The show about the instructional design journey.
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Discussion and exploration of the day to day work of an instructional designer. What problems are we facing, what challenges do we see coming up, what even is this job?!?
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Grab your favorite brew (ours is coffee ☕) and sit down with Paul Schneider and Chris Van Wingerden from dominKnow. Together they unpack the real-world headaches L&D pros face — managing learning content creation, operations, and proving business value. Expect lively chats with guest experts and practical tips you can plug straight into your learning strategies or development workflows. Whether you’re a veteran L&D leader or a brand-new instructional designer, tune in for strategic, technolo ...
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Need help navigating the “career” part of being a NEW Instructional Designer or E-Learning Developer? I’m Nyla, a mid-career Instructional designer and I’ve created the podcast to help new instructional designers find their footing. Because doing it on your own can seem daunting at first. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nylalxd/support
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Visual Design for Learning Performance and Accessibility
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45:36What if better visual design could simultaneously boost learning outcomes and meet accessibility requirements? Visual design expert Connie Malamed, author of "Visual Design Solutions," reveals how strategic visual choices enhance learning for everyone — then shows how to make those same visuals accessible without compromising effectiveness. We'll e…
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Fix the Meeting: Frameworks for High-Performance L&D Teams
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55:18Let's be honest — L&D teams are drowning in meetings that feel like productivity black holes. But what if those same meetings could become your secret weapon for driving real business results? Communication expert Mike Simmons has figured out how to transform meetings from time-wasting rituals into strategic performance engines, and joins our IDIOD…
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The Great Training Transformation: Adapt or Become Irrelevant
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49:55The future of workplace training is arriving faster than anyone predicted, and Donald H Taylor has a shocking forecast: traditional training courses have just 2-5 years left before they become extinct. Drawing from his latest Global Sentiment Survey and decades of L&D expertise, Donald will reveal how personalization, coaching/simulation and learne…
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Make Learners Want It: Marketing 101 for L&D Rebels
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48:42L&D’s relevance crisis is here — and hope isn’t a strategy. Marketing expert Ashley Hinchcliffe flips the script on traditional learning functions with the People Impact Loop™, a bold framework to transform L&D from content factories to business-critical enablers. Discover why learner-centric buzzwords fall short, how to design initiatives employee…
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Immersive by Design: Making Mixed Reality Part of the Blend
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52:09Immersive tech isn't just cool. It's useful. And more importantly, it fits right into the blended learning you're already building. In this IDIODC session, Destery Hildenbrand, a Learning Technology Consultant and Immersive Technology Evangelist, will walk you through integrating mixed reality, such as AR and MR, into your learning experiences. We'…
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The Quality Stack: Building Fail-Safes into L&D Pipelines
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46:52How do you move beyond endless checklists to bake quality into every layer of learning design? In this actionable conversation, Hadiya Nuriddin tackles this challenge head-on, drawing from her Quality Management in Learning and Development playbook and frontline experience. We’ll explore why “quality theater” fails, how to align standards with orga…
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The Performance Paradox: Solving L&D’s $100 Billion Waste Problem
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44:29Danielle Wallace, Chief Learning Strategist at Beyond the Sky, merges decades of corporate marketing expertise with cutting-edge L&D innovation to tackle the crisis of ineffective training. In this episode, she dismantles why traditional content-heavy approaches fail to drive real-world performance, revealing how AI-powered role-plays, immersive sc…
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Neuroscience and AI: Enhancing Learning and Performance
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57:38Join us for a captivating conversation with Margie Meacham, famously known as "The Brain Lady," a pioneer in applying AI to learning and talent development since 2013. Drawing from her hands-on experience developing educational chatbots, Margie will take us on a journey through the powerful intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. …
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Creating Accessible and Inclusive Learning Experiences, By the Book
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51:24Training content can only help create true change if it can help everyone in your organization. There is a whole range of reasons and circumstances why learners might find content inaccessible or exclusive, and it can seem very daunting to try and solve accessibility and inclusivity for all possibilities. In this session of IDIODC, we’re talking wi…
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Beyond Vanity Metrics: Driving Growth with Learner Engagement
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42:07L&D teams face mounting pressure to prove engagement isn’t just a vanity metric. Join Becky Willis, learning strategist and co-founder of Tractus Learning, as she reveals how to transform engagement from abstract concept to measurable business driver. Discover practical frameworks for connecting learning maturity to engagement strategies, including…
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The Accessibility Edge: How Benchmarking Fuels Inclusive Learning Success with Susi Miller
