#IDIODC Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee

Welcome to our special 100th episode! Hard to believe we've been at this for 100 episodes now. Thank you for joining us and being a part of our community. This week's guest is Alexander Salas. He is an outspoken instructional designer, eLearning developer, and podcaster. In this episode we're going to get his thoughts on ADDIE. It's a hot topic these days, but not for all the good reasons. Professionals either love it or hate it. And there seems to be many variations of what ADDIE is and how people use it. It's bound to be an entertaining episode with a LOT of opinions. Join us and make sure your opinions are heard as we all try to come together with a common understanding.   "I lead a digital learning community for teachers, veterans and students that want to become eLearning designers at www.elearninglaunch.com. We give people the opportunity to find their path to a rewarding career producing learning experiences beyond topics and courses. eLearning Launch is about real-life projects and problems designers must solve with instructional strategies, human-centered design and digital tools."- Alexander Salas   Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Alexander: @StyleLearn https://twitter.com/stylelearn?lang=enBrent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Welcome to the 99th episode of IDIODC with Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden! We have been at it for believe it or not, over two years now. We just want to take a moment and say how grateful we are to have built such a creative and strong community together. Thank you for listening in, always! This session contains content created for visual intake and is best fitted for such. If you wish to watch the recording instead of listen, please visit our Youtube Channel or watch the candid recording on our Crowdcast channel. Links below. dominKnow Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRBDJ-5kAY8eZ8IRliJU_RiYex8sqH9a9 IDIODC Crowdcast.io: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/drink'n'draw_kevin_thorn_visual_thinking For this session of IDIDOC, show hosts bring on Kevin Thorn for his third session of Drink'n'Draw! In this month's segment we will help instructional designers improve their craft by SEEING their projects differently. By thinking visually about the content you are creating you become a better instructional designer. Kevin Thorn shows us his process for breaking down images and objects into a combination of simple shapes. And then building your own objects and visuals that support your content by simply reversing the process. It all starts with simple shapes. And even if you think you can't draw, Kevin will help you change your mind and give you the confidence to be the visual thinker your projects need you to be. Kevin is an award-winning eLearning designer & developer, consultant, and owner of NuggetHead Studioz, LLC., a boutique custom design and development studio specializing in online learning experiences. NuggetHead Studioz, LLC: https://nuggethead.net After retiring from the US Army, Kevin pursued a career in corporate IT and Training & Development. With his combined military and industry experience, Kevin started the Studioz in 2012 working with clients in various industries solving problems in a wide-range of creative projects. Based in the North Mississippi Delta, Kevin, the Chief NuggetHead harnesses a bench a creative practitioners in instructional design, elearning development, illustration and graphic design, animation, and serious comics. Kevin is a well-known industry speaker and trainer on elearning development, design workflows, and is also a certified facilitator in LEGO®Serious Play® methodologies. Academic stuff: BS in Information Technology Management from Christian Brothers University (2003) and MS in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Memphis (2018). Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag: Kevin: @LearnNuggets https://twitter.com/LearnNuggetsBrent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

We've had a chance to talk with many instructional designers on IDIODC over the last 2 years. And most instructional designers are "ALL IN" on the trend in design thinking. But what if I told you the trend is actually not even a thing to be trending? This week we're talking with a UX/UI expert who specializes in improving the customer experience. She has a few strong opinions about design thinking and why it's not a thing. And if we look at our work as training professionals, we can see how building online eLearning experiences could benefit from a UX designers experience. Join us for what's sure to be a fun conversation about instructional design, customer experience, user experience, and design thinking. This is one episode you do not want to miss. Debbie Levitt, CXO of Delta CX, has been a CX and UX strategist, designer, and trainer since the 1990s. As a “serial contractor” who lived in the Bay Area for most of this decade, Debbie has influenced interfaces at Sony, Wells Fargo, Constant Contact, Macys.com, Oracle, and a variety of Silicon Valley startups. Clients have given her the nickname, “Mary Poppins,” because she flies in, improves everything she can, sings a few songs, and flies away to her next adventure. Debbie has presented at conferences including eBay’s Developer Conference, PayPal’s Developer Conference, UXPA, and WeAreDevelopers. She is an O’Reilly published author and one of few instructors on the planet recommended by Axure. Her “DevOps ICU” book and training teach non-CX roles about CX, why it’s done by specialists, and how to integrate it into teams and processes. Her “Delta CX” book and training teach companies how to improve customer satisfaction, predict and mitigate business risk, and increase ROI by investing in great customer experiences. Outside of CX work, and sometimes during CX work, Debbie enjoys singing symphonic prog goth metal, opera, and New Wave.  Get more from Debbie on her website! https://debbielevitt.com/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag. Brent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

