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Should You Create Free eLearning Samples?

Experiencing eLearning

Some employers ask prospective hires to create free elearning samples before being hired. However, in some limited circumstances, creating free elearning samples make sense. The problems with free samples. ” I’ve done short paid projects like this as a sample. Should you ever do free work? Less than 1 hour.

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Game Design, ChatGPT Prompts: ID Links 6/6/23

Experiencing eLearning

This post includes links on game design, branching scenario tools and templates, ChatGPT prompts for ID, AI tools, learning science, engagement, and the “magic email” for freelancers and consultants. When designing eLearning games using interactive stories, ask yourself the following six questions: What’s the point?

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Instructional Design Portfolio Resources

Experiencing eLearning

Everyone working in instructional design, learning experience design, or elearning should have a portfolio. My post on 30+ ideas for portfolio samples can give you some inspiration if you need to create new artifacts. This post on building an instructional design portfolio includes what to include and additional tips.

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Instructional Design Research, Tools, & More: ID Links 8/10/21

Experiencing eLearning

This post includes links on instructional design research and principles, productivity, video, animation, visual design, an elearning example, and my article on scenario-based learning for TD Magazine. Instructional design research and principles. Instructional design job listings. Spaced learning. Improving productivity.

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My Top Blog Posts of 2022

Experiencing eLearning

How Research Informs My Work : How research informs my work as an instructional designer, in writing, designing, and justifying my decisions. This was a follow-up post from a Twitter debate about whether and how research is relevant to the work of instructional designers and corporate training professionals.

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Instructional Design Certificate or Masters Degree

Experiencing eLearning

A certificate program that provides opportunities to gain practical experience, creating realistic samples that could be used in a portfolio would be preferred to a theory-only masters program. If the program doesn’t explicitly help you assemble a portfolio, creating course samples is important. Available Programs.

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Visual Design for Scenarios in Twine

Experiencing eLearning

With some work on the visual design, you can use Twine to create branching scenarios for end users without migrating the content to another tool for final development. I wrote the entire scenario before working on the visual design. Other visual design variations. Default style. Page settings: Gradient background and text.

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