Holly is back on the show! On today's episode, she talks about her journey from being a teacher to instructor to instructional designer at Amazon. We also take a deep dive into what a typical day looks like for her. If you have been thinking about wanting to work at an organization such as Amazon, this episode is for you.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Holly's LinkedIn
• EdUp EdTech Podcast

👉 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 D2L's Brightspace

Well, we did it! 100 podcast episodes in the books.

Whether you just started listening or you’ve been with me since day one, I can’t thank you enough. On today’s episode, I’ll share with you my biggest takeaway after 100 episodes.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and Blog
• Harvard Study

👉 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 D2L's Brightspace

Our society is stuck in a fast-paced go-go-go mode. Overworking is celebrated. Multitasking is expected. Do you know one thing you can’t rush though? The learning process. Today, we are talking about the benefits of slowing down by utilziing reflections.

👉 Mentioned Links:

• Transcript and Blog

👉 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 D2L's Brightspace

I need to take you behind the scenes for a moment to discuss a huge issue within the instructional design field. 

There is a disconnect between instructional design degrees and real world expectations. It’s been a trend I’ve been monitoring for years, and it only seems to be getting worse. Students are graduating with these degrees and don’t know how to apply the lessons into the real world. They aren’t ready and don’t feel confident to take their next steps. When asked why, I hear that they spent two to four years learning about theories, models, and processes, but did not gain experience in practicing them. The topics of working with subject matter experts, managing projects, building a portfolio, and career guidance never even came up in some of these degrees, yet they advertise on their websites that they prepare students for a competitive job market.

On today’s podcast, I’m going to share with you what I’ve been hearing directly from instructional design students. The hope is that we can acknowledge their thoughts and make changes to fix this problem now before it gets any worse. You’ll also hear about institutions who are doing everything right to prepare their students for the real world and I give a shout out to a few of them. 

After you’ve read the transcript or listened to the show, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

👉 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

🤝 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy
• Check out D2L's Brightspace

What does the day in the life of a senior instructional designer look like? Let's talk about it!

👉 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

🤝 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy
• Check out D2L's Brightspace

Yikes! Let's talk about some of the worst advice out there on how to become an instructional designer.

👉 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

🤝 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

Today's episode is all about learning environments! You'll learn about the four different spaces and how making small changes can lead to huge results.

👉 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

🤝 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

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

🤝 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

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. 

👉 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

🤝 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy

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

🤝 Connect with me:

• 👨‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🐦 Twitter
• 👨‍💻 Blog

🙌 Support the Channel!

• Check out IDOL Courses Academy