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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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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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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. Online learning has transformed how learning is imparted to the learners; it makes learning simpler, easier, and more effective than the traditional teaching method. To design the online learning content, need more creativity and expert mind. contact-form-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. billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical. billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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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. Since then, the world of learning has undergone a fascinating transformation. In the comments, share your thoughts about the future of instructional design!

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9 Key Reasons to Outsource eLearning Content Development to Instructional Designers

Wahoo Learning

Many organisations are now embracing eLearning as an efficient way to deliver effective and valuable training. This is where outsourcing eLearning content development to instructional designers can be beneficial. The issue here is the time, expertise, and resources needed to develop effective training materials.

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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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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

Accurately reporting the Return on Learning for an eLearning program is more complex than a traditional ROI calculation can convey. 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.

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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. In this webinar, you will learn: How different generations respond to varying styles of learning.

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From Surviving to Thriving: Returning to what science says about how we think, work, and learn

Speaker: Clark Quinn, Ph.D., Author and Executive Director of Quinnovation

The pandemic and associated upheavals of 2020 has led to both the need and opportunity to rethink how we think, work, and learn. Being forced to distance, we took emergency steps to build mechanisms that supported remote-learning, with an emphasis on elearning and virtual training.

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

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. It's likely a matter of cognitive science! Save your seat and register today!

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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

The answers to these questions lie in new scientific research on how online learning can actually alter the structure of the brain -- and these changes might be inhibiting learning, making your employees physically ill, and motivating them to run from you as fast as they can. Could we be harming our employees in the process?

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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.