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eLearning Book Review: The Accidental Instructional Designer

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Instructional designers and eLearning managers can learn something from Cammy Bean’s book. Here’s a question for the eLearning managers out there: How many members of your instructional design team got involved in the field by accident?

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Instructional Design Post-SCORM

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Kicking off the 2017 eLearning Thought Leaders Series will be Megan Torrance from TorranceLearning on, “xAPI for Instructional Designers.” Torrance has years of experience in business consulting and project management which she now funnels into instructional design and development. xAPI will change all of that.

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eLearning in the Age of Automation

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As instructional designers, it’ll be up to us to design effective curricula that will help our learners gain the skills they need to succeed in their new jobs. That’s where eLearning comes in. Don’t avoid the conversation about automation.

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2017: The Year of User Interface Design

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When I was tasked with identifying and elaborating on an instructional design trend for 2017, I did what most people do when they have no ideas: I asked Google. On top of being an instructional designer, now I also have to be an expert in UI? Are you an instructional designer? Many of the articles listed user interface design.

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What Digital eLearning Trends will Emerge at the Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase 2014?

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It is hosted by the Chicago chapters of the ASTD, ISPI, and STC, and at the Showcase speakers will explore cutting-edge advancements in instructional design, development tools, mobile learning, virtual classrooms, and other areas of the industry that continue to evolve in the digital world. Getting to Wow! appeared first on Web Courseworks.

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Why Visual Design IS NOT Graphic Design

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However, there will be a definite emphasis on visual design from an instructional designer’s viewpoint. When talking about why visual design is important for instructional designers to learn, Malamed explained, “most people in our field have not been trained on visual design.” Visual Design Principles.

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How Is xAPI Being Used in the eLearning Community?

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Although it has been updated since then with the release of SCORM 2004, some instructional designers argue that SCORM is outdated and that a new set of standards need to be set in place. Many instructional designers believe that xAPI will be the next generation of SCORM. Enter xAPI (otherwise known as Experience API or Tin Can.)

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