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Getting a job as an Instructional Designer

Learning Visions

Learn Some Tools Most employers these days want to hire IDs that know it all: instructional design and adult learning theory, graphics, script writing and authoring tools. Read the vendor blogs to learn tips and tricks for using those tools. It’s way too many hats to wear for most people, but it’s the reality.

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My Favorite E-Learning Resources

E-learning Uncovered

A couple of weeks ago, I was at ATD TechKnowledge in Las Vegas teaching their Articulate Storyline Certificate program. As with most classes we teach, we have some really good discussions, and I usually follow up with links to some of my favorite e-learning resources we talked about. Should I Lock Down Navigation in My Courses?

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | December 14, 2018

Mike Taylor

Learn more in my Speaking and Workshop Information Sheet. February 4-6 ATD TechKnowledge , West Palm Beach, FL. February 13-14 Learning Technologies , London, UK. March 24-26 : Learning Solutions , Orlando, FL. Looking for a previous edition? Check out the archives.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Connectivism: Week 1

Learning Visions

See Christy Tuckers musings on this topic: Does Learning Grow or is it Built? As I sift through this weeks reading assignments, Im trying to pick out how this learning theory effects my work as a creator (an instructional designer) of self-paced eLearning experiences for the corporate market. (As opposed to building it?)

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Another take on Cognitive Load Theory

Learning Visions

The TIPP learning theory showed me to be Traditional Personal with a visual preference (although I was also high on the auditory scale). 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Kineos August Rapid e-Learning Newsletter

Learning Visions

Dror is a cognitive scientist, who urges instructional designers to keep the focus on the learner rather than the learning materials and to design the learning experience to the human brain. Instead, we should learn about the actual mechanisms in the brain. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Do Instructional Design Degrees Get "Wasted"?

Learning Visions

The MBA is fine, but you have to have experience and education (formal, certification or informal) in learning theory and learning design. I see the MBA remark as a metaphor: in the corporate world, youre not a learning academic. This type of learning is not rewarded, and is somehow viewed as not valid.