Instructional designers are faced with the challenge of designing engaging and versatile learning material. With the increasing trend of online learning, instructional designers must adapt to the challenges while taking advantage of the opportunities that distance learning creates. Blogs can provide instructional designers with a variety of resources and experiences to pull inspiration from when designing instruction. The following blogs share information on instructional design and provide a wide range of personal experiences from professionals in the instructional design field. These three blogs are a great resource for instructional designers who are looking to create innovative and engaging material that meets the needs of all learners.
In her blog, Dr. Rogers, pulls from her experience as an
educator and an instructional designer to provide knowledge, resources, tips
and tricks on designing learning material that is meaningful and inclusive for
all types of learners. Dr. Rogers uses a multi-theoretical approach to
instructional design and demonstrates her alternative design model in her blog
posts. Her model focuses of building an online community, making personal
connections with content, and assimilating information in real world
situations. Her blog is easy to navigate and covers a large range of topics
including student engagement, long-distance collaborative learning, and
facilitating inquiry-based learning. She does a great job utilizing information
from a wide range of credible resources which promotes research in her field. This
blog is a great resource when you are designing instruction to address specific
problems to instructional design issues.
The Zen of Learning blog by Shafali R. Anand encourages
creativity in the instructional design process. The author also publishes an e-zine
where she promotes whole-brain instructional design. Her blog reads more like a
personal narration of her experiences and contains a unique perspective on designing
learning. The blog provides great advice on how to identify and engage
different learners, design engaging instruction, and have fun with
instructional design. As a bonus, the blog is often satirical and encourages
the use of humor in instructional design. This blog is a fantastic resource
when you need creative inspiration with a side of laughter.
With two editors and 6 contributors, the Model eLearning
blog uses collaboration to provide innovative instructional design for online
and blended learners. The blog focuses on student-led learning and provides
great resources on how to facilitate an online student-led learning environment.
The blog provides posts on how to choose effective resources, how to engage
learners, and how to design instruction that promotes the online learning
community. This blog is great for learning more about instructional design for
online learners designing instruction that promotes collaboration of distance
learners.
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