Published: May 28, 2019
Episode: 06
Guest: Christy Tucker, Syniad Learning
In this episode of Become an IDOL, I’ll be chatting with Christy Tucker about her experience transitioning from secondary education to instructional design and eLearning development. We’ll be sharing tips for switching careers and landing your first job even if you don’t have a degree or experience. You’ll also learn how Christy Tucker became a name brand in the field of instructional design.
Christy Tucker is a learning design consultant at Syniad Learning with over 15 years of experience helping people learn. She specializes in using scenario-based learning to engage audiences and promote the transfer of skills to real-world environments. She has created courses for clients including the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, Cisco, and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Christy has been blogging about instructional design and eLearning for...
Published: May 13, 2019
Episode: 05
Guest: Tommy Sealock, Net Cracker
In this episode of Become an IDOL, I’ll be chatting with Tommy Sealock about how his background in education proved to be a vital stepping stone into transitioning to Instructional Design.
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Published: April 29, 2019
Episode: 02
Guest: James Finder, Owner of Promethean Learning Experience Design
In this episode of Become an IDOL, I’ll be chatting with James Finder about his expertise in learning experience design and design thinking. You'll get an understanding of one of the hottest topics in the instructional design space. This episode is great for newbies who want to understand the fundamentals of design thinking and for veterans who want to get more ideas creating a better design for their learners.
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Published: April 15, 2019
Episode: 03
Guest: Melanie Eakin
VP of Performance Effective for Inside Sales, iHeart Media
In this episode of Become an IDOL, I’ll be chatting with Melanie Eakin about the stakeholder role in corporate training projects.
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Published: April 1, 2019
Episode: 02
Guests: Richard Fleming and Austin Welch, Co-Owners of Sage Media and Sage Academy
In this episode of Become an IDOL, I’ll be chatting with Richard Fleming and Austin Welch about their expertise in changing behaviors. You'll get a peek inside the minds of two guys who are serious about creating training that inspires real action in the learners. This episode is a treat for newbies who want to understand the fundamental purpose of training and for veterans who want to get more ideas about changing behaviors.
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Published: March 20, 2019
Episode: 01
Guest: Maddie Rotrand, Owner of NifteLearning
In this episode of Become an IDOL, I’ll be chatting with Maddie Rotrand about her experience transitioning from secondary education to instructional design and eLearning development. We’ll be sharing tips for switching careers and landing your first job.
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Sometimes when you're trying to land your first instructional design job or create a team for eLearning development you're not quite sure of all the roles and responsibilities.
This is a list for roles and responsibilities that need to be covered in an eLearning development project, but some of these roles only need a part-time employee or one person can be responsible for several roles at once. It all depends on the client, the budget, the team's skill set, and the requirement of the project.
To learn our brains have to process new information in our working memory. This is the place we store stuff until it can be converted into permanent long-term memory. When we are conscious we are only using our working memory until we retrieve long-term into working memory (short-term memory) where it is processed once again.
Therefore, course information must take place in working memory. When people are learning the gateway is the working memory zone.
The working memory zone has rules and regulations.
The rules above are true for both newbies and expert learners.
This means if one is given too much new material too quickly or in a disordered way, the working memory will glitch or overload. Cognitive overload!
Hence, learning will not and cannot occur if the main processor doesn't have enough...
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