Demystifying Instructional Design

Stephanie Smith is the Learning and Design Manager for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. located in Westminster Colorado. She has experience in training and development for a variety of industries including energy, safety, software, sales, customer service, medical management industries. Specializing in eLearning, learning architecture, learning platforms, and learning management systems, Stephanie has a proven track record of successful implementation of learning systems. She has experience creating solutions for human performance issues, leadership development, apprenticeship programs and change management course development. Stephanie has a BA in Speech and Media Communications from Colorado State University, a BA in Education, and a Master’s in Information Learning Technologies, eLearning Design and Implementation from University of Colorado. Stephanie manages the Learning and Development and Training Managers Group on Facebook, which supports members with management issues, metrics, ROI and other instructional design issues. As well as the Instructional Design and eLearning Community page. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Jeremy Tuttle is the Director of Learning Design for Niche Academy where he leads a fantastic team of creative people. He has designed instruction for asynchronous online delivery since 2016 and has been in the education space since 2009. While At Niche Academy he has overseen the creation of over 400 tutorials, and for his previous employer he wrote microcredentials on topics like Criteria and Rubrics and Formative/Summative Assessments. He has a Bachelors of Science in Digital Film and Video Production from the Art Institute of Salt Lake City, and he will graduate in Spring 2023 with an M.Ed in Instructional Design from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

In this episode I interview Autumm Caines and Lance Eaton about ChatGPT and how they see it affecting higher ed and instructional design from a variety of perspectives. This episode is insightful and also humorous at times. Autumm Caines: Autumm Caines is a liminal space. Part technologist, part artist, part manager, part synthesizer she aspires to be mostly educator. You will find Autumm at the place where different disciplines and fields intersect, always on the threshold, and trying to learn something new. Autumm currently works full-time as an Instructional Designer at the University of Michigan – Dearborn and part-time as Instructional Faculty at College Unbound where she teaches courses in Digital Citizenship as well as Web and Digital Portfolio. Lance Eaton: Lance Eaton is the Director of Digital Pedagogy at College Unbound, a part-time instructor at North Shore Community College and Southern New Hampshire University, and a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, Boston with a dissertation that focuses on how scholars engage in academic piracy. He has given talks, written about, and presented at conferences on artificial intelligence generative tools in education, academic piracy, open access, OER, open pedagogy, hybrid flexible learning, and digital service-learning. His musings, reflections, and ramblings can be found on his blog: http://www.ByAnyOtherNerd.com as well as on Twitter: @leaton01 Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Mindsmith is an AI-powered microlearning authoring tool built for the average user. They focus on intuitive interfaces and collaboration that empowers anyone to create beautiful elearning lessons/trainings, whether you are a manager of a small team, a full-time instructional designer, or a busy college professor. Their BookerAIᵝ features enable users to overcome writer's block and the intimidation of starting lessons from scratch. Currently, users can generate outlines, individual cards, or large sections of multiple cards. In the future, users will be able to generate full lessons from scratch or upload their current pdfs/powerpoints to generate content. In this episode I have a conversation with: Ethan Webb (Head of Product), Zack Allen (Chief Technology Officer), and Christy Graves (Head Designer). Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Janet Lee (Janet’s LinkedIn Profile) is an Instructional Designer specializing in practical professional development strategies and content development for professors wishing to transition meaning-full training from face-to-face to online learning. She has a varied background in international K-12/higher education including curriculum development publications, international speaking, media literacy, and micro-learning video production. Currently, she is a Lead Learning Architect and inspirational speaker working on various projects in higher education. She likes being known for inspiring teams with a fun practical approach @fenixliteracy Darlesa Cahoon (Darlesa’s LinkedIn Profile) has been an instructional designer and learning technologist for over 15 years with 10 of those working for the Port of Seattle at Seattle Tacoma International Airport. She holds an MA in Instructional Technology from University of Colorado at Denver. She gets excited about imagining and developing online, hybrid, and instructor-led learning experiences which grab attention, encourage reflection, get learners laughing, sharing, and playing and motivating them to improve their lives … and at times simply making compliance training as painless as possible! Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

