In a recent poll, I asked educators (instructional designers, professors, teachers, developers, etc.) if they had a side hustle. 578 educators voted and 56% said yes. What opportunities are out there for educators though? In this episode, I'll share with you common side hustles for educators. 

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post
• Collaborating and Building Relationships with SMEs course
• Dr. Tom Tobin's Episode
• Christy Tucker's Episode
• Dr. Jason Gulya's AI Services
• Dr. Nicole LEtoile's New Course 

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level
• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?
• 📙 My Book
• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)
• ✍ Backwards Design Course
• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

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• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

As instructional designers, we have our go to models for designing learning experiences. What do you do though when you have to pivot? On today's episode, I'll share with you a crazy project I worked on where I had to heavily modify the backward design model. 

Also, Happy Thanksgiving! 

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level
• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?
• 📙 My Book
• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)
• ✍ Backwards Design Course
• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

Let's dive into immersive learning today and explore some real world examples!

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

• 📙 My Book

• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

• ✍ Backwards Design Course

• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

• 🐦 Twitter

• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

What can Disney World teach us about instructional design? Well, quite a bit! Here are some insights from the most magical place on earth.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post
• WCAG
• Dr. Nicole's New Course
• New YouTube Video on SMEs

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

• 📙 My Book

• 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

• ✍ Backwards Design Course

• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

• 🐦 Twitter

• 👨‍💻 Blog

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• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

Don't you just love when you're working on a project, and suddenly your SME ghosts you? You have no idea why or what happened, but what you do know for sure is that your project is dead in the water until you hear from them again. So, how do you reengage?

In today's blog and podcast, I'll share five tips to help you get things back on track.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

• 📙 My Book

• 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

• ✍ Backwards Design Course

• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

• 🐦 Twitter

• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

Google's NotebookLM can generate a podcast about your material in a matter of minutes. What does this kind of technology mean for instructional design, online learning, and higher education? On today's episode, you'll hear a sample of what an AI generated podcast sounds like and we'll break down the pros, cons, and things to mindful of in the future. 

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post
• Notebook LM
• Example of NotebookLM

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

• 📙 My Book

• 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

• ✍ Backwards Design Course

• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

• 🐦 Twitter

• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

Let's say your beloved project has become a total dumpster fire. What do you do? How do you handle this situation? On today's show, we will talk about steps to help you and to put out that fire. 

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

• 📙 My Book

• 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

• ✍ Backwards Design Course

• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

• 🐦 Twitter

• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

What can you use a GPT for? Under the right circumstances, these can be fantastic to help you and your students. On today's episode, I'll share with you three real world cases for how I'm using custom GPTs.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

• 📙 My Book

• 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

• ✍ Backwards Design Course

• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

• 🐦 Twitter

• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

Let’s say you’re an instructional designer and you’re trying to get promoted. How do you achieve this goal? Well, there are a few ways you can go about this, and on today’s podcast, I’ll share with you 10 tips on how to get promoted as an instructional designer.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

• 📙 My Book

• 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

• ✍ Backwards Design Course

• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

• 🐦 Twitter

• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

There are certain types of phrases that can trigger an instructional designer. Learning styles, using “understand” in learning objectives, cognitive overload, last minute stakeholder changes, and more are enough to drive the best instructional designer crazy. Over the years, I’ve had to channel these grievances into more productive ways with sharing best practices. But even now, there are still some things that pop up where I shake my head and pray for divine intervention. So come commiserate with me as we talk about my top three instructional design pet peeves.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and blog post

👉 Recommendations:

• 🎓Take your instructional design skills to the next level

• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?

• 📙 My Book

• 📗The Do It Messy Approach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructional Designers and Online Learning Developers (IDOLs)

• 🎤 My interview platform recommendation (Riverside)

• ✍ Backwards Design Course

• 👥 Join our Group

👉 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn

• 🐦 Twitter

• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace