#IDIODC Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee

Creating alternative learning solutions is often the best instructional design choice. But it's rarely what internal stakeholders, customers, clients, ask from you. Trends in performance support like the 5 Moments of Need have been leading the way in alternative learning solutions and yet, a large portion of practitioners still need to create courses.Jeni Johnson published a short LinkedIn post to highlight part one of her project with an Animal Rescue organization. I was impressed with her enthusiasm to take on ALL the roles for the project. This is very common in our industry and many are hesitant to spend time perfecting their graphic design, writing, editing, photography, and video skills. But it's a perfect opportunity to learn new software as well as take some chances with alternative learning solutions.Here is the link to her original Linkedin post:https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jenijohnsoniowa_instructionaldesign-traininganddevelopment-activity-6764645053999702017-np9oPlease join us for this amazing show'n'tell episode with a true renaissance woman.Jeni is a Senior Instructional Designer with over 15 years of experience with training, instructional design, and eLearning development.She has taught and designed curriculum in the United States, Germany, Thailand, and Costa Rica and has worked in the public, private and government sectors. In addition to Instructional Design, she has a background in graphic design and media creation. Jeni has a passion for understanding how people learn and creating enriching training experiences. Her love of knowledge began with her first trip to the public library at six years old.Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag:Brent: @BSchlenkerChris: @Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC  Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

As a corporate training professional it's important to know your learners and understand their work, context, and needs. Yea duh, right?Maybe, but did anyone ever teach you how to do that when your audience numbers are in the hundreds, thousands, or maybe tens of thousands? Maybe someone showed you early in your career, or maybe you've come from a marketing background or environment.  If so, you've probably heard about User Personas.Marketers have been using personas for decades to draw a picture of an ideal buyer in order to push the right content at the right time. Instructional designers can use this same approach to create eLearning that is more appropriate for that specific audience.Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag:Bianca: @BiancaBaumannBrent: @BSchlenkerChris: @Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Jumping into xAPI for the first time can seem daunting. Almost as daunting as learning to become an eLearning game designer. As luck would have it, we've found an eLearning game designer who recently took the plunge into the wonderful world of xAPI and used his knowledge of game design and blend the two as a learning opportunity. Jeffrey Riley is one of the hundreds of xAPI cohort attendees who decided to no longer lurk and learn, but to jump in with both feet and learn about xAPI by creating a project that connected with his love of game design. He learned all about the xAPI standard, and how to write statements without knowing any code at all. And going through the process he learned more about how to use an LRS and connect it to his LMS. And learning about the data analysis was an added bonus.Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag:Brent: @BSchlenkerChris: @Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Storytelling is one way to facilitate connections for learners. But how do you find stories and how do you use them to support learning? And how do you use them in your eLearning?Storytelling has been an increasingly popular topic over the years and we're excited to bring this conversation to the IDIODC community. Hadiya is a master at this process and we know it will help improve your instructional design.Join us and engage with the chat room. It's a great way to learn and you might even leave with a good story to tell :)Hadiya Nuriddin is the owner of Duets Learning. She has nearly 20 years' experience in learning and development. She specializes in instructional design and development for both corporate and academic environments. She has extensive experience in designing, developing, and delivering both technical and professional development courses. She also designs and develops eLearning courses. Hadiya is the author of the book StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect. Hadiya has an MEd in curriculum design, an MA in writing, and a BA in English. She holds the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP). Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag: Hadiya: @HadiyaNuriddinBrent: @BSchlenkerChris: @Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC  Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Do you often wonder if training is even necessary? Are you tired of being a department of order takers? What if there was a magic question you could ask stakeholders when they request training that could convince them that training is not the answer?Actually, there's 20 questions you should ask. And our guest in this episode wrote the book on it. Jeff Kortenbosch has been a successful Learning professional for over 2 decades and has put these questions to the test. And they work.And if you're wondering why anyone would want to turn away work then you better join us and find out. Just taking on every training request that comes in is not a good strategy for success... for you OR the business. You want to be working on the training solutions with the most business impact, and not just every request that lands in the inbox.Join us for lively conversation. And don't forget your coffee. Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag: Jeff: @jeffkortenbosch Brent: @BSchlenkerChris: @Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Organizations often treat learning as an event rather than a process. As an industry we know that eLearning, videos, and instructor-led training are only the beginning. To be effective, we need ways to support our workforce over time, building competence through multiple approaches.We'll explore how email can be used effectively for spaced learning and performance support. Learn pro tips for designing in this format, and see a variety of real-use cases. As we explore the possibilities of email as a learning experience platform, you'll learn practical ways to implement this approach in your own organization.Here's a few topics we will likely cover:Practical application of email courses in workplace learningExamples of effective email coursesBest practices in design of email coursesCommon pitfalls of using email to support learning and performance Sarah Mercier, CEO at Learning Ninjas, specializes in innovative learning technology and strategic implementation of learning solutions. Sarah is the founder of meLearning Solutions and a national facilitator for the Association for Talent Development’s Master E-Learning Instructional Designer. Her innovative learning solutions have been recognized by winning industry awards, such as Best of Show at FocusOn Learning DemoFest for xAPI for Interactive eBooks, and Best Performance Support Solution at DevLearn DemoFest for Critical Success Factors training and assessment tool. Sarah is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and business events in the areas of instructional strategy, learning technology strategy, and learning solution design and development. Her work has been published in ATD’s 2020 Trends in Learning Technology, The Book of Road-Tested Activities, TD Magazine, Learning Solutions Magazine, CLO Magazine, and a variety of other training and workforce publications. Connect with her via Twitter @sarahmerci or LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/sarahcmercier.Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag:Sarah: @sarahmerci Brent: @BSchlenker Chris: @Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Everyone has read at least one of Dr. Merrill's books and has had their instructional design practice shaped by him in one way or another. If you can't join us but are desperate to know the First Principles of Instruction. Well, here they are:Learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving real-world problemsLearning is promoted when existing knowledge [and skill] is activated as a foundation for new knowledge [and skill]Learning is promoted when new knowledge is demonstrated to the learnerLearning is promoted when new knowledge is applied by the learnerLearning is promoted when new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s worldOf course we'll dive into each one in more detail.M. David Merrill is professor emeritus at Utah State University. He is available to lecture, provide a workshop, or consult on effective instruction. Click to contact him.Dr. Merrill has been engaged in the study of effective, efficient and engaging instruction for more than 50 years since he finished his PhD program at the University of Illinois in 1964.He was honored with the AECT Distinguished Service Award 2001 for advancing the field of Instructional Technology through Scholarship, Teaching and Leadership.  He received a life time achievement award from the Utah State University College of Education 2010; and he was recognized as an Honored Alumni for the College of Education at BYU 2011. He received the ETR&D Distinguished Development Award 2013 and the AECT D&D Outstanding Book Award 2014 for his book “First Principles of Instruction.”He received his BA from Brigham Young University 1961; his MS from the University of Illinois, 1964; his PhD from the University of Illinois, 1964. Since receiving his PhD he served on the faculty of George Peabody College, Brigham Young University-Provo, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, Utah State University,  Florida State University, and BYU Hawaii (as a missionary volunteer). He served a service mission at BYU Hawaii where he helped faculty put courses online.  Since retiring he has taught online courses at Florida State University, BYU Hawaii, University of Hawaii and Utah State University. He is internationally recognized as a major contributor to the field of instructional technology, has published many books and articles in the field and has lectured internationally.  Among his principle contributions: TICCIT Authoring System 1970’s, Component Display Theory and Elaboration Theory 1980’s, Instructional Transaction Theory, automated instructional design and ID based on Knowledge Objects 1990’s, and since 2002 First Principles of Instruction.Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag:Brent: @BSchlenkerChris: @Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC  Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

