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Professional Organizations for Instructional Designers

Experiencing eLearning

What professional organizations are useful for instructional designers? This post is part of a series about instructional design careers. The Learning Guild, ATD, TLDC, Training Magazine Network, and LDA all provide both free and paid resources for instructional designers and other learning and development professionals.

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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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What does an instructional designer do?

Paradiso Solutions

Instructional Designer on the eLearning Hemisphere. This is where the instructional designer’s role comes into play. So, who is an instructional designer? what does an instructional designer do? Let’s dive deep into this topic and discuss more on instructional design essentials in this blog. contact-form-7].

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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. Some might think that with all this rapid change, instructional design itself might be fading into the background. So, I thought it was high time for an update!

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Everyone Wins! How Games Can Improve Learning Outcomes Across Multiple Generations

Speaker: Stephen Baer, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Game Agency

More and more instructional designers are asking what games they should use to increase the effectiveness of their training and to engage their target audience. Because games provide a fun, motivational, and risk-free medium to compete, collaborate, and conquer.

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Instructional Designers in Virtual and Hybrid Learning

InSync Training

The Importance of Specialized Skills for Instructional Designers in Virtual Learning Environments In the rapidly changing landscape of training, instructional designers stand as the architects of success in virtual and hybrid learning environments.

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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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Leveraging Training to Go Beyond with Sales Enablement

Speaker: Matthew Hawk, VP of Instructional Design and Training Delivery, Synchrony

As many companies begin to consider or implement sales enablement technologies, one question keeps popping up: what should your training content strategy look like? Core principles and guidelines to follow when creating your sales training. Some simple tips and tools that any size company can use to craft eLearning.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

This session, featuring industry visionary Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape, explores practical ways for educators and instructional designers to impart these essential tactics onto students and trainees through manageable tweaks to curriculum, assessment, and technology.

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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. billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical. billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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How to Fix the 10 Biggest Mistakes in Gamification

Speaker: Stephen Baer - Chief Creative Officer, The Game Agency (a division of ELB Learning)

According to instructional designers interviewed by The Game Agency, some errors are very common when implementing gamified learning. Don't miss how to make your training stick!

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Designing For Engagement: Revive Your L&D Strategy with Gamification, VR, and More

Speaker: Stephen Baer - Chief Creative Officer, ELB Learning & Luke Talbot - Chief Product Officer, Userlane

With the emergence of AI-enabled coaching and teaching platforms, companies are being inundated with new training modalities that promise a bright future for eLearning. Tips for virtual instruction engagement. How to design efficient eLearning training programs to prevent employee frustration and disengagement.

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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. billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical. billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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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

Measuring how effectively the learners apply the content, as well as the overall impact of training on the business and its culture, requires precise planning and a variety of tools.