First Things First: Local ASTD Groups On LinkedIn - Do It! If you're a manager or marketing/sales professional in the learning industry, it's worth doing a quick search in the groups directory on LinkedIn to see if there's an online group for your local ASTD chapter . Of course, if you're a trainer or instructional designer, this goes ... my area (Orange County, California), our local ASTD Chapter didn't have a presence on LinkedIn for the longest ... last one is an embellishment) I'm happy to say our chapter board agreed to establish the ASTD-OC group on LinkedIn ...

For IDs and non-IDs Alike. (Hint: "ID" = "Instructional Designer".) Below is a list. I asked for ... department head going it alone on a training project (i.e., without budget for an instructional designer), well, god ... . Effective Instructional Design: An Online Course Template A good primer if you're a new ID or a manager without an ID to support you and you're going it alone on developing training for your department. EnCorps: Designing ... . (Personal note: Give feedback to ASTD national.) What I really wanted were some online references that were ...

I am going through one of the CCK08 readings for this week, “Cloudworks: social networking for learning design ... networks are just made up of people. They’re not; social networks consist of people who are connected by a shared object. I love the idea that social networks require a shared object, in other words they need a theme . If you are building something electronic to facilitate a social network, what is it that binds the social network together? I am ... ;, pictures, books, or other shared interests, and that successful social networks are those which form around such social ...

... just as with all the tools at our disposal as instructional designers and trainers, whatever concrete examples present ... Sadly, not in this case, I'm afraid. Though, it was at least entertaining. In a discussion I've been having with some of the more active members of ASTD-OC's discussion group on LinkedIn (free membership required), I commented ... third-party apps that enhance the dialog a bit more than simply tracking tweets on the Twitter web site, I've personally been able to use it for knowledge sharing, Q&A support, extending professional networks and informational ...

... in this field) joined social networks enrolled in a Master’s program at Capella University (Education - Instructional Design for Online Learning); learned theory, application, some tools, web design, project management, how to ... community. Realized I was learning as much as I did in my Master’s program. joined online social networks ... - Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation) for a still unknown reason…perhaps status, earning right to be ... perspective of a person looking to get a job in the field of e-learning vs. a person who knows little about the term.