#IDIODC Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee

For this special episode of #IDIODC, the gang brings on Bianca Woods. The three chat about this years upcoming and greatly anticipated Learning and Tech conference in Las Vegas, DevLearn. The three go over what's new this year and what makes DevLearn so great. Bianca Woods is Senior Manager of Programming for The eLearning Guild and the founder of Clever Raptor, an L&D design studio. With degrees in both art education and education media design & technology, she's passionate about demystifying design and technology for others. Become virtual friends with Marco and the IDIODC gang (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag)! Bianca https://twitter.com/eGeeking Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W 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 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.

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee This audio cast was recorded candid and live, we apologize for technical difficulties with sound. This week we bring on another special guest from Gamification Nation, Marco Faccini to talk about VR. Currently used as one of the most modern forms of gamification and game-based learning (and just flat out gaming) in the world; virtual reality is so much more than just a shiny toy! Marco joins the IDIODC guys to showcase VR's pros on business impact to training and learning. Looking to learn a little more about VR before the live cast? Check out this website and blog post by Marco! http://www.aquinasvr.com/ http://www.aquinasvr.com/insights/the-instructional-experience-designer/ From starting out as an e-learning professional back in 2001, Marco is passionate about making a difference in Learning & Development and Education. Marco works as Gamification Nations Non-Executive Director and CEO at SilkRoad Edtech/ Marco works with many modern, new and innovative technologies bringing a 'blended' proposition. Currently 'immersed' in the 3D, Virtual Reality, Video Based learning and collaborative learning arenas helping to educate workplace professionals and bring solutions to life. Working with Corporate companies, SME's, Apprenticeship training providers and educational faculties to utilize these newer technologies and add real value to the business and their people. Become virtual friends with Marco and the IDIODC gang (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag)! Marco: https://twitter.com/marcoable?lang=en Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W 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 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.

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee While the many in the L&D industry know, it's important to use engaging forms of learning tools past the basics to maintain learner retention and performance improvement. Expand your organizations learning ecosystem with gamification! Welcome to an introduction to the basics of gamification and how you can easily use it to add more value in your learning solutions. In this episode of IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring on special guest and master of all things gamification An Coppens to discuss how gamification can be used to improve learning! An Coppens is the Chief Game Changer at Gamification Nation Ltd, which offers gamification design solutions and an online gamification academy. The company is based in London and serving clients worldwide from well-known brands to smaller product focused SME’s. Our solutions are designed to encourage winning behaviours and improve business results in the areas of sales, marketing, HR, learning and productivity. In February 2018 An was shortlisted at number 21 in the top 100 movers and shakers of the elearning industry, rolling into elite level, a jump of 32 place from gold standard to elite since 2017. In November 2017, Gamification Nation was awarded the “Outstanding Gamification Agency Award” through recognition from peers in the industry. In February 2018 An was shortlisted at number 21 in the top 100 movers and shakers of the elearning industry, rolling into elite level, a jump of 32 place from gold standard to elite since 2017. In February 2016, An was recognized at the World HRD congress in Mumbai as a HR tech visionary. In October 2017 one of our client projects was shortlisted in the top 10 educational games awards of TIGA. Projects she has worked on included reviewing onboarding of sales staff and their recognition, assisting managers with getting ready for new hires, website gamification, gamification of an in-house learning curriculum, membership site gamification, etc. Increasing engagement is always our key focus. Clients include Adidas, Chubb, Chubb, Thomson Reuters, Qinetiq, RB, Cenlive, Millicom, YouEQ, Nightingales, EIT digital, EIT Climat-KIC, Active Management, 5app, etc… An is also an award winning business coach, speaker, learning & development professional and author. She is a prolific blogger on gamification through www.gamificationnation.com and tweets under her Twitter alter ego @GamificationNat. Her 3rd book called “Gamification in business” is available for download here https://bookboon.com/en/gamification-in-business-ebook. Her 4th book “Tapping into crowd” – competitive advantage from the inside out” launched in February 2017 is available from Amazon and the publisher Pencraft Publishing. Her 5th book is currently being edited for a June 2018 release. In her career An has worked in learning and development and change management roles for Modern Times Group, Xigma Management Consultants, Philips Electronics and Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. She was a guest expert on the TV show “How long will you live” for RTE in Ireland. For 10 years An ran a successful business coaching practice in Cork, Ireland with B/Right Business Coaching. She holds a BA (Hon) in International Marketing and languages from Dublin City University and an MBA from the Open University Business School in the UK. She holds a gamification master qualification from the Engagement Alliance and has completed a number of online gamification courses. Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W 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 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.

