New to IDT? Here are 3 Bloggers to Follow.

    Greetings!

    

    As a person relatively new to Instructional Technology and Design, I believe it is

    imperative to stay abreast of the shifts in the field. As a requirement for my Learning Theory class, we were tasked with researching three IDT-related blogs/professional newsletters to add to our catalog. 

  

    Here are my choices:

      Instructional Design Central

IDT blog created in 2016 in conjunction with the IDC website. The IDC blog contains very few posts (15-20) dating back to 2016, but each post can be a useful resource for those new to the field of instructional design and technology.  Although few in number, each bite-sized post span topics vital to IDT, including LMS, eLearning, and LXDesign to name a few.

The Instructional Design Central blog will be a helpful resource for me in learning trends and techniques in this new field quickly. Each post contains updated processes, strategies, and informative tips that will provide me through the more in-depth readings in my IDT courses. I also enjoy the fact that post reading expectations are timed, making your readings fast and possibly, more meaningful.


 TimSlade.com

A blog dedicated to providing eLearning support and advice to those new to the field. Slade’s posts provide designers with detailed guides to navigate usage with popular eLearning tools, such as Storyline and Articulate. His professional guidance is also married with his own experiences in the field, which makes his content relatable. This personal viewpoint can be impactful to those new to eLearning (like me!)

I foresee visiting this blog quite often. I believe it will become a valuable resource for my upcoming courses pertaining to eLearning and design. The strategies Slade provides for various software seem to be easy to understand and will serve as additional resources to enhance future class discussions and assignments.  

Cathy Moore

The Cathy Moore blog is focused on best practices for delivering quality training. This site resonated with me because of its primary focus on training development, my current role.

I look forward to referring to the strategies from this blog in my job as well as school because of its relevance to my daily training duties. Moore’s blog will serve as a tool to monitor training and develop better techniques to have less boring sessions with our school district’s administrators.