Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2022

I recently had the pleasure of speaking in a webinar on instructional design careers and trends. We answered questions about both instructional design career pathways and where instructional design may be heading in the future. How did you get into instructional design?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 7, 2022

As instructional designers, LXDs, and other L&D professionals, I think it’s important for us to learn how to design more effective learning experiences. But, how do you learn about learning science, especially if you don’t have a graduate degree in instructional design? Clark Quinn.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

Do instructional designers and learning experience designers need to know how to use development tools, or should they focus just on analysis and design? What about people who only do development but no design; are they instructional designers? “ Core skills.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2020

I have been slowly working through my archives to do updates on those older posts while continuing to post new content. What does an instructional designer do? Over the years, many people have asked me what an instructional designer does and how to get into the field.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

If you’re not active in L&D Twitter, you might have missed the big debate recently about whether and how research is relevant to the work of instructional designers and corporate training professionals. Essentially, any time you do instructional writing (scripts, online text, instructions, etc.),

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 29, 2022

Move over March — it’s time to do our learning with a little sunshine peeking through the office curtains. PT: Mousify Your Instructional Design for MAGICal Results Writing training for Walt Disney Entertainment was fascinating: characters, parades, fireworks, leadership, finance, orientation and more.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 21, 2023

No, I think we can do better. This helps them understand what they are expected to learn and how their progress will be assessed. We want learners to understand what they’re expected to learn. We already have the learning objectives and used them for designing the training, so let’s use them again here.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Broadly, there are two different ways to move from another field into an instructional design career: the direct path and the indirect path. This is post #2 in a series about the instructional design. Read the first post, What does an instructional designer do? , for the introduction.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Instructional designers and training managers sometimes ask me, “How do I train SMEs to write better branching scenarios?” Instead, I think we as instructional designers and LXDs should interview the SMEs as part of our analysis, and then we should write it. What are the common mistakes people make?

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Are we losing the very essence of what makes training relatable and memorable? To be fair, a person can also do that, but it truly depends on what AI narration is replacing and the overall goal of your department. But at what expense? Other big uses include creating images and scripts for eLearning.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 12, 2019

If you’re hoping to move into a career in instructional design, chances are you need to learn some of the common technology. This is part 4 in a series about how to become an instructional designer. What tools are most requested? Check your job market to see what employers want. Authoring Tools.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Visual Design for Scenarios in Twine : Create a polished visual design for scenarios in Twine using enchant macros in Harlowe, following these step-by-step directions. These posts relate to elearning and instructional design more generally, rather than branching scenarios or Twine. What does an instructional designer do?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 8, 2021

I received a question from a classroom teacher who is hoping to make the career move to instructional design. Specifically, she wanted to know how to prepare for an interview and what instructional designer interview questions to expect. What questions might they ask? Any sage wisdom?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 25, 2023

How do you get paid what you’re worth as an instructional designer or elearning developer–especially as a woman? As an individual, I think getting paid what you’re worth starts by knowing the benchmarks and understanding what others are paid for similar roles.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

In reality, I don’t do very much to actively seek out clients; most of my freelance clients find me. Prospective clients need to see what kind of work you can do. Your portfolio is a way to tell your story about the work you do and the work you want to do in the future. It just does.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2019

This is the last installment of my series on instructional design careers. Previously, I’ve talked about the skills instructional designers need and how to get into the field of ID. In this post, I talk about determining if instructional design is a good “fit” as a career. Working Behind the Scenes.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 14, 2023

This post includes links on growth mindset, an AI tool for instructional design, branching scenarios, accessibility, and a magazine issue with elearning articles by multiple prominent authors. Growth mindset Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Does Developing a Growth Mindset Help Students Learn?

