Should we think of students as customers? On today's episode, I'll share with you 5 reasons why this shift in thinking can make a drastic impact.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript

👉 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

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On today's episode, I'm going to break down why cohort based learning is so effective for adults. I'll cover my best tips for creating cohorts for your learning experiences and share the pitfalls to avoid. 

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• Transcript

👉 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

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Can you believe 2024 is just around the corner? Let's take some time to reflect back on 2023.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• How Learning Works
• The Accidental Instructional Designer
• Talk to the Elephant
• So, you want to become an instructional designer?
• Transcript

👉 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

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Another day, another academic saying that online learning is inferior to face-to-face classes. On today's episode, I'll share why this idea is a disaster for higher education.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript
• LinkedIn Article
• Seth's Article 

👉 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

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• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
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What do instructional design projects look like in the real world? On today's episode, I'll share 3 topics that seem to take folks by surprise.

Links and Transcript

👉 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

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Happy Thanksgiving learning nerds! I hope you enjoy this bonus episode.

It's no secret that the instructional design market is highly competitive. How exactly did we get here and how can you stand out? Let's give you a competitive edge! 

Find the links and watch the video on YouTube

Transcript

👉 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

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Every instructional designer knows that accessibility and UDL are significant, but how can AI help with these principles? I'll share some new features with ChatGPT that I've been experimenting with to make learning experiences more accessible and UDL friendly.

Links and transript for this episode can be found on drlukehobson.com.

 👉 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

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On today's episode, I'll share with you 5 habits that completely changed my life for the better. Hopefully, you can apply some of these tips into your own life!

All the links for the show and blog can be found on the website.

 👉 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

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How do you design learning experiences for adults? In today's episode, I'll cover Andragogy, the method and practice of teaching adult learners. I'll share about my best tips around Andragogical principles and how to apply them into your learning experiences. 

Transcripts for the episode

Mentioned Links:

• The Adult Learner (Note: this is an affiliate link)

Recommendations:

• 🤝Collaborating and Building Relationships with SMEs

• 🎓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:

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What's it like to be a first-time leader? In this episode, you'll hear from Russell Sweep, Content Development Manager at Goodwill and host of the L&D Hot Seat. Russell was recently thrown into the deep end with leadership and we break down what it's like to manage a team of designers.

Mentioned Links:

• Video Interview and Transcript
• Connect with Russell
• Russell's Website
• GLDC Project Club
• GLDC Collections
• The L&D Hot Seat Podcast
• Developing Accessible Content Episode with Yvonne Urra Bazain

Recommendations:

• 🤝Collaborating and Building Relationships with SMEs

• 🎓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