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Is Instructional Design right for me?
Are you considering a career as a Corporate or Higher-Education Instructional Designer? Find out if instructional design is a profession that best compliments your future goals.
FREE eLearning AI Chatbot
This is a course blueprint wizard created by IDOL courses for IDOL Academy students and anyone interested in designing problem-centered instruction for adult learners. This bot is based on Merrill's First Principles of Instruction and Dr. Robin Sargent's book, The Do It Messy Approach. When you input your performance goal from your organization this bot will be able to generate a full course blueprint draft.
FREE Follow Along Lessons and Resources
Already own the Do it Messy Approach? Here are some free resources for your step-by-step guide to instructional design!
Roadmap to Become an IDOL
Explore abundant resources and valuable extras tailored for those aspiring to become instructional designers and eLearning developers.
FREE Instructional Design Course: Become an IDOL Challenge
The Become an IDOL Challenge is a FREE instructional design course created to help you learn key principles of instructional design in just seven days.
Goals and Vision Board Template
Our FREE Canva template will help you get on track with goal setting! With this template, you quickly visually represent your goals and objectives.
Land an Instructional Design Job: Masterclass
How to land your first corporate instructional design and online learning gig.
How to Become an Instructional Design & Online Learning Developer
These tips are for IDOLs who want to land their first job in instructional design and online learning. it is also an optin for the IDOL Academy pre-launch. Sign up and get this freebie!
FREE eLearning Storyboard Template
Free eLearning storyboard template by IDOL courses download.
A FREE Guide for Working with Stakeholders
Download this free checklist to use when working with stakeholders in an ID & online learning project.
Feedback Planning and Calibrating Worksheets
To help you develop the mindset needed to receive and implement feedback effectively, use these worksheets. You can also read the accompanying blog article here: www.idolcourses.com/blog/feedback
Become an IDOL | Facebook Group
This group is for everyone who wants to become an instructional designer or online learning developer. It is also for those exploring their career options in the instructional design field. Come be apart of our community!
Become an IDOL | Podcast
Welcome to the Become an IDOL Podcast. This is the place where newbies come to learn and veterans come to share their knowledge.
Learner Experience Design Resources
Don't miss out on this all inclusive LXD package. Templates, persona worksheets, links, videos, book recommendations and more!
IDOL courses YouTube Channel
IDOL is the trade school for instructional design and online learning that serves clients while developing the next generation of creative learning designers. Subscribe to our YouTube for new educational uploads!
7 Instructional Design Models You Need to Know
This presentation deck cuts through the clutter of models and delivers the most important ones you need to know in an instructional design interview and role. Find the associated training on the IDOL courses YouTube channel.
ID Basics: How to Design a Course for Your Portfolio
Many who want to transition into corporate instructional design roles feel intimidated by the course creation process if they have never done it before. There is so much information about instructional design out there that the basic recipe is lost in all the seasonings! Dr. Robin Sargent shares the fundamental way to wipe away all the clutter so you can get started today.
Lesson Strategy: Course Planner
We've stripped down all the theory and the fluff to show you just how easy it can be to design a lesson for your course in this Lesson Strategy Planner. It's a simple way to start using backward design.
The IDOL Blog
Instructional design and online learning content, thoughts, tutorials, and all things related. Posts written by IDOL Academy Members.
IDOL courses on TikTok
Get an better look on Dr. Robin Sargent's humor and ID insights. This is content you can't find anywhere else!
Learn from Our eLearning Freelancer Mistakes
Free training for instructional design and eLearning developers who are freelancing in the industry. Learn from three successful freelancers' mistakes.
IDOL courses Project Cost Calculator
Estimate instructional design project timelines and costs with this calculator.
Zero to Hero in the IDOL World
We need to develope the people who spend so much time developing others. Why don't we train trainers? Because we push professional development rather than create conditions for it. By the end of this presentation, you'll be able to identify the mindset and conditions that need to be in place so your or your people can level-up their skills in instructional design and online learning.