

#IDIODC Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee
Chris Van Wingerden, Paul Schneider
Grab your favorite brew (ours is coffee ☕) and sit down with Paul Schneider and Chris Van Wingerden from dominKnow.
Together they unpack the real-world headaches L&D pros face — managing learning content production, operations, and proving business value.
Expect lively chats with guest experts and practical tips you can plug straight into your learning strategies or production workflows.
Whether you’re a veteran L&D leader or a brand-new instructional designer, tune in for strategic, technology, and business insights into L&D operational excellence.
Together they unpack the real-world headaches L&D pros face — managing learning content production, operations, and proving business value.
Expect lively chats with guest experts and practical tips you can plug straight into your learning strategies or production workflows.
Whether you’re a veteran L&D leader or a brand-new instructional designer, tune in for strategic, technology, and business insights into L&D operational excellence.
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Jun 27, 2018 • 44min
Recording Audio for eLearning: Tips to get the best sound possible
Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee
In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris bring you the first episode of the interactive, video-cast series: A Beginner's Guide to Audio for eLearning. The first topic of discussion will be specifically on recording hardware and best practices.
Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions.
Become virtual friends with the gang:
Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker
Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W
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.

Jun 20, 2018 • 43min
What is a Learning Engineer and is it for me? With Special Guest Craig Wiggins
Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee
In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris chat with special guest, Craig Wiggins! The three talk about IEEE. ICICLE's work on developing a definition of a "Learning Engineer" as a standard as well as its goal of supporting the development of Learning Engineering as a profession and academic discipline.
Craig is the IEEE ICICLE Vice-Chair and SIG Liaison Officer. He is an accomplished ID, eLearning developer/designer and project manager.
Learn more about IEEE ICICLE:
https://www.ieeeicicle.org/
Check out more about Craig:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigwiggins/
Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions.
Become virtual friends with the gang:
Craig: https://twitter.com/oxala75
Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker
Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W
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.

Jun 13, 2018 • 56min
Gamification vs. Game-Based Learning: With Special Guest Andrew Hughes
Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee
In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris chat with special guest Andrew Hughes! The three talk gamification vs. game-based learning. These are often used interchangeably but are very different. In this session, our hosts get to the core of what makes humans tick and why game strategies work so well in learning.
Andrew Hughes is the founder and CEO of Designing Digitally, an award-winning custom eLearning developer that creates engaging content using gamification and game-based learning.
Learn more about Designing Digitally:
https://www.designingdigitally.com/
Learn more about Andrew Hughes:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-m-hughes/
Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions.
Follow the gang on Twitter!
Andrew: https://twitter.com/andyhughes
Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker
Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W
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.

Jun 6, 2018 • 37min
How to get real data out of your smile sheets: Conversation with Will Thalheimer
Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC
In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris chat with special guest Will Thalheimer, PhD! The three talk how to get a better framework for smile sheets in order to utilize the functionality and actually get valid data in return.
Dr. Thalheimer brings research-based wisdom to the practice of workplace learning as the President of Work-Learning Research. Consultant, Research Translator, Author, Speaker, Instructional Designer, Writer, Advocate, Gentle Curmudgeon, Debunker.
Make the change to getting more out of your #SmileSheets. https://smilesheets.com/ Check out Dr. Will Thalheimer's book available on Amazon: "Performance-Focused Smile Sheets: A Radical Rethinking of a Dangerous Art Form". https://www.amazon.ca/Performance-Focused-Smile-Sheets-Rethinking-Dangerous/dp/1941577008
Check out more about Will and Work-Learning Research here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/willthalheimer/
https://www.worklearning.com/
Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow
Follow the gang on Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/WillWorkLearn
https://twitter.com/bschlenker
https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W
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.

May 30, 2018 • 32min
Improve Your L&D Strategy Using Microlearning: Featuring Special Guest - Shannon Tipton
Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC
In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris bring on a special guest, Shannon Tipton! The three talk about the importance of including microlearning in an organizational training setting for better learner retention, engagement and more.
Shannon Tipton is CLO of Learning Rebels, an organization focused on improving business L&D through unique blended and microlearning training designs. She also is the author of her new book "Disruptive Learning: Discover Your Inner Learning Rebel".
Check out more about Shannon and Learning Rebels here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannontipton/
https://learningrebels.com/
Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow
Follow Shannon, Brent and Chris on Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/stipton
https://twitter.com/bschlenker
https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W
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.

May 23, 2018 • 41min
The Bread of an eLearning Video Sandwich: Pre and Post Production. Featuring Special Guest - Sam Rogers
Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC
In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris bring on a special guest, Sam Rogers. Recorded completely live and candid the three discuss pre and post-production for eLearning videos.
Sam Rogers is the President of Snap Synapse LLC - a content production and consulting company specializing in eLearning. He is a regular contributor to #TLDCast and a speaker at events run by ATD, The eLearning Guild, Training Magazine and Learning DevCamp.
Check out more about Sam and Snap Synapse here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/SamRogers/
http://snapsynapse.com/
Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow
Follow Sam, Brent and Chris on Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/snapsynapse
https://twitter.com/bschlenker
https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W
Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

May 16, 2018 • 37min
Best Mobile Video Apps to Amplify Your eLearning
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In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris chat about different apps available for editing and enhancing videos made on your mobile device.
Here are the applications that Brent and Chris spoke about in this episode for easy video editing:
- iMovie
- IntroMate
- Power Director
- KineMaster
- Ripl
- Adobe Premiere
- Adobe Premiere (Clip)
- Adobe Spark
- Splice
- Explain Everything
Want to join us live? Check out our 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.

May 9, 2018 • 36min
Spaced Repetition in eLearning. Spaced Repetition in eLearning.
Here is the link Brent and Chris spoke about:
https://www.worklearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Spacing_Learning_Over_Time__March2009v1_.pdf
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May 2, 2018 • 42min
Pressing Record: Tips for great videos using your mobile device
Here are some of the products Brent and Chris spoke about:
https://joby.com/gorillapod-tripods
http://pakpod.com
http://www.rode.com/microphones/videomicgo
https://www.olloclip.com/
Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Apr 25, 2018 • 41min
eLearning - What Can Organizations Learn From Higher Ed? Featuring Special Guest: Cara North
Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC
Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden bring special guest Cara North on this week's episode of IDIODC to discuss the differences between eLearning in higher ed vs. organizational settings.
Want to join us live? Check out our 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.