Working From Home during the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing how people work. I have some tips based on my experiences of working from home and sharing a home office with my husband.
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Elearning Trends for 2018
At the end of last year, Bryan Jones from eLearningArt reached out to me for my predictions on the top 3 eLearning trends for 2018. He then took the responses from me and 56 other experts and put together a summary video of the top trends here and an article of the top eLearning trends
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Instructional Design Isn't Dying. It's Evolving.
Instructional design is not dead or dying. That’s clickbait. Instructional design isn’t dying; it’s evolving.
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Tapping At My Cubicle (With Apologies to Poe)
Several years ago, I collected several e-learning horror stories for a now-inactive group blog. I took a bit of artistic license with this, but this is based on a true story shared by Jeff Goldman. Jeff’s was by far the best (or worst!) story people shared with me, and I’m grateful that he inspired me
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Learning Experience Design: A Better Title Than Instructional Design?
Connie Malamed proposed the title “Learning Experience Design” or “LX Design” to replace the name “instructional design.” This name change has several advantages, but changing it in the field would be challenging.
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Debunker Club Works to Dispel the Corrupted Cone of Learning
A new group called The Debunker Club is working to dispel myths and misinformation in the learning field. From their website: The Debunker Club is an experiment in professional responsibility. Anyone who’s interested may join as long as they agree to the following: I would like to see less misinformation in the learning field. I
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Tips for Starting to Freelance
In August, I quit my job as a long-term contractor at Cisco to officially make the leap to freelancing. I did some side projects earlier in the year, but not enough to replace my full-time income. I want to share my experiences and tips from these first three months as an independent contractor for anyone
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The New Learning Architect
These are my live blogged notes from Clive Shepard’s presentation titled The New Learning Architect, part of the eLearning Guild’s Thought Leaders Webinar Series. Clive’s book of the same title is available for purchase if you have a Kindle (which I don’t, so I haven’t read the book). (Update 10/16/11: Clive pointed out in the
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Getting Started as a Freelance Instructional Designer
If you are starting out as a freelance instructional designer or consultant, what do you need to know and do? I am currently exploring my options for freelance work. I know many of you out there have made the leap from regular employee to consultant. I’m interested in any words of wisdom you might have.
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