Week One Assignment 1 - Application: Blog

 

Hello, and welcome to my blog. My name is Antonette Harvey and this blog was created as an assignment for my EDUC6115:Learning Theories and Instruction class at Walden University. I have never created a blog before however this week I did research and found three useful blogs that I will share with you. These blogs have relevant content that will help to develop an instructional design professional regardless of whether they are at the beginner stage like me or they are experienced professionals.

Blog #1 -  The eLearning Coach 

I visited this website that was created by Connie Malamed who is a consultant, an author, and speaker in online learning and visual communication. The eLearning Coach shares eLearning strategies, practical content, product reviews, and resources including free templates to help new and experienced instructional designers to design, develop and understand learning, instructional design, and visual design. Connie also provides sound advice to professionals who are thinking of transitioning their careers as instructional designers and her site includes a podcast where here speaks about eLearning and instructional design with several industry professionals.

 

Blog #2 - The Articulate E-Learning Heroes Community 

When I visited this blog I notice that it's free and you can use information and resources found on it in any project, regardless of the tool you’re using. The Articulate E-Learning Heroes Community helps anyone who has an interest in eLearning, it does not only have information about articulate products on the site. Additionally, there is a large community that develops persons and has eLearning jobs to improve technical writing skills. The blog discussions are active and eLearning questions are answered quickly. This blog also has a weekly design challenge that allows instructional designers especially novices to have a safe place to practice their eLearning design skills and get constructive feedback and provides a free eBook on visual design for persons like myself who are not sure about visual design techniques.

 

Blog # 3 - Instructional Design that Works  

The Instructional Design and Academic Technology team provides services, in direct support of the teaching and learning experience at Meredith College, through the practical application of instructional technologies and instructional design methods. Although this blog was created to help Meredith College faculty and staff find solutions through training and consultations in support of instruction and office productivity. It has several useful resources for instructional design for any user to access along with instructional tools and recommendations, topics on this blog range from beginner to intermediate. I also found some useful articles on gamification that my organization has recently introduced to us and software that I can use.