Friday, August 7, 2015

Blog Stalking


 
The www.learninggeneralist.com blog would be useful to an instructional designer. The blog listed additional resources that would be helpful to a rookie or seasoned designer.  The information listed on this post is helpful because it had e-manuals, webinars, communication, and presenting techniques. 

I found that www.blog.cathy-moore.com blog was useful for adult learners.  Cathy Moore presented the blog in more of a self-directed learning module.  The webinars and virtual training had activities that could be interesting for the adult learner and would allow them to reach their goals.  Another bonus to this site was she gave hints on how to facilitate the learning modules.  This blog tries to make training fun for adults and give useful and helpful tips on what works. She has facilitated these modules and was able to give feedback on what is effective and what is not.  She has been able to design e-learning so the student is getting a maximized experience.

https://bozarthzone.blogspot.com was one of the most useful blogs that I found.  Jane Bozarthzone listed several upcoming events that would be useful to the profession.  Some of the blogs that were listed did not have resourceful information or was not updated.  This blog was the complete opposite.  One of the post on her blog was about unlearning previous methods of processing information.  One of the analogies used was when you first learned to drive and switch from an automatic to a standard and then back to an automatic.  From my own personal experience I remember driving with both feet and slamming on the break with my left foot as if it was a clutch.  I look forward to following this blog and staying up on what is going on in the design community.

These three blogs proved to be the most useful at this point in my career.  A wide variety of information was provided on the sites.  Having access to what is working in the design community and being able to collaborate with other designers is a wonderful thing.  Keeping up with slide show presentations, webinars, and e-learning techniques will greatly expand my knowledge.
 
Bozarth, J. (n.d.). Bozarthzone. Retrieved July 17, 2015, from http://bozarthzone.blogspot.com/
 
Moghe, Sumeet.  The Learning Generalist.  Retrieved July 17, 2015, from http://www.learninggeneralist.com/
 
Moore, C. (n.d.). Cathy Moore. Retrieved July 17, 2015, from http://blog.cathy-moore.com/

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