With the average shelf life of an employee’s skills at less than five years, it is imperative that organizations support their employees in staying current in new and emerging skills and in learning how to learn. Learning management systems, once seen as a one-size-fits all learning solution, have not effectively kept pace with wider technology development, and the needs and expectations of workplace learning. Moreover, organizations tend to have too narrow a view when considering the elements that affect learning at their organization. An ecological and holistic approach is needed to improve learning environments and to future-proof these environments for new developments in education and technology. Join us for a conversation with Derek Redmond about Learning Ecosystems. Derek is an Instructional Designer & Educational Technologies Specialist at PointClickCare with over 7 years in the industry. Previous to PointClickCare, Derek worked for the Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care and Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. Derek is also a recent graduate of the Master of Educational Technologies program from the University of British Columbia. Check out  Derek's journal here: https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/11898 Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag. Brent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

We will explore what an icebreaker is, why and when you can use one, and share best practices for selecting or designing activities that will spark participation in your room. NEW... The Learner Engagement Value of Icebreakers for ILT When it comes to icebreakers there are 2 camps: You either love them or you hate them. But the reality is that every instructor let training session needs to start with an engaging introduction. Gagne made "gaining learner attention" #1 in his list of 9 elements of effective learning for a good reason. Amy Shilliday has extensive experience in Training & Development for customer service businesses. These experience include senior trainer roles with mortgage banking and top-three global media companies. Amy has spent some serious time working on creating diverse learning delivery methods and design implementations that will successfully develop organization's service and sales teams. From adult learning theory, to training the trainer, to public speaking, Amy's skills have made her the amazing learning and development professional she is today. Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag. Amy: @LN_Amy https://twitter.com/ln_amy?lang=enBrent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