In this episode I interview Janet Lee who works in higher education and Darlesa Cahoon who works in the corporate sector. We explore how instructional design is the same and how it is different across the different contexts. Sometimes we think it will be completely different only to discover that it is actually quite alike. This is the first part of a series. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Welcome to Demystifying Instructional Design - a podcast where I interview instructional designers about what they do. I'm Rebecca Hogue, your podcast host. For season three I'm going to do a something a little different - I'm going to be interviewing two instructional designers at the same time - from different sectors - to help compare how instructional design is different in one sector versus the other. My first interview will be with Janet Lee whose work focuses in high ed instructional design and Darlesa Cahoon who works in corporate instructional design for a large airport! In order to create rich interviews, I'd like to hear about what you would like me to ask my guests. Please go over to the Demystifying Instructional Design website, and leave a comment on the blog post for this announcement. What do you want to know about instructional design? If you are an instructional designer and would like to be interviewed for demystifying instructional design, please fill in the Be My Guest form. Thanks I'm looking forward to this season. Cheers, Rebecca Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Yorel L. P. Stephens, MPA, MA. Ed is an Adult Learning and Training consultant with 20+ years of experience serving education, non-profit, and corporate organizations. A graduate of the University of Phoenix, Wilmington College, and Lincoln University she specializes in bringing strategic goals to life through learning experiences, coaching instructional designers, and transforming complex content into simplistic learning. She excels in pulling the best out of her SMEs to create quality driven curriculum across a wide range of workforce industries. Yorel has been instrumental in creating learning solutions for pharmaceutical, bio-tech, food & beverage, gas & utilities, insurance, tax, and technology. Yorel is the owner of Intentionally Designed Productions, LLC, and the host of the Training Trends podcast. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Robin Sargent PhD, is an entrepreneur, instructional designer, and former professor, recognized as a leader in the instructional design community. She is the owner and founder of IDOL courses, IDOL Talent, and VITAL courses. IDOL courses is the trade school that serves clients through IDOL Talent while developing the next generation of creative learning designers. Business Insider heralds the IDOL courses AcademySM as "one of the best choices out there if you're serious about starting a career in corporate instructional design, but don't want to pay for a master's degree." Earning her PhD in Education with a specialization in instructional design and online learning, she has coached, mentored, and taught thousands of current and aspiring learning designers. Her dissertation was on the gamification of corporate training, and her vision is to create an IDOL world for all learners. Dr. Robin is also a former Director of Learning & Development for a billion-dollar staffing firm with over 17 years of corporate instructional design experience. She serves as a volunteer board member for DESIGNxHUMANITY, a design collective and apprenticeship program pairing experienced creatives with fresh faces to collaborate on real-world projects advocating for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. In addition, she started the IDOL World project to match non-profit organizations with access to instructional designers and free eLearning modules on relevant topics. Robin lives in Atlanta with her husband, Kris, and their three boys. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Stan Skrabut is a card carrying lifelong learner who has spent his career helping people and organizations achieve improved performance. He is a scholar, teacher, author, veteran, martial artist, and avid reader. Throughout his working life, he has changed roles and responsibilities countless times. He worked as a guard, organizational trainer, instructional technologist, webmaster, systems programmer, lecturer, and director. He uses informal learning, especially reading, as a way to improve himself and subsequently his teams. His interest in informal learning inspired his dissertation topic, Study of Informal Learning Among University of Wyoming Extension Educators. Stan is the Director of Instructional Technology and Design at Dean College in Franklin, Mass. He lives with his wife and two dogs in Rhode Island. Nomadic in nature, he loves to travel and has lived in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, and various locations across the United States. His number one passion is helping others achieve their goals. He has published two books and is working on a third Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Jean Dengler is a Senior Trainer with Service Corporation International. In her role she delivers a variety of training programs to a diverse group of associates using a virtual platform designed in Adobe Connect. While her primary role is to facilitate training, she considers herself fortunate to have the support of a fantastic team who offers her opportunities to develop learning content, design virtual classrooms and brainstorm innovative ways in which to enhance both training content and delivery. She is a 2021 graduate of UMASS, Boston, having received her MEd in Instructional Design and has found endless opportunities to apply instructional design practices in her work and in her life. She joins us today from Buffalo NY. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Rachael Assignon started her career as a foreign language teacher. She transitioned to corporate learning and development and has experience in automotive, health care, finance, and military. As an instructional designer and facilitator, she finds there is a lot of crossover between teaching and corporate learning. The outcome for both is the same: creating an environment where learners of all ages thrive. