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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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ADDIE Model of Instructional Design

Continu

The simple answer is you use an instructional design model. An instructional design model is a tool or a framework to develop your training materials. With an instructional design model, employees can better understand why there is a training need and breaks down the process of designing training material into steps.

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Can Instructional Designers Effectively Work Remotely, and Should They?

IT Training Department Blog

This post is about instructional designers and whether they can effectively work remotely. Or is it more beneficial for instructional designers to stick to the conventional in-person approach? The role of instructional designers is critical in shaping effective learning experiences.

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Time Tracking Template for Instructional Design

Experiencing eLearning

As an instructional designer, I often need to estimate the time it will take to complete a project. I’ve been using versions of this spreadsheet for at least 10 years. Pivot table by ADDIE phase. The numbers in front of the ADDIE phases make them sort properly in the pivot table.). (The

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Free Resource for eLearning Designers

Mindflash

Over the last few years, we have seen software companies successfully adopt a freemium model that allows people to try software for free before they buy. Sometimes the free portion is in the form of a 30-day trial. In another form, you can use a limited version of a software service for free, indefinitely.

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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

Initially, I had planned on leaving the current version of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook as-is, and pen a totally separate book, focused on instructional design for eLearning. I first started thinking about writing a new book in the fall of 2019. What’s New in the Second Edition? Well, a lot, actually!

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What are Alpha, Beta, Gold Stages in eLearning Content Development?

Thinkdom

One such approach is the ADDIE model, which stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. The Alpha, Beta, and Gold stages, which fall under the Development stage of ADDIE, provide a structured pathway from the initial idea to the final eLearning course. The Alpha, Beta, and Gold stages are more than just steps.