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What does an instructional designer do?

Paradiso Solutions

Instructional Designer on the eLearning Hemisphere. Online learning has transformed how learning is imparted to the learners; it makes learning simpler, easier, and more effective than the traditional teaching method. This is where the instructional designer’s role comes into play. So, who is an instructional designer?

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Bit by the Instructional Design Bug: A Conversation with Connie Malamed

TalentLMS

In the realm of workplace learning, L&D and Instructional Design work together like a lock and key. And Instructional Design shapes learning experiences that unlock new skills. Yet, instructional design often gets boxed into eLearning development—as if it’s only about churning out online courses.

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Instructional Design: Still Kicking! 

Learning Rebels

Instructional Design is NOT dead! Back in 2017, I wrote a post about the importance of instructional design and its power to create impactful learning experiences. New technologies are constantly popping up, learner expectations are constantly evolving, and standard practices are being redefined. But fear not.

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How Gamification Helps Learners Achieve Flow

LearnDash

This research has helped us better understand what flow is and how to achieve it. When applied to learning, flow can engage learners for longer, reduce learning fatigue, and improve the overall learning experience. Learners should never be left wondering what they are supposed to do next. Orient learners through badges.

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How to Create Engaging eLearning Through Visual Design

Speaker: Tim Slade, Speaker, Author, Award-Winning Freelance eLearning Designer

The effectiveness of any eLearning course is only as good as its instructional design. But can instructional design alone make an eLearning course engaging and effective? The truth is, good eLearning design is more than just instructional design.

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Intrinsic and Instructional Feedback in Learning Scenarios

Experiencing eLearning

They started out fine: they provided some sort of realistic context and asked learners to make a decision. Instead of just saying correct or incorrect, use a combination of intrinsic and instructional feedback for more effective scenario-based learning. Instructional feedback. Scenarios can also use instructional feedback.

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Why is the ADDIE model important, and why instructional designers follow it?

Clarity Consultants

First and foremost, the ADDIE model provides a structured approach to instructional design. Analysis During the Analysis stage, instructional designers gather information about the learners, the learning environment, and the learning goals to identify the needs and requirements of the learning experience.

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Stop Thinking Like an Instructional Designer, Start Thinking Like a Game Designer

Speaker: Karl Kapp, Professor of Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University

Instructional designers tend to think content first and action second. As a result, most games are engaging, intriguing, and immersive, while instructional content tends to be boring and perfunctory. Simply changing your mindset from instructional designer to game designer will help you to create engaging and effective instruction.

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How Healthy is Your Learning Program? Protect the Physical and Mental Health of Your Learners With These Insights From Neuroscience

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer of Learningtogo, LLC

In the past year and a half, many organizations have had to pivot their instruction infrastructure, seeking to keep learning alive by embracing online and virtual approaches. How intelligence automation might be the key to providing a truly personalized learning experience that re-energizes your learners, your business, and YOU.

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Return on Learning from Every Angle: ROI and the Triple Bottom Line of Learning

Speaker: Lonna Jobson, Instructional Design Team Lead, Inno-Versity, and Miriam Taylor, Chief Learning Strategist, Inno-Versity

To get a full picture that goes beyond financial gains, you need to incorporate the perspectives of the Triple Bottom Line of Learning (TBLL) and what is important to each party involved: the C-suite, the learning team, and the learners. Learn about these topics (and more!): Data collecting for the TBLL Report. Evaluating in five levels.

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Authentic eLearning Localization: Challenges and Best Practices

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward (and sometimes disastrous) learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to ensure optimal results. People prefer to learn in their native language, so localizing eLearning helps truly engage learners and gives them that much-needed sense of inclusion. and over 6.7

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. People prefer to learn in their native language, so localizing eLearning helps engage learners and gives them that much-needed sense of inclusion.

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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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Developing a Results Driven Curriculum

This ebook outlines 5 critical steps to develop learning solutions that will help you achieve the most ambitious objectives. A well-designed learning curriculum develops and nurtures skills needed to achieve organizational and business goals with the most effective and engaging set of experiences.