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The Learning Lab

Thoughts on instructional design, tech enablement, and building better learning cultures.

Project vs. Program Management

You may have the opportunity to serve as a project or program manager, so I want to highlight some key differences and give an example of what each looks like.

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Productivity Hacks

There are some productivity hacks from my teacher days that carried over to my instructional design routines. Self-management is very important in the corporate world because deadlines are spaced out, and things can creep up on you.

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Instructional Design Team Work

As an instructional designer, my people skills are far more important than my technical skills. I work across many different teams on a weekly basis.

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Reflect on These Two Areas When Job Hunting

You’ve decided to transition to a new career field, and are excited to start applying for jobs straight away. But caution!

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Why I Chose Instructional Design

I chose instructional design very intentionally and actively tried to find a role in the field.

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Working on a Geographically Dispersed Team

In every instructional design role I’ve had, my team has been distributed, first nationally, and now globally.

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ID and Industry Content

How do you choose the industry in which you perform instructional design?

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PMP Preparation

Right now I am preparing for the PMP exam and wanted to share what I am working on. While I’ve been leading professional projects for years, passing the exam will be a formal acknowledgement of that skillset.

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Real World ADDIE

ADDIE is an instructional design process that everyone in the industry knows. But for an outsider looking in, what does it look like in practice?

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Rounds of Review

When developing a learning experience, you need feedback, and a lot of it.

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