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Right now, it’s impossible to truly know how AI will affect instructional design in the future. The reality is that this technology is changing too quickly, and no one really knows what will happen. We need to do aanalysis, writing, working with SMEs, visual design, etc.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 30, 2023

What professional organizations are useful for instructional designers? This post is part of a series about instructional design careers. They are focused especially on elearning, but also instructional design, virtual training, emerging technology, and more.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

When you’re looking for an instructional design role, it’s important to find a good “fit.” ” A good fit means doing work you find satisfying, in an organization or with clients that value your contributions. Generalists do a little bit of everything. Generalist or specialist. Unicorn or comb.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The image above was generated in Midjourney, with text added in Affinity Designer. Research and practice Reflecting on Research and Practice How do we put research into practice in L&D? If you’re interested in AI images, be sure to try out the “ Real or Fake ” image quiz. This is about a fake detective agency.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This post includes links on story design, visual design and usability, tools, and templates. Story design. Rance Green summarizes the structure for instructional story design. Narrative design in video games. Ask yourself two questions: Q1: What concrete thing does my character want?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 8, 2022

This post includes links on insights for L&D, Twine, game design, graphic design, and quality assurance for elearning. This list is heavy on evidence-informed design. Does learning science play a role in our work, and, just how much of an impact does it have on our profession? Graphic design.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 14, 2019

Her post draws from How to Get Started Writing Branching Scenarios and What to Write First in Branching Scenarios. Instructional Design Careers in Spanish. Andrea Godoy at TicTacTep has recently translated several of my instructional design careers posts. is a translation of W hat does an instructional designer do?

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Here is the 5 steps DnD story framework I use to design stories for my e-learning modules : 1. Anson always writes one “Golden Ticket” ending where you get exactly what you want, and a few “Golden Ticket minus one” paths where you get almost everything, but not quite. Transitioning from education to instructional design.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 2, 2024

Prompting tips for working with AI What We Learned from a Year of Building with LLMs (Part I) A detailed article with lessons learned about working with LLMs like ChatGPT. Have small prompts that do one thing, and only one thing, well. You provide a prompt describing what you want the app to do, and it builds an app for you.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 13, 2021

In this post, I share links on instructional writing, identifying strengths, project management tools, design principles, and more. Instructional writing. We all probably know we should use easier to understand language in instructional writing, but this article provides more specifics on how to actually do that.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 5, 2019

As I read various sources online, I bookmark what I find useful. The links and resources in this post include using video to engage learners, estimating development time, JavaScript, xAPI, free images, storytelling, and learning experience design. Does Video Improve Engagement and Learning? tags: e-learning timeestimate.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This is post #3 in a series about how to become an instructional designer. I know many instructional designers were originally teachers or trainers who changed careers (just like I did). However, just like every other field, instructional design has its own set of jargon and specialized knowledge.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 16, 2022

The Freelance Designer’s Guide to Cold Emailing (with Templates) | Dribbble. Karl gives two examples of the types of mistakes that you could include: skipping a step in a process and deviation from the process (doing something incorrectly). Volunteer opportunity for new learning designers and instructional designers.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Many instructional designers, elearning developers, and LXDs manage multiple projects simultaneously. If I’m running on schedule, I’ll use this time to work on images, do revisions, or to just get ahead of schedule. So, if it’s not fancy or novel, why does this matter? What if you’re off track?

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

AI image and video tools and tips Here’s a Quick Course on Creating & Editing AI Illustrated Characters Tom Kuhlmann has been posting tips and what he’s learning while creating illustrated characters with Midjourney. Tools like Midjourney just aren’t ready to do that kind of consistency across a series of images yet.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 26, 2019

What are the prominent professional organizations for instructional designers? What are some differences in instructional design jobs? This post is part of a series about instructional design careers. I found one of my early instructional design jobs through their job board.

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Spark Your Interest

MAY 5, 2025

But what can you expect when you search for a training partner? one of North America’s top learning and development companies, with their head office on the west coast of Canada, I take a deep dive into what you should expect. More and more organizations are outsourcing their training to learning development companies.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 21, 2019

Front End Analysis: 9% Instructional Design: 13% Storyboarding: 11% Graphic Production: 12% Video Production: 6% Audio Production: 6% Authoring/Programming: 18% QA Testing: 6% Project Management: 6% SME/Stakeholder Reviews: 6% Pilot Test: 4% Other: 1%. Analysis, Design, and Storyboarding. Applying the Benchmarks. Development.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I present about branching scenarios, one common question is, “How do you collect feedback on branching scenarios?” What I really wanted was something similar to Articulate Review: a way to give my reviewers a link where they can review the branching scenario and give comments in a side panel.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 6, 2023

This post includes links on game design, branching scenario tools and templates, ChatGPT prompts for ID, AI tools, learning science, engagement, and the “magic email” for freelancers and consultants. When designing eLearning games using interactive stories, ask yourself the following six questions: What’s the point?

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