As global markets tighten and unemployment rates rise rapidly, new skills requirements emerge while other skills are becoming obsolete. The half-life of skills continues to shrink, while the time it takes to close a skills gap has ballooned.We’ll explore the importance of increasing transparency through advanced analytics, AI, machine learning, and market-based skill data. With these tools we can transparently signal to employees the roles and skills that are growing in market demand. Sonia will also share some tips on how to leverage open technology architecture to share talent across internal boundaries and remain competitive.Join us and prepare yourself for the future of work in post-COVID world.Sonia Malik has more than twenty years experience, spanning both, the US and international markets, in the technology industry encompassing recruiting and talent management, education and training, strategic alliances, technical and operational roles, team management, skills development and account management.Specialties: Business Development, Relationship management, People management, Channel management, Sales Enablement, Talent Management, Staffing , Attrition Analysis, Workforce DiversityBecome virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag: Sonia: @malikmsszBrent: @BSchlenkerChris: @Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC  Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

The world of work has changed. Our industry has been changing for many years, but 2020 has placed the spotlight directly on corporate training. Not only did the entire planet move their lives online, but businesses are now being required to report data on Human Capital Management efforts. It's the perfect time for us to talk about the reality of our expanding role within organizations we serve. In the past we simply built instructional materials for classroom lessons to be taught by trainers/teachers. Today, we produce online learning that is synchronous and asynchronous, job aides, videos, live streams, knowledge bases, infographics, learning ecosystems and so much more.  Some of our colleagues are even being asked to "create a learning culture" within their organizations.  Is that even possible?In this episode of IDIODC Adam Weisblatt joins us to talk about how we can begin to create this new ontology in a way that is easy to understand.  What we do and how we do it has changed significantly. It's time to redraw that reality so we're all working from the same page.Adam Weisblatt is a learning strategist and business consultant. As founder of Blank Page Learning LLC, he helps Learning and Development teams become more resilient by analyzing, improving and documenting their processes around using technology. Adam has worked with Pfizer, Factset and Nielsen as well as other companies in diverse industries. He is a cartoonist, puppeteer and dad.Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag:Adam: @weisblatt  https://twitter.com/weisblattBrent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W IDIODC: @TeamIDIODC https://twitter.com/TeamIDIODC Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

The concept of Learning Analytics has been a hot topic for several years in the L&D industry. There are those that talk about it, and then there are those doing the work and making it happen within their organizations. Sam Rogers is one of the doers.He's joining us in this episode to discuss the realities of working with data and analytics within a large enterprise.  As you might imagine, the task is not easy. But each of us needs to start somewhere. The big question is often where. Trying to figure out the proper data to collect and how you will collect can be daunting. But you must start somewhere. Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.