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Lessons on Instructional Design from…my Dog

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By Carly Yuenger, Senior Instructional Designer. For the last two-and-a-half years, I’ve been the primary trainer to my dog, but for some reason, my mind has kept this task separate from my daylighting work as an instructional designer.

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Pokémon Go: 3 Lessons for Instructional Designers

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By Edm ond Manning , Senior Instructional Strategist. Surely you’ve heard the news stories. Pokémon Go players lured to robberies or stepping blindly into traffic. On Facebook, I read a friend’s post describing how her car was rear-ended at a stoplight. Yes, the driver was playing Pokémon Go.

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Four Instructional Design Lessons Inspired by the Lord of the Rings

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By Kody Jackson, MA, Instructional Writer Intern. Instructional design is a lot like The Lord of the Rings. This isn’t the most obvious of comparisons, I’ll admit. Everyone in Middle Earth, after all, rides around on horses. We certainly don’t get to do that here at Allen Interactions.at

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e-Learning Lessons From the Holiday Cookie Exchange

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Some of us will inevitably face the annual Holiday Cookie Exchange. Some of us will anticipate it with delight; others with fear and trepidation. Sadly, that statement might equally apply to how students approach e-learning.

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The Great e-Learning Bake Off: Lessons From the Holiday Cookie Exchange 

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By Ethan Edwards , Chief Instructional Strategist/ @ethanaedwards. As the year winds down, I find myself preparing for the annual rituals that embrace traditions and mark the progress of time. So naturally, my thoughts turn to the Annual Allen Interactions Holiday Webinar.

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5 Lessons for Designing Engaging e-Learning Interactions from Project Runway

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By Ethan Edwards , Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanedwards. While I am firmly convinced that sketching is far and away the best method for coming up with ideas for new engaging interactions, the tradition of detailed storyboarding as the design tool of choice for instruction is so deeply entrenched in our field.

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Inside the Walls of Allen Interactions: Three Lessons about e-Learning from Working in a Dream Job

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By Mindy Waltz-Bach, Instructional Designer. It has been one year since I landed in the Mendota Heights, Minnesota office as an Instructional Designer for Allen Interactions. It has been a fun ride so far. Even Dr.