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Eva is a lifelong trainer, analyst, intermittent project manager and relatively new ID. She found my passion for instructional design later in life, proving to herself it’s never too late to make a change. She finds that instructional design allows both her tech geek side and creative side room to grow. Her niche has always been in healthcare and systems. She is very fortunate to have had the opportunity grow my career in tandem with the changes in healthcare and technology. She came to ID having been in the shoes of her learners, so she approaches it as a partnership. She is an avid reader, cellphone photographer, and tries to learn something new almost every day. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Janet Lee is an Instructional Designer specializing in practical professional development strategies and content development for professors wishing to transition meaning-full training from face-to-face to online learning. She has a varied background in international K-12/higher education including curriculum development publications, international speaking, media literacy, and micro-learning video production. Currently, she is a Learning Architect and inspirational speaker working on various projects in higher education. She likes being known for inspiring teams with a fun practical approach. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Janet Lee is an Instructional Designer specializing in practical professional development strategies and content development for professors wishing to transition meaning-full training from face-to-face to online learning. She has a varied background in international K-12/higher education including curriculum development publications, international speaking, media literacy, and micro-learning video production. Currently, she is a Learning Architect and inspirational speaker working on various projects in higher education. She likes being known for inspiring teams with a fun practical approach. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Autumm Caines is an Instructional Designer at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. She has earned an M.A. in Educational Technology from The Ohio State University and B.S. in Communication Technology from Eastern Michigan University and about 15 years of experience working in educational technology and instructional design. Autumm’s scholarly and research interests include blended/hybrid and online learning, open education, digital literacy/citizenship with a focus on equity and access, and online community development. This blend of interests have led her to be concerned about mounting ethical issues in educational technology and recently she has written and presented on topics concerning educational surveillance, student data collection, and remote proctoring. She has taught digital citizenship and first year success strategies at the undergraduate level and is active in several online educational communities. You can find out more about her publications and presentations on her professional website at autumm.org. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Emma J. Stodel, PhD, is the Founder and Principal of Learning 4 Excellence. Emma is an educator dedicated to improving performance and facilitating excellence. Her passion is to create meaningful learning experiences that elicit real change in the learner, leading to organizational, professional, and/or personal change. With an academic and professional background in both educational and sport psychology, Emma has a unique skill set she uses to build engaging eLearning solutions grounded in adult learning principles. Over the last 20 years, Emma has successfully developed award winning eLearning solutions for the healthcare sector, national sport organizations, provincial and federal governments, universities, and other public and private organizations both within and outside Canada. While being integrally involved in the design and development of eLearning modules and programs, Emma also takes a strategic approach to guide organizations looking to improve their learning programs. When not at her desk, you will find Emma riding her warmblood mare, Cheniah; walking or skiing with her golden retriever, Tilley; or on the golf course with her husband, Pete! Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Gregory Dillon is a Learning Designer at Brown University in Providence, RI where he lives with his border collie iuna. He holds masters degrees in Instructional Design and Portuguese from the University of Massachusetts. Gregory’s work is primarily guided by Freirean principles, digital critical pedagogy, and open educational practices. He believes deeply in building community and its benefits to the learning experience. Gregory lived in Brazil and has trained Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian dance-fight, for over 20 years. He was granted a teaching title in 2010 by one of the most widely recognized Capoeira groups in the world. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Mary Helen Culbertson is the Vice President of People and Culture at iDesign. After working in elementary and higher education, she moved into instructional design before transitioning into Human Resources in 2019. In her position at iDesign, Mary Helen uses her knowledge of instructional design to recruit talented individuals to work with iDesign partners to develop high-quality online course offerings. Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue

Lance Eaton is the Director of Digital Pedagogy at College Unbound, a part-time instructor at North Shore Community College and Southern New Hampshire University, and a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, Boston with a dissertation that focuses on how scholars engage in academic piracy. He has given talks, written about, and presented at conferences on open access, academic piracy, open pedagogy, hybrid flexible learning, and digital service-learning. His musings, reflections, and ramblings can be found on his blog: http://www.ByAnyOtherNerd.com Support the showPlease consider making a donation to my Patreon account to help support this podcast financially: patreon.com/rjhogue