Teacher to Instructional Designer Interview Questions
If you’re a teacher transitioning your career, what can you expect for instructional designer interview questions?
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First Steps on My Instructional Design Journey
My experience designing curriculum for a high school music appreciation pilot course helped me eventually become an instructional designer.
Questions about Instructional Design Careers
Last month, a reader named Jackie asked me a number of thoughtful questions about transitioning from teaching K-12 public school to instructional design. She graciously agreed to let me publish some of her questions and my answers here, since I thought others might be in similar positions and share these questions. I have altered a
Revisiting Learning Styles
As part of David Kelly’s Learning Styles Awareness Day, I’m revisiting the idea of learning styles. I admit that when I was taught learning styles in my education program, I didn’t question it. It made intuitive sense, and I’d never heard a real criticism of the theory. When I started digging into the research though,
Two Free Online Conferences
This morning I learned about two free online conferences, one focused on educational technology in K-12 schools, one more focused on corporate learning. The first is the FETC Virtual Conference and Expo on October 22. I haven’t attended this conference before, but it looks interesting and the price is right. This is geared mostly for
TCC09: Creating a Culture of Learning
Full Title: Creating a Culture of Learning – Modeling a Vision for Technology Use in an Online Environment to Impact the Use of Technology in the K-12 System Liveblogged notes from the TCC online conference. My notes in italics. Summary: “This session will share ideas of how to create a culture of learning in an
Multimedia Projects with xtranormal
A few weeks ago, Dave Ferguson shared Anne Derryberry’s interactive storyboard created with xtranormal. Dave was looking at this as a tool for instructional designers to create storyboards with more pop, but I’ve been thinking about this tool as a way for students to create content. One of the courses I’m currently working on is
Fear of Virtual High Schools
A reader sent this question to me today: I was wondering if you read Clayton Christensen’s prediction that by 2019, nearly 50 percent of high school courses will be taught online. What exactly did the author mean by this? Did he mean that by this particular date that nearly 50 percent of high school students
Leading by Example
The Learning Circuits Big Question this month is about learning professionals, leadership, and literacies. Tony breaks it down as several questions, but the Learning Revolutionary summed all the questions up nicely: Should learning professionals be leading the charge around new work literacies such as social media and informal learning? Because I’m outside the corporate world,