In this episode of IDIODC, Brent and Chris talk about leveraging the design potential of responsive design to help tell stories. Responsive design was created from a practical need to ensure that content could be accessible across all devices. More than just a solution to a problem, responsive design has actually created new opportunities to frame content and user experience – which has some very practical applications for the learning and development world. Chris and Brent will review some great examples of responsive design to explore what design lessons we can find as instructional designers. The sites Chris and Brent analyzed: https://historia-arte.com/ http://pharmafilter.nl/en/ https://haacht.com/en/ https://www.sbs.com.au/margarete/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag!: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W 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 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.

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee For this episode of IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring on special guest Jo Cook on to discuss webinars and virtual classrooms. Both done live and over the web, virtual classrooms and webinars typically do have many similarities, but still vary greatly. Each with their own unique pros and cons, Jo and the gang will discuss the differences and what angle is best to take for learning in different situations. Jo Cook is a speaker, instructional designer and classroom facilitator who specializes in virtual classrooms, webinars and live online learning technology. Jo’s passion is in helping and supporting teams, professionals and organizations embrace the benefits of the virtual classroom. Through her company Lightbulb Moment, Jo has specialized in training learning professionals about virtual classroom design and delivery since 2013 and has spoken on various topics at conferences such as Learning Technologies, Online Educa Berlin and keynoted for Colleges Wales and E-learning Fusion. Jo is also part-time is the Deputy Editor of Training Journal magazine and website and her background include: further and higher education; the charity sector; small and large organizations, including CNN News and Bupa International. Find out more about Jo on Twitter and Lightbulb Moment! Lightbulb Moment Blog: https://lightbulbmoment.info/ Jo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightbulbJo Jo has started her own free, open community for sharing webinar and virtual classroom questions, challenges and ideas: www.lightbulbmoment.community Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag!: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W 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 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.

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this episode, Brent and Chris chat with the one and only Megan Torrance from TorranceLearning. With the xAPI Fall Cohort just getting kicked off, the three go over the ABC's of xAPI and get you a full scoop of what the xAPI Cohort is all about. (Don't need to read anymore on xAPI Fall Cohort and want to get started ASAP? Well, here's the link! https://www.torrancelearning.com/xapi-cohort/ ) The xAPI Learning Cohort is a free, vendor-neutral, 12-week learning-by-doing project-based team learning experience about the Experience API. (Yep, you read that right – free!) It’s an opportunity for those who are brand new to xAPI and those who are looking to experiment with it to learn from each other and from the work itself. Participants form teams based on shared interests and work together on an xAPI project. Each cohort features some predefined projects so you can jump right into something that sounds interesting and of course you can come with your own project idea and gather a team around you to get moving (or bring your team!). Past projects have included an onboarding checklist that leverages the Internet of Things (IoT), a game that tracks user clicks as a way to identify UX gaps, and exploration of LMS-LRS interoperability. xAPI Learning Cohorts run twice a year in spring and fall “semesters” with weekly all-group web meetings on Thursdays 2pm US Eastern Time chock-full of introductory information, practical how-tos, and high-level discussions of the implications for our industry. Teams work on real-life projects that interest them and set their own meeting and working schedules. Oh, and it’s ok to just hang out on the sidelines and observe the action if taking on a team project is too much right now. It’s also ok to participate on more than one project team during a Cohort session. Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. Megan has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. Megan and the TorranceLearning team are passionate about sharing what works in learning so they devote considerable time to teaching and sharing about Agile project management for learning experience design and, of course, the xAPI. TorranceLearning hosts the xAPI Learning Cohort, a free, virtual 12-week learning-by-doing opportunity where teams form on the fly and create proof-of-concept xAPI projects. Megan is the author of The Quick Guide to LLAMA, and two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA® for ISD Project Management and Making Sense of xAPI. She is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. TorranceLearning projects have won several Brandon Hall Group awards, the 2014 xAPI Hyperdrive contest at DevLearn, and back-to-back eLearning Guild DemoFest Best-In-Show awards in 2016/2017 with xAPI projects. TorranceLearning is a 2018 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. Learn more about Megan Torrance through her LinkedIn and check out all the great work and info done by TorranceLearning: Megan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megantorrance/ TorranceLearning: http://www.torrancelearning.com/ Become virtual friends with the gang (and our favourite xAPI advocate, the xAPI Gnome)! Remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag!: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W Megan: https://twitter.com/MMTorrance xAPI Gnome: https://twitter.com/xAPIGnome Check out the FREE, 12-week xAPI program here: https://www.torrancelearning.com/xapi-cohort/ 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 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.

