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#IDIODC Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee

Chris Van Wingerden, Paul Schneiderwww.dominknow.com
Grab your favorite brew (ours is coffee ☕) and sit down with Paul Schneider and Chris Van Wingerden from dominKnow. Together they unpack the real-world headaches L&D pros face — managing learning content creation, operations, and proving business value. Expect lively chats with guest experts and practical tips you can plug straight into your learning strategies or development workflows. Whether you’re a veteran L&D leader or a brand-new instructional designer, tune in for strategic, technology, and business insights into L&D operational excellence.
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Episodes

The Realities of Virtual Reality in Your L&D Strategy: With Special Guest Marco Faccini

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee This audio cast was recorded candid and live, we apologize for technical difficulties with sound. This week we bring on another special guest from Gamification Nation, Marco Faccini to talk about VR. Currently used as one of the most modern forms of gamification and game-based learning (and just flat out gaming) in the world; virtual reality is so much more than just a shiny toy! Marco joins the IDIODC guys to showcase VR's pros on business impa...

Oct 10, 201832 minEp. 29

Gamification and a Better Learner Experience: With Special Guest An Coppens

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee While the many in the L&D industry know, it's important to use engaging forms of learning tools past the basics to maintain learner retention and performance improvement. Expand your organizations learning ecosystem with gamification! Welcome to an introduction to the basics of gamification and how you can easily use it to add more value in your learning solutions. In this episode of IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring on special guest and master ...

Oct 03, 201840 minEp. 28

The Power of Responsive Authoring: Storytelling Inspiration

In this episode of IDIODC, Brent and Chris talk about leveraging the design potential of responsive design to help tell stories. Responsive design was created from a practical need to ensure that content could be accessible across all devices. More than just a solution to a problem, responsive design has actually created new opportunities to frame content and user experience – which has some very practical applications for the learning and development world. Chris and Brent will review some grea...

Sep 26, 201845 minEp. 27

Webinars and Virtual Classrooms: Where do you start? With Special Guest Jo Cook

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee For this episode of IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring on special guest Jo Cook on to discuss webinars and virtual classrooms. Both done live and over the web, virtual classrooms and webinars typically do have many similarities, but still vary greatly. Each with their own unique pros and cons, Jo and the gang will discuss the differences and what angle is best to take for learning in different situations. Jo Cook is a speaker, instructional designer ...

Sep 19, 201840 minEp. 26

Accelerate Your xAPI Skills with Cohort Learning: with Special Guest Megan Torrance

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this episode, Brent and Chris chat with the one and only Megan Torrance from TorranceLearning. With the xAPI Fall Cohort just getting kicked off, the three go over the ABC's of xAPI and get you a full scoop of what the xAPI Cohort is all about. (Don't need to read anymore on xAPI Fall Cohort and want to get started ASAP? Well, here's the link! https://www.torrancelearning.com/xapi-cohort/ ) The xAPI Learning Cohort is a free, vendor-neutral, ...

Sep 12, 201834 minEp. 25

How to Select an eLearning Authoring Tool: With Special Guest Mark Sheppard

Choosing an eLearning authoring tool can be tough, especially with so many options available; while trying to balance current and future needs. In this episode, we'll offer some advice on how to choose an authoring tool for you. Be sure to subscribe to the dominKnow channel for more episodes of #IDIODC - Instructional Designers in Office Drinking Coffee, where our goal is to help our peers create better eLearning content and learning experiences. https://www.youtube.com/user/dominknow Interested...

Sep 05, 201845 minEp. 24

Getting Started With Comics For eLearning: With Special Guest Kevin Thorn

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this episode, Brent chats with Kevin Thorn from NuggetHead on comics in eLearning. When and how to use comics in eLearning and the value it adds to the learner experience. Kevin is an award-winning eLearning designer & developer, consultant, and owner of NuggetHead Studioz, LLC., a boutique custom design and development studio specializing in online learning experiences. After retiring from the US Army, Kevin pursued a career in corporate...

Jul 25, 201844 minEp. 23

Audio Lessons Learned From TechSmith Academy With Special Guest Matt Pierce

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee While Chris is away for this week's episode, Brent continues the conversation on Part 3: Audio in eLearning with Matt Pierce from TechSmith Academy! During this session, the two will chat about the lessons learned while creating the audio for the videos in the TechSmith Academy. Matthew Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador from TechSmith Corporation, has created videos for learning and marketing for over a decade. Matthew has been a speaker a...

Jul 18, 201842 minEp. 22

Professional Voice Tips From A Professional Voice: With Special Guest John Kissinger - IDIODC Ep#21

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this IDIODC episode, Brent goes live with special guest John Kissinger for a special one-on-one about voice over acting in eLearning while Chris is away. The two chat tips on how to ensure the highest quality and authenticity out of your voice. Want that tea John talks about in this session? Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Medicinals-Organic-Throat-Seasonal/dp/B0009F3POO/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1531314678&sr=...

Jul 11, 201834 minEp. 21

Recording Audio for eLearning: Tips to get the best sound possible

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris bring you the first episode of the interactive, video-cast series: A Beginner's Guide to Audio for eLearning. The first topic of discussion will be specifically on recording hardware and best practices. Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Become virtual friends with the gang: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: https://twi...

