Dear Instructional Designer

This episode, I am talking with JR Dingwall, a higher ed instructional design consultant who I first met through Jennifer Maddrell and Designers 4 Learning. I chatted with JR over email and I’m super…

This episode we are back with Wes Atkinson, Co-founder and Lead Technical Consultant at Appitierre Ltd, the makers of the Evolve Authoring tool and the Bloom LMS talking about Evolve as a potential t…

This episode I wanted to talk a bit about how I’ve built and continue to build my network from the perspective of an introvert.

I’m going to tackle this in a three-fold answer. First, I want to talk …

We’ve heard in the last couple of episodes with Christy Devlin about some of the things that they have in their freelancing toolbox, things that they feel are worth paying for and using. In this epis…

This episode, I am talking with Devlin Peck, a recent instructional design graduate student who jumped into freelancing with both feet while still a student. This episode is particularly exciting for…

This episode, I am talking with Christy Tucker, an instructional design consultant who has made her name by thinking deeply about what good instructional design is and sharing those thoughts and her …

In this episode, I try my hand at answering one of the toughest questions around becoming a freelancer: How does that whole feast and famine cycle work?

Resources

• Freelancer's Union Resources: https…

In this episode, I take a walk down memory lane and talk about my journey into freelancing.

I talk about how I fell into freelancing, mistakes I've made that you should definitely learn from, frustra…

In this episode, I (finally!) wrap up season 3 and talk about the future of Dear ID. Thanks so much to all of you for listening!

Resources

• Emanuelle Feranto: https://www.emanueleferonato.com/
• Color …

In this episode, I sit down with Svein-Tore, the founder of H5P, an amazing open source authoring tool for creating elearning interactions. We discuss the story behind H5P, the benefits of using an o…

In our last episode with Simon, we segue from using Adapt (an open source authoring tool) to the Open Source Way and how IDs can benefit by jumping in to open source projects. If you're looking for a…

Our second chat with Simon Date of King's College, London. We dive deep into "Why use Adapt?" It was amazing to be able to speak with someone who has actually use Adapt on a regular basis as a main t…

The first of three (I say four in audio) episodes with Simon Date, Adapt developer extraordinaire! Simon took me up on my ridiculous pitch at the end of Season 2 to have an extended conversation. Sim…

This episode, I talk with Zsolt Olah, one of my ID heroes, about two different projects that illustrate how context is king.

Zsolt shares how, in two separate situations, the thing that he was asked …

This episode, I sit down with our "newbiest" ID yet, Ellen Hayes, and we talk about her process building an online course for a student maker space.

Ellen shares her interesting journey towards ID, a…

In this teardown episode, I dive (punny, right!) into the interactive video/simulation, Sortie en Mer (A Trip out to Sea).

This is another one of my favorite interactive video-type interactions. It h…

In this teardown episode, I dive into the game-based one-page Adapt course from Sponge UK on following the rules of street fundraising.

I talk context, game design, and metrics and what you can appro…

This episode, I sit down with Leslie Sandoval, instructional designer of 11 years, and we talk higher ed and a project supporting faculty with online courses.

We’re digging into what is probably a un…

This episode, I’ve got a real treat: a cutting edge tech project from my friend, David Fusco!

David’s interested in emerging technologies like the voice controlled tech in Amazon’s Echo or Google’s H…