Choosing an eLearning authoring tool can be tough, especially with so many options available; while trying to balance current and future needs. In this episode, we'll offer some advice on how to choose an authoring tool for you. Be sure to subscribe to the dominKnow channel for more episodes of #IDIODC - Instructional Designers in Office Drinking Coffee, where our goal is to help our peers create better eLearning content and learning experiences. https://www.youtube.com/user/dominknow Interested in watching #IDIODC live or on YouTube? Visit http://www.idiodc.com Are you in the market for an authoring tool? dominKnow helps you do more, faster with a powerful eLearning authoring system for teams. https://www.dominknow.com Become virtual friends with Mark @marklearns Check out Brent @bschlenker and Chris @Chris_V_W on Twitter too and stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag! Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this episode, Brent chats with Kevin Thorn from NuggetHead on comics in eLearning. When and how to use comics in eLearning and the value it adds to the learner experience. 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. 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). Learn more about Kevin Thorn through his LinkedIn and check out NuggetHead Studioz! Kevin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinthorn/ NuggetHead Studioz: http://nuggethead.net/ Become virtual friends with the gang: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Kevin: https://twitter.com/LearnNuggets Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W 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 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.

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee While Chris is away for this week's episode, Brent continues the conversation on Part 3: Audio in eLearning with Matt Pierce from TechSmith Academy! During this session, the two will chat about the lessons learned while creating the audio for the videos in the TechSmith Academy. Matthew Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador from TechSmith Corporation, has created videos for learning and marketing for over a decade. Matthew has been a speaker at multiple learning and development focused and marketing conferences. He is a regular contributor to Training Magazine, and has been an author for Content Marketing Institute, ReelSEO, and various other training publications. He currently leads TechSmith's customer education initiative around video. Learn more about Matt through his LinkedIn and check out TechSmith Academy! Matt's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewrpierce/ TechSmith Academy: https://academy.techsmith.com/ Become virtual friends with the gang: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Matt: https://twitter.com/piercemr Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W 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 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.

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this IDIODC episode, Brent goes live with special guest John Kissinger for a special one-on-one about voice over acting in eLearning while Chris is away. The two chat tips on how to ensure the highest quality and authenticity out of your voice. Want that tea John talks about in this session? Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Medicinals-Organic-Throat-Seasonal/dp/B0009F3POO/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1531314678&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=yogi%2Btea%2Bthroat%2Bcomfort&th=1 Looking to enhance your own voice acting skills and tune up the vocal chords? Check out the recommended book on tongue twisters by Rodney Saulsberry: https://www.amazon.com/Rodney-Saulsberrys-Tongue-Twisters-Warm-Ups-ebook/dp/B00WVOFTAY An accomplished trainer and voice actor, John has worked with clients from Facebook to Ford! With over 20 years experience entertaining and educating learners, John is a certified Master Trainer through the Association for Talent Development (ATD) and an American Business Awards-winning instructional designer. Learn more about John Kissinger and all his amazing skills here through his LinkedIn and his website: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkissingervo/ Website: https://www.johnkissinger.com/ Become virtual friends with the gang: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker John: https://twitter.com/johnkissingerVO Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W 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 Prefer Audio Only? Check out IDIODC as a podcast. Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/instructional-designers-in-offices-drinking-coffee/id1373342716?mt=2 Google Play Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ij2b7yzprvfkwc5p267b23veboa?t=Instructional_Designers_In_Offices_Drinking_Coffee 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.