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Dear Instructional Designer

Kristin Anthony
The show about the instructional design journey.

Episodes

Episode 57: Interview with JR Dingwall

This episode, I am talking with JR Dingwall, a higher ed instructional design consultant. I'm super excited to have JR on the show to tell the story of someone who went freelance for a while and then decided that it wasn't for him.

Nov 29, 201839 minEp. 57

Episode 56: Back Again with Wes Atkinson

This episode we are back with Wes Atkinson, Co-founder and Lead Technical Consultant at Appitierre Ltd, the makers of the Evolve Authoring tool and the Bloom LMS talking about Evolve as a potential tool.

Nov 01, 201832 minEp. 56

Episode 55: Interview with Wes Atkinson

This episode, I’m with Wes Atkinson, Co-founder and Lead Technical Consultant at Appitierre Ltd, the makers of the Evolve Authoring tool and the Bloom LMS. And we are going to keep on theme about the freelancer journey but with a bit of a twist, from the perspective of a vendor.

Oct 11, 201822 minEp. 55

Episode 54: Building a Network

This episode I wanted to talk a bit about how I’ve built and continue to build my network.

Sep 27, 201817 minEp. 54

Episode 53: Freelancing Toolbox

In this episode, I want to share a bit more about my own toolset, in a few categories. We’ll look at business tools, productivity tools, and professional development.

Sep 13, 201821 minEp. 53

Episode 52: Interview with Devlin Peck

This episode, I am talking with Devlin Peck, a recent instructional design graduate student who jumped into freelancing with both feet while still a student.

Aug 30, 201845 minEp. 52

Episode 51: Interview with Christy Tucker

This episode, I am talking with Christy Tucker, an instructional design consultant who has made her name by thinking deeply about what good instructional design is and sharing those thoughts and her learning experiences via her blog. She’s also a frequent contributor the instructional design subreddit, which is where I met her. Today, she is going to tell us more about her journey into freelance instructional design work.

Aug 16, 201845 minEp. 51

Episode 50: Feast and Famine and Freelancing

In this episode, I try my hand at answering one of the toughest questions around becoming a freelancer: How does that whole feast and famine cycle work?

Aug 02, 201820 minEp. 50

Episode 48: Season 3 Wrap Up

In this episode, I (finally!) wrap up season 3 and talk about the future of Dear ID.

Jul 05, 20188 minEp. 48

Episode 47: Svein-Tore on H5P

In this episode, I sit down with Svein-Tore, the founder of H5P, an amazing open source authoring tool for creating elearning interactions.

Jun 29, 201726 minEp. 48

Episode 46: Simon Date on Open Source

In our last episode with Simon, we segue from using Adapt to the Open Source Way and how Instructional Designers can benefit by jumping in to open source projects.

Jun 15, 201716 minEp. 47

Episode 44: Simon Date on MOOCs

The first of three (I say four in audio) episodes with Simon Date, Adapt developer extraordinaire!

May 18, 201719 minEp. 45

Episode 36: Season 2 Wrap Up

Season 2 of Dear ID is finally over! In this episode, I share some stats about my 2016 year of projects, takeways from Season 2's focus on tools and tech, and what's next for Season 3 of Dear ID.

Dec 22, 20169 minEp. 37

Episode 35: What's Next?

In this episode, I want to gaze into the future and talk about three areas I think may be useful for other instructional design newbies looking to develop their skills or dive into a niche area.

Dec 15, 20169 minEp. 36

Episode 34: Livestreaming

In this episode, I make an argument for adding livestreaming to your toolbox to show and share your work without the commitment of a regular blog or podcast, but also staving off the isolation that can come with engaging in deep work.

Dec 08, 201610 minEp. 35

Episode 33: Game Makers for Learning

In this episode I talk about game makers and why they might be a good option to help you start building learning experiences.

Dec 01, 20169 minEp. 34

Episode 32: PowerPoint for Video

In this episode, I respond to a listener request for more talk about creating effective, interesting animated video. I could have gone high-tech, but instead, I challenge you to think about using PowerPoint for effective animated video.

Nov 24, 201610 minEp. 33

Episode 31: Interview with Hadiya Nuriddin

Today, I sit down with Hadiya Nuriddin, an instructional design and training veteran, who now owns her own consultancy, Focus Learning Solutions. I was interested in having Hadiya on when I heard about her new venture FreshEye Reviews, where she’ll be focusing on simplifying the quality control process for organizations.

Nov 17, 201648 minEp. 32

Episode 30: The Open Source Way

Piggybacking on last week's episode on learning to program, I discuss how we might carry over some of the principles of open source software development as a part of our solution-building toolbox as learning experience designers.

Nov 10, 201610 minEp. 31

Episode 29: Learning to Program

This episode, I talk about my coding journey and how coding helps us to solve more problems as learning experience designers.

Nov 03, 20168 minEp. 30

Episode 28: Twine

Twine is an open source tool for creating interactive, non-linear stories. It’s a tool for interactive fiction and story game development. In this episode, I talk about how it might be used for prototyping and creating elearning.

Oct 27, 20167 minEp. 29