Jun 27, 201844 minEp. 20

What is a Learning Engineer and is it for me? With Special Guest Craig Wiggins

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris chat with special guest, Craig Wiggins! The three talk about IEEE. ICICLE's work on developing a definition of a "Learning Engineer" as a standard as well as its goal of supporting the development of Learning Engineering as a profession and academic discipline. Craig is the IEEE ICICLE Vice-Chair and SIG Liaison Officer. He is an accomplished ID, eLearning developer/designer and project manager. Learn more...

Jun 20, 201843 minEp. 19

Gamification vs. Game-Based Learning: With Special Guest Andrew Hughes

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris chat with special guest Andrew Hughes! The three talk gamification vs. game-based learning. These are often used interchangeably but are very different. In this session, our hosts get to the core of what makes humans tick and why game strategies work so well in learning. Andrew Hughes is the founder and CEO of Designing Digitally, an award-winning custom eLearning developer that creates engaging content us...

Jun 13, 201856 minEp. 18

How to get real data out of your smile sheets: Conversation with Will Thalheimer

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris chat with special guest Will Thalheimer, PhD! The three talk how to get a better framework for smile sheets in order to utilize the functionality and actually get valid data in return. Dr. Thalheimer brings research-based wisdom to the practice of workplace learning as the President of Work-Learning Research. Consultant, Research Translator, Author, Speaker, Instructional Designer, Writer, Advocate...

Jun 06, 201837 minEp. 17

Improve Your L&D Strategy Using Microlearning: Featuring Special Guest - Shannon Tipton

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris bring on a special guest, Shannon Tipton! The three talk about the importance of including microlearning in an organizational training setting for better learner retention, engagement and more. Shannon Tipton is CLO of Learning Rebels, an organization focused on improving business L&D through unique blended and microlearning training designs. She also is the author of her new book "Disruptive L...

May 30, 201832 minEp. 16

The Bread of an eLearning Video Sandwich: Pre and Post Production. Featuring Special Guest - Sam Rogers

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris bring on a special guest, Sam Rogers. Recorded completely live and candid the three discuss pre and post-production for eLearning videos. Sam Rogers is the President of Snap Synapse LLC - a content production and consulting company specializing in eLearning. He is a regular contributor to #TLDCast and a speaker at events run by ATD, The eLearning Guild, Training Magazine and Learning DevCamp. Check...

May 23, 201841 minEp. 15

Best Mobile Video Apps to Amplify Your eLearning

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris chat about different apps available for editing and enhancing videos made on your mobile device. Here are the applications that Brent and Chris spoke about in this episode for easy video editing: - iMovie - IntroMate - Power Director - KineMaster - Ripl - Adobe Premiere - Adobe Premiere (Clip) - Adobe Spark - Splice - Explain Everything Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.cro...

May 16, 201837 minEp. 14

Spaced Repetition in eLearning. Spaced Repetition in eLearning.

Here is the link Brent and Chris spoke about: https://www.worklearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Spacing_Learning_Over_Time__March2009v1_.pdf Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale....

May 09, 201836 minEp. 13

Pressing Record: Tips for great videos using your mobile device

Here are some of the products Brent and Chris spoke about: https://joby.com/gorillapod-tripods http://pakpod.com http://www.rode.com/microphones/videomicgo https://www.olloclip.com/ Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale....

May 02, 201842 minEp. 12

eLearning - What Can Organizations Learn From Higher Ed? Featuring Special Guest: Cara North

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden bring special guest Cara North on this week's episode of IDIODC to discuss the differences between eLearning in higher ed vs. organizational settings. Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Apr 25, 201841 minEp. 11

Microlearning: Is smaller better?

Here is the link used in this episode: https://elearningindustry.com/microlearning-macrolearning-research-tell-us Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Apr 18, 201838 minEp. 10

Interactive Video - What can you do?

Here are the links used in this episode: https://www.safaribooksonline.com/oriole/gds-design-principles https://h5p.org/interactive-video#example=617 Here are the links used from dominKnow in this episode: http://dki.io/b1d0c9e0 http://dki.io/e47e516a Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale....

Apr 12, 201840 minEp. 9

The Simplicity of True Responsive Design

Here are the links used in this episode: http://www.chickenbot.it/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-07eeeebb-d450-4e4b-98d4-755369be7855 https://www.theverge.com/a/apple-watch-review http://www.giampierobodino.com/en/artist-jeweler/giampiero-bodino Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale....

Apr 04, 201844 minEp. 8

Live from LSCon 2018

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden go live from the Learning Solutions Expo in Orlando, Florida to talk about all the best parts of the conference and expo. Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Mar 28, 201826 minEp. 7

Getting Started with xAPI

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden talk about the basics of xAPI and how the new tool can be applied to your eLearning using an LMS and LCMS. Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Mar 22, 201836 minEp. 6

Three-Act Storytelling as Learning Design Tool

Here is the link used in this episode: https://www.nownovel.com/blog/three-act-formula-novels/ Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Mar 14, 201830 minEp. 5

Simple steps to speed up media file loading

Here are the links used in this episode: http://downloadtimecalculator.com http://optimizilla.com/ Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Mar 07, 201836 minEp. 4

Pros and Cons of Audio Narration in eLearning

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden talk about the pros and cons of audio narration in eLearning. Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Mar 01, 201835 minEp. 3

What Makes eLearning Bad?

Here is the link used in this episode: Chris mentions the Marc Rosenberg article: https://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1483/marc-my-words-from-interactivity-to-engagement Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale....

Feb 21, 201833 minEp. 2

Why is Responsive Design so Different?

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden talk about the key differentiating factors between responsive design and TRUE responsive design. Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Feb 15, 201833 minEp. 1
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