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, 2018•39 min•Ep. 57
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, 2018•32 min•Ep. 56
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, 2018•22 min•Ep. 55
This episode I wanted to talk a bit about how I’ve built and continue to build my network.
Sep 27, 2018•17 min•Ep. 54
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, 2018•21 min•Ep. 53
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, 2018•45 min•Ep. 52
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, 2018•45 min•Ep. 51
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, 2018•20 min•Ep. 50
In this episode, I take a walk down memory lane and talk about my journey into freelancing.
Jul 19, 2018•17 min•Ep. 49
In this episode, I (finally!) wrap up season 3 and talk about the future of Dear ID.
Jul 05, 2018•8 min•Ep. 48
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, 2017•26 min•Ep. 48
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, 2017•16 min•Ep. 47
Our second chat with Simon Date of King's College, London. We dive deep into "Why use Adapt?"
Jun 01, 2017•23 min•Ep. 46
The first of three (I say four in audio) episodes with Simon Date, Adapt developer extraordinaire!
May 18, 2017•19 min•Ep. 45
This episode, I talk with Zsolt Olah, one of my ID heroes, about two different projects that illustrate how context is king.
May 04, 2017•37 min•Ep. 44
This episode, I sit down with our newbiest ID yet, Ellen Hayes, and we talk about her process building an online course for a student maker space.
Apr 20, 2017•35 min•Ep. 43
In this teardown episode, I dive into the interactive video/simulation, Sortie en Mer (A Trip out to Sea).
Apr 06, 2017•16 min•Ep. 42
In this teardown episode, I dive into the game-based one-page Adapt course from Sponge UK on following the rules of street fundraising.
Mar 23, 2017•21 min•Ep. 41
This episode, I sit down with Leslie Sandoval, instructional designer of 11 years, and we talk higher ed and a project supporting faculty with online courses.
Mar 09, 2017•29 min•Ep. 40
This episode, I’ve got a real treat: a cutting edge tech project from my friend, David Fusco!
Feb 23, 2017•31 min•Ep. 39
This episode, I try something a little different! A detailed teardown of the interactive video, Will You Fit into Deloitte?
Feb 09, 2017•16 min•Ep. 38
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, 2016•9 min•Ep. 37
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, 2016•9 min•Ep. 36
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, 2016•10 min•Ep. 35
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, 2016•9 min•Ep. 34
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, 2016•10 min•Ep. 33
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, 2016•48 min•Ep. 32
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, 2016•10 min•Ep. 31
This episode, I talk about my coding journey and how coding helps us to solve more problems as learning experience designers.
Nov 03, 2016•8 min•Ep. 30
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, 2016•7 min•Ep. 29