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50:27Tune in as 2025 LPI Learning Professional of the Year Susi Miller reveals how inaccessible learning content creates significant organizational risks, including compliance violations, talent exclusion, and reputational damage. Through her groundbreaking eLa1000 Accessibility Assessment initiative, Susi demonstrates how organizations that prioritize …
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xAPI in 2025: Growing Pains and Future Gains with Megan Torrance
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50:24It's been almost 12 years since Experience API (xAPI) version 1.0 was released, and it’s still experiencing some growing pains. With so much potential yet still waiting to take the world by storm (or by SCORM?), xAPI seems much like many other Tweens. The fabulous Megan Torrance joins us for this episode of IDIODC to discuss where xAPI stands in 20…
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Must-Steal Marketing Strategies for Your L&D Toolkit with Bianca Baumann
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44:45The goal of any L&D department is to influence and change behavior. And guess what? That’s the same goal of the marketing department. Marketers are great at grabbing attention and convincing people to carry out an action, and many of the strategies and tools they use can also help L&D teams improve the success of training programs. Tune in for a gr…
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Getting Real-World L&D Benefits from Artificial Intelligence with Tim Handley
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53:58Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in the spotlight these days, and many L&D teams are exploring the role it can play in their development processes—and even in the learning content itself. The team at Welbee began incorporating AI into its dominKnow | ONE courses a year ago. Welbee provides courses and learning content focused on school staff well-be…
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Top eLearning Challenges in 2025 - Obstacles or Opportunities?
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44:00It’s time to dust off our trusty coffee mugs and get back on the mic! Instructional Designers In Office Drinking Coffee (IDIODC) is back, and we have a lot to discuss. In our first session this year, we’ll cover the top eLearning industry challenges in 2025 – some are new and trendy, while others are legacy and persistent. How can we tackle these c…
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Episode 11 - Student Engagement in Online Spaces
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46:35Today we're talking with Dr. Brittany Dillman, the Director of the MAET and MALXD Graduate Certificate Programs. She is discussing how to engage students in online environments, using her experience in MSU Educational Technology and Learning Experience Design programs. If you would like to know more about the programs by following the links below. …
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Episode 10 - Incoporating Student Feedback with Candace Robertson
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58:42Today we have Candace Robertson from Michigan State University's College of Education. She is the Assistant Director for Student Experience and Outreach for the Master of Arts in Educational Technology and Master of Arts in Learning Experience Design. She talks with us about how she incorporates student feedback into the design of her courses and p…
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Your favorite instructional design podcast hosts are finally back! Listen in as Clea, Rachel, and Steve talk about the things in instructional design they wish people were "fooling" about...but which are often far too real. (The co-hosts all have day jobs, so forgive them for being a month too late for an "April Fools"-themed episode).…
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Episode 8 - Falling in Love with Instructional Design with Dr. Katrina Wehr
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56:53Hello Everyone! In keeping with February's general vibe, we are talking about what made us fall in love with Instructional Design (Though some of us may have changed our status to "It's Complicated). We also interview Dr. Katrina Wehr about her experience in the field, how she thinks it should change and what she would still like to do in her caree…
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Episode 7 - Culturally Responsive Teaching with Courtney Plotts
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47:09Episode Transcript Courtney Plotts Website Neuroculture Website Neuroculture App: Forthcomingעל ידי SSOITD
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Episode 6 - Learning Experience Design with Karen Costa
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35:59In this episode, your host Clea interviews her good friend Karen Costa: adjunct faculty, writer, and faculty development facilitator. Listen in as we explore Karen's shift from traditional Instructional Design to Learning Experience Design (LXD), emphasizing the pivotal role of empathy in crafting impactful learning environments. Tune in to gain va…
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Episode 5 - Let's Fix Instructional Design Interviews with Holly Owens
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32:16In this episode, Clea chats with corporate Instructional Designer Holly Owens about what brought her to the field, what keeps her here, and what she (really, really) wants to see us doing better as a field – the interview process! Be sure to grab Holly’s Curated ID Resources and follow her journey in a few key places: LinkedIn, The Professional Jou…
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Episode 4 - Instructional Design in the Wild
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39:31Today we're talking about the weird way Instructional Design (and may all jobs) wraps your brain and makes you see every interaction as an opportunity for learning. From Spider-Man to Starbucks, everything is a learning experience.על ידי SSOITD
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Episode 3 - Preparing for an ID Job
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47:19Hey everyone! It's a brand new episode of the show! This time we're discussing appling for and preparing for a new job in Instructional Design. Everyone on the show has recently started a new job, so we have some recent experience on the topic. We still only stratched the surface, so be on the look out for a follow up. Let us know what you think an…
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Solve Knowledge and Learning Issues with Organization Enablement with Mike Simmons
