- “Learn Better” – Ulrich Boser
- “Confessions of a Public Speaker” – Scott Berkun
Category Archives: Instructional Design
Instructional Design and eLearning Portfolio Ideas
- Google Maps Platform projects:
- Choosing your APIs
- Securing your API keys
- Setting up a VM for development using Google Cloud Free Tier (public version)
- Smaller Google Cloud portfolio projects:
- How to use Google Cloud Text-to-Speech to generate eLearning voiceovers (use this as the subject of the TM “Research” speech? nah)
- Distinguished Club Program infographic (static first, then dynamic)
- Toastmasters Pathways projects for Job Seekers – “Make Connections Through Networking (3)”; “Prepare for an Interview (3)”; “Building a Social Media Presence (4)”
- Marketing Yourself on LinkedIn
- Leadership in Toastmasters – “the MF ManiFesto (develop in online guest speeches at clubs on the way to DTM)”; “why we gotta keep getting more members?”; “The SMART Distinguished Club Program – it’s development for you”; “20 or Plus 5” (keynote-length speech for PM5)
- eLearning for Toastmasters Club Coaches / Club Mentors / Club Sponsors
- eLearning for Toastmasters club meeting roles – Toastmaster, General Evaluator, Evaluator, Grammarian, Timer
- Blended learning Toastmasters Club Officer Training (able to be delivered by Area Directors)
- Adaptive testing project – ???
- Losing Weight – “‘Diet’ means ‘way of life'”; “Your Hybrid Powerplant (old TM speech)”; “What does ‘fat-burning zone’ mean on exercise bikes?”; “What is Max Heart Rate, exactly?”; “calculating Basal Metabolic Rate (history of BMR calculations)”; “is metabolic advantage a thing?”; “Muscle burns HOW MANY calories?”; “can you exercise yourself thin?”;
- Visual Guide to Git
- Job aids using PowerShell GUI or Electron / Ionic apps
Links for Instructional Designers
- Why Instructional Designers Need to Use LinkedIn to Build Their Network
- Cathy Moore’s Action Mapping blog
- Twine – open-source HTML editor to design interactive stories (i.e., branching scenarios per Cathy Moore) (has timed interactions – could use to hint spelling for language learning?)
- Devlin Peck blog:
- Is Instructional Design Right For You? (1 hour talk, and wanders somewhat)
- How to Become an Instructional Designer in 2021
- Creating an Instructional Design Portfolio
- Examples: Devlin Peck portfolio
- Cath Ellis portfolio
- Troy Ashman
- Joe Stubenrauch
- Laura Strombergsson (Devlin’s video review of portfolio) (attended Devlin’s Portfolio Bootcamp)
- Amanda Nguyen
- Aleksandra Drobik (attended Devlin’s Portfolio Bootcamp)
- Kassie Calvo (attended Devlin’s Portfolio Bootcamp)
- Links from one Facebook Become an IDOL post:
Skills for corporate Instructional Designers
I’m thinking about changing careers to Instructional Design / Development. As part of my thought process, I wondered what the currently preferred software package is, so I asked a question in the Instructional Design group on Facebook.
One response included a set of skills that corporate IDs should know – I wanted to save that set here:
- consulting
- storyboarding
- adult learning theory
- analysis methods
- engagement
- evaluation methods
- graphic design
- LMS knowledge
I’m sure I’ll find more in the future.