Are you new to Instructional Design?
Are you new to Instructional Design?
Christopher Pernell Thames (LION) said: The best way to learn how to create effective instructional design is to learn how to evaluate other instructors. You can accomplish this by either utilizing a checklist or creating one yourself. That is my best advice that I could give anyone that is self-studying to become an instructional designer.
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Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi said: Hi Lisa. You didn't say if you were designing for Industry Training or Higher Education nor whether you were designing for ODL. This helps since you can get good focused, specific references for Industry vs Higher Ed. The following two websites are useful as start up sites.
- IEEE is the world's largest professional association for the advancement of technology
- DESIGNING COURSES: Instructional Design for Online Learning
The Commonwealth of Learning also has a Handbook called "CREATING LEARNING MATERIALS FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING :A Handbook for Authors and Instructional Designers" its available for free online just do a search. This is a good resource if you are just starting as an ID in ODL.
Christopher Pappas
Founder, eLearning Industry
The eLearning Industry runs the following sites:
► The eLearning Industry (http://www.elearningindustry.com) “The Leading Source for Professionals Involved in the eLearning Industry” (November 2012)
► Viva eLearning (http://vivaelearning.com) “Free Video Tutorials for eLearning Professionals” (December 2012)
► eLearning Feeds (http://elearningfeeds.com/) “The most recent article from the BEST eLearning Blogs and eLearning sites” (March 2013)
► eLearning Jobs (http://elearningjobs.com/) “The Leading Source for eLearning Jobs” (May 2013)
► eLearning Ask (http://elearningask.com/) "An eLearning Questions and eLearning Answers discussions portal" (May 2013)
Currently, the eLearning Industry has a network of more than 75,000 professionals involved in the eLearning Industry.
He is also the Founder and Owner of the Instructional Design and eLearning Professionals’ Group (46K+) (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=110953), which is the largest online community of professionals involved in the eLearning Industry at LinkedIn.
Christopher holds an MBA, and an M.Ed. (Learning Design) from BGSU and currently works as project manager at http://www.learn-e-pedia.gr S.A. (Antenna Group of Companies), which is the largest interactive learning platform from Greek-speaking students and learners across the Globe.
Website: www.elearningindustry.com
