Here are my reasons why I think you should invest the time to build your instructional design portfolio:

1. Career Transitioning.

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Published: February 13, 2020

Episode: 18

Guest: Nyla Spooner, Learning and Instructional  Designer

In this episode, I’ll be chatting with Nyla Spooner. Nyla is an instructional designer and eLearning developer for a giant multinational corporation. She shares her wisdom and advice for new instructional designers and she is on a mission to help 100 women of color in our field. This episode is what happens when two ID mentors get together. We chat, giggle, and teach!

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In this episode we discuss:

• Nyla's mentorship process
• Fundamentals of Instructional Design
• Define your Instructional Design Philosophy
• Nyla's favorite advice about pushing past your fears

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Published: September 3, 2019

Episode: 12

Learning Experience Design (LXD) with Matthew Daniel

Guest: Matthew J. Daniel

In this episode, I’ll be chatting with Matthew Daniel about learning experience design. If you’ve heard this term before, but you aren’t sure how it’s different from instructional design you’ll definitely want to learn from Matthew. We’ll talk about the differences between LXD and ID, the process of LXD, and practical actions you can take to implement these very important principles in your next or even first-course project.

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In this episode we discuss:

•  The difference between LXD and ID
• Why talking to your learners is so important at the beginning
• The LXD process
• How to write personas
• Mapping the learner's journey
• Actionable steps you can take to implement...