In this post, I am going to share with you my top 5 RSS feeds, or websites, as well as why I believe they are valuable reads for instructional designers.
The next website is a discussion board, rather than a blog, that comes from the LinkedIn group called the Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals’ Group. As a member of this group, I receive digest emails of all of its weekly activity sent straight to my inbox. And like the ASTD blog, the discussions that this group generates have so much to offer in the way of resources and information, and more. Its members also offer guidance and support, which I find invaluable.
Join the Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals’ LinkedIn Group!
P.S. The group also has a blog called e-Front Learning.
Next, I receive RSS feeds from a blog by Cathy Moore, who is an industry leader in integrating technology and training and development. In her biography, she states that she has more than 25 years doing this ("About," 2007, para. 1)! Wait. How long has technology been around? I guess that depends on how we define it. Anyway, not only is her blog a must read for all 21st Century instructional designers, who are concerned with e-learning, but it also comes highly recommended by my Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals group mates on LinkedIn.
Speaking of new technologies, another industry veteran with 25+ years’ experience is Jane Hart. Her website, which is called C4LPT, or Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies, is a great find on the topic of Web 2.0 technologies and social learning. And in her blog she “writes regular postings featuring news, links and other resources about learning and performance in the social workplace” ("About," 2011, para. 1).
If you are already working in the corporate world, or aspire to be, you may be familiar with Chief Learning Officer news and analysis, and magazine, which “provides valuable guidance and insight to global enterprise education executives” ("About," 2011, para. 2). Not there yet or planning to take your career in another direction far, far away from the office? Have no fear! This feed will still give you trusted information on all of the interests that are already swirling in your instructional design mind.
ASTD blog retrieved from http://www1.astd.org/Blog/.
E-Front Learning blog retrieved from http://blog.efrontlearning.net/.
Making Change: Ideas for Lively E-Learning blog retrieved from http://blog.cathy-moore.com/.
Learning in the Social Workplace blog retrieved from http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/blog/.
CLO news & analysis and magazine retrieved from http://clomedia.com/.
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What are your favorites? Please share! I look forward to reading about them in the comments section of this post.
Emily, thank you for showcasing Cathy Moore's blog! I will definitely be subscribing to it myself. I just went over to her site and the latest post read, "If you don’t identify what people actually do with the software and design your training around that, you could create an information dump that helps no one and can’t justify its own existence." Game over, Cathy has just jumped to the top of my respect list. In that one sentence Cathy has hit upon a battle I feel like I am constantly fighting. I have argued this same point so many times with my colleagues. Glad to see someone has my back. Thanks for the recommendation!
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