We've all been using the traditional ADDIE model for Instructional design for so long that most of us probably follow the model without even thinking about it. But is there a better way? Perhaps the trend in Design Thinking can offer a fresh look at the classic instructional design model.  It's a conversation that many are having. And most of know a little bit about what design thinking is. So let's talk about how we may, or may not, replace ADDIE with Design Thinking. Over this IDIODC episode, we're talking with amazing Connie Malamed to get her thoughts on the topic! Join us. Connie Malamed is a learning experience design consultant with Connie Malamed Consulting and publisher of The eLearning Coach website and podcast. Connie is an author, speaker and workshop facilitator in the fields of learning experience design, design thinking, and visual communication. She has helped nonprofit, government, and corporate clients improve performance by creating meaningful learning experiences for more than 20 years. She was honoured with the Guild Master award for 2018. Connie on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/conniemalamed/Connie Malamed Consulting - http://conniemalamed.com/The eLearning Coach - http://theelearningcoach.com/author/connie/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag. Connie: @eLearningCoach https://twitter.com/elearningcoachBrent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Lots of people think about using video when using microlearning, but going micro is much more than that. In this live video cast with special guest Carla Torgerson, we’ll talk about 5 different formats you can use when going micro, as well as 20 ways you can go micro! You’ll leave with lots of ideas and ways you can go micro yourself. Jump into the conversation and get involved in the learning community. Lots of people think about using video when using microlearning, but going micro is much more than that. In this live video cast with special guest Carla Torgerson, we’ll talk about 5 different formats you can use when going micro, as well as 20 ways you can go micro! You’ll leave with lots of ideas and ways you can go micro yourself. Jump into the conversation and get involved in the learning community now! Carla Torgerson has more than 15 years of experience as an instructional designer and instructional strategist. Always interested in the latest learning trends, she has authored numerous blogs and articles on a variety of topics, including eLearning, mobile learning, and microlearning. She also developed MILE, the MIcroLEarning Design Model© and is the author of The Microlearning Guide to Microlearning and Designing Microlearning (with Sue Iannone). The Microlearning Guide to Microlearning: https://www.amazon.com/Microlearning-Guide-Carla-Torgerson/dp/0692806679/ What Works in Talent Development - Designing Microlearning -  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1950496120 Carla is currently a Director of Instructional Design at Bull City Learning, a specialized eLearning agency that provides digital learning solutions for companies in a wide range of industries, as well as non-profit organizations. Bull City Learning offers a full suite of solutions including learning needs assessments, curriculum design, content development, and training deployment support. Bull City Learning - https://bullcitylearning.com/ Carla has a Master of Education (MEd) focused on technology-based education. She also has a Master of Business Administration (MBA), which helps her to see training through a business lens. She loves to travel and explore the country with her awesome husband, Tom, and their very curious seven-year-old son, John. Connect with Carla on LinkedIn for insights and announcements:https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlatorgerson/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag. Carla: @CTorgerson https://twitter.com/ctorgerson?lang=en Brent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Onboarding is one of the most value-added training experiences your team can provide for the business. Having an effective strategy in place is important and requires collaboration with multiple departments like HR, IT, legal, and operations. Join us for a broad-ranging conversation with Mark Sheppard and let's make sure your onboarding is everything it needs to be. Mark is a Canadian L&D professional. He has been an instructional development officer, training coordinator, member of the eLearning Guild Advisory Board and a learning and leadership consultant. Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag. Mark: @MarkLearns https://twitter.com/marklearns Brent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Video-based learning is on the rise... and has been since the launch of YouTube in 2005. Mobile devices, apps, and social media, are some of the drivers behind this trend. It's a tech trend in businesses with cautiously curious executives wondering how to use it as a competitive advantage.  There are many opportunities for training departments. But there are also legal and IT concerns. And despite the fact that's video is cheaper than ever to produce and deliver, there are still concerns over hidden costs of file storage and internal bandwidth costs. The good news is that all of the concerns associated with video-based learning can be solved. As an industry our first step is to learn how we can keep our video production skills current with these modern capabilities. Join us for a conversation on this weeks live eLearning podcast with Chris Karel who has been creating video-based learning for many years and now runs his own video learning company. Hang out with us and bring your questions...and a cup of coffee. "Ever since I used a popcorn bucket to defend the galaxy against the dark side of the Force,¹ I’ve been obsessed with visual storytelling. Cartoons, sitcoms, dramas, and even the commercials brought me joy. Then I found interactive storytelling. I used joysticks and direction pads to discover plot twists and adrenaline-fueled battles. Movies, TV, videogames, I couldn’t get enough, but my heart was drawn to the lifestyle of the teacher. I wanted to learn the ways of my father. I chose education over communications and earned my way to Master Teacher. Leading teams of teachers, parents, and of course padawans,²  I furthered my quest. I learned that many of the “truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.”³ My POV changed. Returning to the ways of the Jedi, I chose to embody the adage: “Do or do not, there is no try.” ⁴   I became a Digital Storyteller. Writing, producing, shooting, and editing, I found my Road Back.⁵ After sharpening my skills to a position of leadership, it was time to leap. Today, my passion is finding ways to help people learn how to use video for learning purposes. Story is the Force. I use Story to improve knowledge, teach skills, affect behavior, and occasionally entertain. Send an email to chris@learningcarton.com and we can add to each other's quest. References1. Seeing Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope for the first time at GCC Southgate USA.   2. What I called my students and my own kids. From Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Padawans were known as Jedi younglings at first and trained in classroom settings with multiple students and a teacher. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Padawan 3. Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. 4. Most famous of all Yoda quotes. (I have a t-shirt). Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. 5. #10 in Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey - http://www.thewritersjourney.com/hero's_journey.htm"  - Chris Karel Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag:  Chris: @CJs_Stories  https://twitter.com/cjs_stories?lang=enBrent: @BSchlenker - https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W - https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Technology advancements are rapidly forcing corporate learning leaders to rethink their internal L&D strategies. Retooling the technology infrastructure is a big part of that strategy in many cases because past systems have not kept up. Learning Experience Platforms are a perfect example. But how does this impact you, the instructional designer or elearning developer with little influence over those strategic decisions? In this episode of IDIODC Becky Willis joins us to shed some light on strategic decision-making at higher levels within the enterprise. She'll share her experiences helping large companies transition to Learning Experience Platforms and implementation issues all instructional designers should understand. Transitioning to new technologies is never easy. But rest assured we will all experience it more than once in our careers. Join us and prepare yourself for how you can make these transitions easier and more successful. Becky Willis is a former sales and business executive with over 20 years in Learning and Development.  Known for her strategic and creative thinking and quick decision making abilities, Becky is an organizational leader with solid strategy and execution in innovative learning. Most recently, Becky was VP of Engagement at EdCast.  Previously, she was the Learning Strategist for the Hewlett Packard Enterprise L&D organization, and in Executive, Leadership and Organization Development.  Her prior experience includes Director of Sales, VP of Sales and Marketing at large and startup firms. Within learning, Becky is known as a Learning Strategist who know how to successfully implement digital learning in enterprises. Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag: Becky: @2BeckyWillis - https://twitter.com/2beckywillisBrent: @BSchlenker - https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W - https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @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 Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.