2007 Instructional Designers Tools Theres been a good conversation going on over at Christy Tuckers Experiencing E-Learning blog about instructional design. I dont do any graphic design.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, March 23, 2009 eLearning Network Instructional Designers Survey As Instructional Designers, it appears were a wide-ranging lot. use authoring tools (55%) do graphic design (41%) do testing (55%) [me too!]

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, August 20, 2007 Getting Started in Instructional Design Many readers find their way to this blog because they are interested in learning more about instructional design. Im a writer and a schmoozer.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Interviews on Instructional Design Last night, Dr. John Curry interviewed me for his Introduction to Instructional Design class. Curry said. Take the Survey!

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CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2017

.” They follow rules, theories, or laws governing the objectives they espouse, and they measure the outcomes of their efforts against those objectives. Instructional designers are guided by these same types of parameters when ensuring their courses meet specific learning objectives. C = Conditions.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, June 15, 2007 ADDIE: Its a Process This is probably an argument made in any Instructional Design 101 class; I dont think Im saying anything new here. There are many instructional design models.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Instructional Design Central (IDC) is an online portal dedicated towards providing professionals, researchers, and students with instructional design (or instructional technology) resources and community collaboration.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 3, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, January 03, 2008 Instructional Designers with Degrees: Survey Update Over 50 instructional designers have now responded to the survey: Do You Have a Degree in ID? And 73% of us dont. Whats your take?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Salaries for Instructional Designers Are you wondering if your salary is up to snuff? Want to figure out what you might make if you were to enter the illustrious world of instructional design?

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, November 05, 2007 Instructional Design Inspiration As I mentioned last week , Im in the midst of designing my first custom eLearning course in quite awhile. I also like William Hortons "e-learning by design".

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, February 26, 2008 InVision Learning: Seeking an Instructional Designer Were seeking a full-time Instructional Designer to join our growing company here in Westborough, Massachusetts. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, June 09, 2009 I Say Instructional Designer, You Say Tomah-toe As you may know, I struggle with describing what I do. Instructional Designer? Whats that?" Shes my mom and thats her job.) Kia ora e Cammy!

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. As of today, 86 instructional designers have responded to the survey: Do You Have a Degree in ID? As of today, 86 instructional designers have responded to the survey: Do You Have a Degree in ID?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, February 08, 2008 Instructional Designer as Consultant? With the rise of rapid eLearning tools and the ease with which virtually anyone can now create a course, whats changing for the instructional designer?

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, October 22, 2007 Instructional Design Stress I have to confess that although I call myself an instructional designer, its been quite awhile since Ive done anything like that. Wish me luck!

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Who Gets to Be Called an Instructional Designer? A teacher makes a leap into a new field and gets a job as an "instructional designer". Are they instructional designers?

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Instructional Designers = Liberal Artists I recently posted a survey, asking instructional designers to tell us about their educational background and ID training. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, April 26, 2007 Memoirs of an "Instructional Designer" I dont have a masters degree in instructional design or education. I have never taken a course in adult learning theory. And yet here I am.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Describing What You Do: Instructional Design Youre at a playground and you start talking to the mom sitting on the bench next to you. Me: Im an instructional designer. What do you say?

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, September 28, 2009 What’s the Difference: Learning Designer vs. Instructional Designer? In my last job, I was the Manager of Instructional Design. Now I’m the VP of Learning Design.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Learning Visions Im Cammy Bean and this is my little corner of the world where I talk about instructional design and topics somewhat related to eLearning. I talk about some of the tools I use.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 8 people have advanced degrees in instructional design (25%). 8 people have advanced degrees in instructional design (25%). Weve now got 32 responses. Weve now got 32 responses. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, September 11, 2008 Instructional Designers with ID Degrees? As of today, 166 instructional designers have responded to the survey: Do You Have a Degree in ID? Survey Results. And 66% of us dont.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 19, 2009 Instructional Design: Whats in a name? I stumbled across this on a writers blog today: "Officially, I’m now an Instructional Designer. Some folks are curriculum designers.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 11, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, April 11, 2008 Instructional Designers Poll: Market Sector and Advanced Degrees My original survey on Instructional Designers and Advanced Degrees had some holes in it. Please take the latest poll!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 10, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, April 10, 2008 Instructional Designers with Formal Training: Survey Update As of today, over 119 responses to the ongoing survey Instructional Designers: Do You Have An Advanced Degree?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, January 08, 2008 Instructional Design and Market Sector Differences The field of instructional design is vast and varied. about 30% of respondents have graduate degrees in instructional design.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, November 02, 2007 Instructional Designers: Do You Have a Degree in ID? In the UK, according to Clive, virtually no one has a degree in Instructional Design. Come on, guys!) Perhaps thats where I belong.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, February 04, 2008 The Big Question: Instructional Design as a Spectrum The Learning Circuits Big Question this month: Instructional Design - If, When and How Much? Were all still instructional designers.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Confessions of an Instructional Designer I failed Will Thalheimers Learning Research Quiz. How can I even call myself an instructional designer? I was mortified. It was a hard quiz.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Instructional Design: Wheres Your Center? As the course designer, youre not encouraged or even allowed access to actual learners to get an understanding yourself. Whos Your Master?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Some design tidbits: Another colleague, Cliff Atkinson, who wrote Beyond Bullet Points , suggests taking most of your bullets off the slides entirely. Its the instructional design you lay on top of these tools that matters.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Another take on Cognitive Load Theory The authors of the Eide Neurolearning Blog weigh in on recent research and articles on cognitive load (including the death of Powerpoint that have been talked about here ).

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