Dear Instructional Designer

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

In this episode, I take a walk down memory lane and talk about my journey into freelancing.

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

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

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.

Our second chat with Simon Date of King's College, London. We dive deep into "Why use Adapt?"

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

This episode, I talk with Zsolt Olah, one of my ID heroes, about two different projects that illustrate how context is king.

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.

In this teardown episode, I dive into the interactive video/simulation, Sortie en Mer (A Trip out to Sea).

In this teardown episode, I dive into the game-based one-page Adapt course from Sponge UK on following the rules of street fundraising.

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.

This episode, I’ve got a real treat: a cutting edge tech project from my friend, David Fusco!