Resources for Learning Instructional Design Skills
If you want to learn about instructional design and improve your skills, a number of books and free online resources are available.
Get Paid What You’re Worth: TLDC Recording
How do you get paid what you’re worth in the L&D field? It starts by knowing the benchmarks and factors affecting pay.
Learning Solutions Conference 2023 Recap
What did I learn at the Learning Solutions Conference 2023? Here’s my recap of the event with notes from every session I attended.
Pay Gap, Accessibility, Tools: ID Links 4/11/23
Curated links on the gender pay gap, accessibility for videos, useful tools, and creating branching scenarios.
Two Tips for Writing Dialogue (With Examples!)
Two tactics you can use to improve your dialogue writing are using contractions and showing rather than telling.
Getting Into Instructional Design
You can get into the field of instructional design two ways: the direct path (a masters degree or certificate) or the indirect path (changing careers from teaching or training).
Should We List the Learning Objectives?
Should we start elearning with a list of formal learning objectives? Probably not. Let’s review the research.
Growth Mindset, AI, and More: ID Links 3/14/23
Curated links on growth mindset, an AI tool for ID, branching scenarios, accessibility, and elearning articles by multiple authors.
Upcoming Livestream, Conference, and Webinars
Find out how to attend my upcoming livestream, Learning Solutions Conference session, and free webinars on branching scenarios.
What does an instructional designer do?
What does an instructional designer do? Here’s my definition of instructional design plus examples of common tasks.