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Instructional Design Portfolio Resources

Experiencing eLearning

Everyone working in instructional design, learning experience design, or elearning should have a portfolio. Why do you need a portfolio? If you’re wondering why you need a portfolio , read Tom Kuhlmann’s explanation. Christopher Pappas provides another 7 reasons you need a portfolio , if you need more motivate.

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How to be a world-class educational technologist

Clark Quinn

But I want to respond helpfully, and it’s one of those things that happen enough that I have this canned response: If you want a bootstrap, working volunteer for a not-for-profit (NFP) foundation is a good step if you can. As to skills, make sure you know the major authoring tools, e.g. Lectora, Captivate, and/or Storyline.

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6 Tips for Transitioning Teachers: A TLDC Event Recap

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Asking yourself these questions can help ensure that you don’t invest time and money preparing yourself for the wrong career. Use them in your resume, cover letter, and portfolio. In her session, Alison Sollars presented resume and portfolio tips to help transitioning teachers show their skills.

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An eLearning Guide to Summer Fun

Trivantis

For our latest Lectora® development contest in the Trivantis® Community, we combined our two favorite things. These community contests are a great way to work on your Lectora development skills and produce content for your portfolio. Plus, seeing what other Lectora users create for the contests is always inspiring!

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Getting a job as an Instructional Designer

Learning Visions

Here are three ideas I have to help you break into the field: Strut Your Stuff You’ve got to show what you know. You have to provide some proof of your capabilities and at the very least be able to point to a really kick ass portfolio of design treatments or even courses you’ve built (or collaborated on with someone else).

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The Best of eLearning in August 2016

Trivantis

Based on original content by Joe Ganci of eLearningJoe, this free eBook is a helpful resource on how to avoid common eLearning mistakes before they happen. The Learnnovators team recently interviewed “the Father of Lectora®,” John Blackmon, our Chief Technology Officer. Authoring Tools and Lectora Online Q&A.

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Design Learning Experiences – Not Instructional Presentations

Origin Learning

Word to PowerPoint to Epic Editor, Lectora, and the all-powerful Storyline; the entire ecosystem has evolved to make eLearning innovative and interesting. Over the years we have steadily built an enviable portfolio of clients for whom we have created result-driven, engaging, and effective eLearning content.