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

Self-Advocating for a Promotion/Raise

Aspiring for a promotion or raise in your current role? Let’s talk about how you can self-advocate to achieve that goal!

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Career Move Announcement AND Podcast Appearance

This post is a two-fer, as I’ve got some big changes in the coming weeks. I am going from a hybrid arrangement in the financial services sector to a fully remote position as a Senior Technical Instructional Designer at a software company.

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Why I’m Learning to Code

E-Learning development has much in common with web development. This is why I am enrolling in Codecademy’s front-end web development course!

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Tech Upskilling via LinkedIn Learning

In the world of corporate instructional design, we use very specific digital tools. If you are transitioning to this field and have K-12 experience, our platforms are similar, but not the same. 

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The Benefits of Blogging

I have maintained an instructional design blog since I made the transition in 2021. It helps me be more purposeful with my career, as it makes me articulate my professional intentions.

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How Teachers Can Get Experience Training Adults

Being able to demonstrate that you have experience developing employees in the workplace will highlight your instructional design acumen.

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TPLD is Changing, Y’all

TPLD is a group of former educators who help current educators with their job transition to the corporate world of L&D, for free. We aren’t going anywhere, but we are evolving.

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Professional Development Options

Stagnancy is not an option for a Hermione Granger such as myself. I’m looking ahead at professional development opportunities for 2022.

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6 Months in my New Role

Working as a corporate ID is everything I hoped for when I started researching the role back in the spring of 2020.

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The NovoEd Course

I’m currently enrolled in the NovoEd course ‘Learning Experience Design: From Ideas to Impact.’

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