• Imagineering Instructional Design: Insights Inspired by Disney World
    Oct 31 2024

    What can Disney World teach us about instructional design? Well, quite a bit! Here are some insights from the most magical place on earth.

    👉 Mentioned Links:

    • Transcript and blog post
    • WCAG
    • Dr. Nicole's New Course
    • New YouTube Video on SMEs

    👉 Recommendations:

    • 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

    • 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

    • 📙 My Book

    • 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

    • 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

    • ✍ Backwards Design Course

    • 👥 Join our Group

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    • Check out IDOL Courses Academy

    • Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

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    19 mins
  • What to Do When Your SME Ghosts You: 5 Strategies to Re-Engage
    Oct 16 2024

    Don't you just love when you're working on a project, and suddenly your SME ghosts you? You have no idea why or what happened, but what you do know for sure is that your project is dead in the water until you hear from them again. So, how do you reengage?

    In today's blog and podcast, I'll share five tips to help you get things back on track.

    👉 Mentioned Links:

    • Transcript and blog post

    👉 Recommendations:

    • 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

    • 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

    • 📙 My Book

    • 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

    • 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

    • ✍ Backwards Design Course

    • 👥 Join our Group

    👉 Connect with me:

    • 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

    • 🐦 Twitter

    • 👨‍💻 Blog

    🙌 Support the Channel!

    • Check out IDOL Courses Academy

    • Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

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    17 mins
  • AI’s Impact on Instructional Design and Podcasting (Google's NotebookLM)
    Sep 26 2024

    Google's NotebookLM can generate a podcast about your material in a matter of minutes. What does this kind of technology mean for instructional design, online learning, and higher education? On today's episode, you'll hear a sample of what an AI generated podcast sounds like and we'll break down the pros, cons, and things to mindful of in the future.

    👉 Mentioned Links:

    • Transcript and blog post
    • Notebook LM
    • Example of NotebookLM

    👉 Recommendations:

    • 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

    • 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

    • 📙 My Book

    • 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

    • 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

    • ✍ Backwards Design Course

    • 👥 Join our Group

    👉 Connect with me:

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    • 🐦 Twitter

    • 👨‍💻 Blog

    🙌 Support the Channel!

    • Check out IDOL Courses Academy

    • Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

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    39 mins
  • How to Recover When Your Project Becomes a Dumpster Fire
    Sep 13 2024

    Let's say your beloved project has become a total dumpster fire. What do you do? How do you handle this situation? On today's show, we will talk about steps to help you and to put out that fire.

    👉 Mentioned Links:

    • Transcript and blog post

    👉 Recommendations:

    • 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

    • 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

    • 📙 My Book

    • 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

    • 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

    • ✍ Backwards Design Course

    • 👥 Join our Group

    👉 Connect with me:

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    • 🐦 Twitter

    • 👨‍💻 Blog

    🙌 Support the Channel!

    • Check out IDOL Courses Academy

    • Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

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    15 mins
  • Real Instructional Design Cases Using GPTs
    Aug 30 2024

    What can you use a GPT for? Under the right circumstances, these can be fantastic to help you and your students. On today's episode, I'll share with you three real world cases for how I'm using custom GPTs.

    👉 Mentioned Links:

    • Transcript and blog post

    👉 Recommendations:

    • 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

    • 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

    • 📙 My Book

    • 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

    • 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

    • ✍ Backwards Design Course

    • 👥 Join our Group

    👉 Connect with me:

    • 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

    • 🐦 Twitter

    • 👨‍💻 Blog

    🙌 Support the Channel!

    • Check out IDOL Courses Academy

    • Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

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    28 mins
  • How to Get Promoted as an Instructional Designer
    Aug 15 2024

    Let’s say you’re an instructional designer and you’re trying to get promoted. How do you achieve this goal? Well, there are a few ways you can go about this, and on today’s podcast, I’ll share with you 10 tips on how to get promoted as an instructional designer.

    👉 Mentioned Links:

    • Transcript and blog post

    👉 Recommendations:

    • 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

    • 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

    • 📙 My Book

    • 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

    • 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

    • ✍ Backwards Design Course

    • 👥 Join our Group

    👉 Connect with me:

    • 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

    • 🐦 Twitter

    • 👨‍💻 Blog

    🙌 Support the Channel!

    • Check out IDOL Courses Academy

    • Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

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    18 mins
  • My Top 3 Instructional Design Pet Peeves
    Aug 1 2024

    There are certain types of phrases that can trigger an instructional designer. Learning styles, using “understand” in learning objectives, cognitive overload, last minute stakeholder changes, and more are enough to drive the best instructional designer crazy. Over the years, I’ve had to channel these grievances into more productive ways with sharing best practices. But even now, there are still some things that pop up where I shake my head and pray for divine intervention. So come commiserate with me as we talk about my top three instructional design pet peeves.

    👉 Mentioned Links:

    • Transcript and blog post

    👉 Recommendations:

    • 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

    • 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

    • 📙 My Book

    • 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

    • 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

    • ✍ Backwards Design Course

    • 👥 Join our Group

    👉 Connect with me:

    • 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

    • 🐦 Twitter

    • 👨‍💻 Blog

    🙌 Support the Channel!

    • Check out IDOL Courses Academy

    • Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

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    18 mins
  • 5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Next Learning Conference
    Jul 17 2024

    Are you planning on going to a learning conference soon? I just came back from D2L's Fusion and it was amazing. There were a few changes I made compared to my normal conference routine and it made a huge difference. On today's episode, you'll hear my top 5 tips on how to get the most out of your next conference.

    👉 Mentioned Links:

    • Transcript and blog post

    👉 Recommendations:

    • 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

    • 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

    • 📙 My Book

    • 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

    • 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

    • ✍ Backwards Design Course

    • 👥 Join our Group

    👉 Connect with me:

    • 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

    • 🐦 Twitter

    • 👨‍💻 Blog

    🙌 Support the Channel!

    • Check out IDOL Courses Academy

    • Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

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    14 mins