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47:48We've all heard of Sales Enablement roles. But why is it that only sales teams get special attention enabling them to do their jobs better? Shouldn't we be enabling the entire organization? One might argue that traditional onboarding and training has that responsibility. But it's not quite the same. Enabling all departments to be successful and pro…
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Debunking Myths About Creating Accessible Learning Content with Diane Elkins
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43:59Have you asked yourself lately why you don't put a stronger focus on accessibility when creating eLearning content? Oh c'mon, you know you've made excuses why you "can't" do it. We all have at one time or another in our careers. I include myself in that. Here are just a few I'm sure you've used: "Yea, but nobody in our organization has a disability…
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Episode 2 - Looking at ID Fads and Designing Down Under
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1:17:40Hey there everyone! In this episode, we talk about fads in Instructional Design...those supposed disruptive technologies that are going to bring ruin to education as we know it! But do they? Like, remember MOOCs? Also, we interview Learning Designer Kate Mitchell! She's smart, she's cool, she's Australian! Kate shares these resources with us....the…
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Improving Training Videos Using Neuroscience with Patti Shank
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46:30Just because you have the skills to shoot and edit a video doesn't mean it's instructionally sound. This is why some videos are easier to learn from than others. And why that learning sticks. Watching video is a passive experience and therefore you might think there isn't much more to it than just making it more entertaining. Yea, you'd be wrong. D…
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Using AI to Supercharge Training Team Productivity with Myra Roldan
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45:19AI is the hottest topic in L&D since Learning2.0. It's even hotter than Virtual Reality. Why? Because it's something everyone can use and doesn't require additional hardware expenses. And more importantly, when used creatively, AI apps can supercharge your individual productivity. But if you're a manager/director of an L&D or Training department, y…
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Navigating the NonProfit Learning Ecosystem with Nancy Bacon
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45:35Nonprofit organizations need training too. Just like the for-profit enterprise, a nonprofit has learning needs. Some of that learning is unique to the nonprofit world. And just like SMBs and large enterprises, nonprofits come in all sizes. And as these organizations scale up, so do their training needs. If you're an L&D professional you may have co…
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The 10 Principles of an Adaptive Learning Organization with Mike Hruska
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43:44Artificial Intelligence is the hottest thing since the internet. And it's the fastest growing, and fastest changing technology in human history. The businesses that survive will be those that can quickly adapt and incorporate these changes with minimal business disruption. Learning and Development will play a critical role in the future of this aug…
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Episode 1 - Ruminations on ChatGPT and Land Seals
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1:05:34Hello Everyone, We DID IT! Episode 1 is finally here. I know it may not seem like a long time for you since we just released episode 0, but let me tell you, it was a while for us. On this month's episode we are discussing out first impressions of Chat GPT, and generative AI, in general. We also have an interview with Instructional Designer, Dr. Nat…
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Our intrepid podcasters discuss what they are hoping the podcast will be and why they are bothering to make it in the first place. We look at what is missing in Instructional Design and Learning and Development podcasts, who we are and what we want this show to be.על ידי Nick Noel
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Becoming an Accidental Instructional Designer with Cammy Bean
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46:13Oops! I tripped on a lego, and got back up as an accidental instructional designer. HA! Okay, maybe not that type of accident. But there aren't that many of us that grew up always wanting to be an ID. The reality of our workforce is that we're the island of misfit corporate professionals, and former school teachers. This is also the story of today'…
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The Realities and Future of Modern Learning Ecosystems with Craig Weiss
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40:32Is your company, or department, growing and needing to upgrade the training systems you've outgrown? Or maybe you're just curious about the future of your career in L&D or corporate training? Perhaps you just like to stay informed about the training industry for other reasons. Digital technology has been changing our industry for over 50 years. Kee…
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Powering Performance with Formal/Informal Learning at the 5 Moments of Need with Bob Mosher
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44:56The 5 Moments of Need exist in every department of every enterprise, and requires a strong and efficient learning ecosystem. Both formal and informal learning solutions support each of the moments in different ways. When you need to learn NEW stuff or MORE stuff, those are the first 2 moments of need and probably the most obvious. But there is also…
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Top Tips for Online Presenting with Kirsten Rourke
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43:12As your career progresses you will be asked to be a speaker, or deliver a presentation, more and more. And it doesn't matter if you enjoy it or not, your thoughts and ideas will need to be communicated to others if you expect to succeed in your career. Working from home, virtual meetings and training sessions, have become the norm. Just because you…
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How L&D Can Become a Trusted Business Advisor with Jess Almlie
