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Remote Instructional Design Jobs

Experiencing eLearning

Instructional design jobs were often done remotely before the pandemic. Now that most of us are staying home, even more opportunities for remote instructional design and elearning work are available. As an independent consultant, I have worked from home full time since 2011. eLearning companies. My experience.

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Here’s How I Became a Full-Time Freelance eLearning Designer

Tim Slade

Earlier this year, I shared with you that I made the transition into becoming a full-time freelance eLearning designer. Unfortunately, I think one of the biggest misconceptions folks have about freelancing is that you just decide one day to quit your full-time job and start a business. I Established My Brand. I Found My Niche.

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Looking Back at 2023, Looking Ahead to 2024

Experiencing eLearning

In addition to the traffic directly on my blog, this post was one of my most popular ones on LinkedIn: over 20,000 impressions, 280 reactions, and 70 comments. Should we start elearning with a list of formal learning objectives? Most ID jobs won’t disappear, but the field will change as AI augments our work. Probably not.

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How Freelance Clients Find Me

Experiencing eLearning

An online portfolio is a requirement if you’re freelancing or consulting. Since I started this blog as a free WordPress site years before I decided to become a consultant, I didn’t think about the domain as a business need at the time. I once got a major project as a result of a question I answered in a LinkedIn group.

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Is an eLearning Consultant Right For Your Business?

Academy of Mine

Is Hiring an eLearning Consultant The Right Move For Your Growing Online Teaching Business? If your business model is significantly focused on training, teaching, and sharing knowledge with people over the internet, you might wonder if hiring an eLearning consultant is worth your hard-earned dollars.

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Is an eLearning Consultant Right For Your Business?

Academy of Mine

Selling your hard-earned knowledge online has become a viable way of making money in recent years, thanks partially to the rise in popularity of eLearning sites like Skillshare, Udemy, and Masterclass, as well as the rise in prevalence of online corporate compliance training and work-from-home instruction (thanks partially to COVID-19).

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Consulting Isn’t My Backup Plan

Experiencing eLearning

For example, I received a message on LinkedIn from a recruiter we’ll call “B.” I replied that while I’m not looking for full-time work, I’d potentially be available for consulting if he had a problem I could solve. Many consultants are like me. He replied with this message.