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39:35Learning and Development leaders and their teams support many different stakeholders. But all of these stakeholders play an important role in the success of each enterprise. If our job is to help them improve their performance than we must learn to become better advisors to those lines of business. Jess Almlie joins us to talk about becoming a trus…
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eLearning Research Surprises that May Surprise You with Jane Bozarth
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47:01Industry research is an important part of advancing our profession. Did you know that, sometimes, researchers discover interesting trends that don't make the final edit of a report? Obviously, if it was industry changing findings it wouldn't hit the cutting room floor. But even the stuff you never read about can very interesting and helpful in your…
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Data Literacy for Learning Leaders with Zsolt Oláh
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43:29Data literacy is not something traditionally taught to training teams, but leveraging data for decision-making is critical in today's workplace. But just counting butts-in-seats doesn't cut it. It's necessary to interpret the business data you are expecting to impact with your training solutions. But that's often easier said than done. Especially i…
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How to Create Accessible Learning Content Supporting DEI with Susi Miller
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45:44When you hear about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, how often do you associate them with accessibility? Probably not immediately, right? But when you see it, your brain says "of course"! Accessibility conversations are often discussed as a separate initiative, when in reality, creating accessible learning content is exactly what DEI p…
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Beyond Gamification: What Worked, What Didn't, and What's Next with Karl Kapp
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45:10Are you tired of hearing the term "gamification"? Do you even hear it that much any more? Was it just a trend that has finally passed? These are all questions for the master of games for learning, Karl Kapp. He's a regular contributor to IDIODC and we want to know what happened... and what's next. Dr. Kapp is well a well-known professor at Bloomsbu…
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Facilitation in Action for Instructional Designers with Nikki O’Keeffe & Darryl Wyles
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46:55Facilitation is about mastering how to deliver an engaging learning experience, all in the effort of improving workplace performance. Instructional designers work hard to do the same. But often times lack facilitation skills or the nuanced understanding of facilitating a learning experience. Let's connect these valuable skillsets and improve traini…
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Stories that Stick: Using Hollywood Methods to Supercharge Training with Jim Piechocki
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45:36Telling stories is a tried and true method for helping people learn. You've probably studied the traditional story arc, and the hero's journey, but have you ever tried the Sabido Method? Have you heard about it? Yea, I haven't either. The Sabido Method has a few steps in the process: Formative Research Policy Framework The Values Grid Writing and P…
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Digital Design Tips and Tricks for eLearning with Mark Lassoff
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45:54Colors, fonts, images, shapes, white space, and so much more. Our work as instructional designers requires a significant understanding of digital visual design. Even if you're "just an instructional designer" and hand your work over to a "developer", there are still many basics of digital design that make us all better at the work we do. As we've l…
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How AI Impacts Learning and Development Departments with Mark Oehlert
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42:49Artificial Intelligence is the hot topic for 2023. Useful applications seem to be popping up daily, and existing platforms, like Canva and Microsoft, are creating new "magic" features within their existing apps. Do these news apps and new feature sets make our jobs easier? Some might argue they will someday make our jobs obsolete. The only thing we…
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Successful Blended Learning Methods with Michelle Parry-Slater
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42:29Before technology we had 1 method of instruction: Classroom based learning with student/teacher guides. But as technology and the internet began to grow the world gained many new options. Sadly, this initially led to thoughts of learning solutions that would replace the classroom and the instructor. Today, we've all, finally, accepted the fact that…
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Instructional Design Best Practices for Supporting Multiple Languages with Mark Sheppard
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41:18In today's global economy instructional designers are increasingly needing to create learning solutions that meet the needs of many cultures communicating in different languages. For decades the answer was simply mandated within large companies requiring all employees anywhere in the world to understand English. Problem solved? Not so much. Thankfu…
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Make Learning Come to Life Using Readable Videos with Lee LeFever
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45:47Who remembers seeing their first CommonCraft video? I remember seeing RSS in Plain English back in the day and thinking, "Wow, this guy if FANTASTIC!" That particular video is now considered a classic, and low budget, compared to today's Explainer Videos. But the cool thing is that it STILL works. It takes a relatively complex topic and explains it…
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Section 508 Accessibility and TTV5 for eLearning with Jenny Wincek
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44:36Do you know if your eLearning is accessible? If no, why not? As an instructional designer it's your responsibility to make sure your eLearning projects are accessible for all possible learners. And hey, you eLearning developers! This is your responsibility as well. Even if it is not mandated within your industry, it's the right thing to do. Jenny W…
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