Instructional Design Professional Development
Tools for Learning and Presenting
http://www.slideshare.net/ This is a good tool for uploading Powerpoints and making them into an embeddable web object that can be shared and embedded in web pages. There is also the ability to incorporate sound.
https://todaysmeet.com/ A good tool for creating back channels or chats around events in the classroom. The pro accounts allows a teacher to moderate and block inappropriate users.
Camtasia https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html an indispensible tool for processing videos and adding instructional information and assistive text and flagging images.
http://www.adobe.com/products/experience-design.html Adobe Experience Design New Adobe product to help in prototyping and designing websites and apps.
diigo.com Social bookmarking tool that allows for the creation of groups and gives the user control over whether they want to keep bookmarks private or to be shared with different individuals. It also allows the creation of common tagging tools so that content or websites can be labeled one way for groups to more easily access together.
https://www.wikispaces.com/ Good constructivist tool to use with students allows for collaboration and teacher control of what content is displayed and access rights for student groups. Students can message as well as comment on wiki page additions from different members.
Captivate Instructional designer's tool that can effectively work on cross platform environments. What it looses in overly complex steps to make something it makes up for in its flexibility.
Videos for Learning about Learning
ADDIE process video_ - Short video on the ADDIE process with explanations of the details needed for each part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMfipxhT_Co_ Interview with the famous Howard Rheingold and George Siemens describing how an early MOOC course operated and events that happened.
http://education.ted.com/ TED talks that are related to learning and education. There are also included lessons and ideas for teaching in the classroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA Youtube video by Wendy Drexler on what the networked student in college looks like and how they use Web 2.0 tools to access information and access experts in the fields that a student might be studying. The video is in the style of Common Craft videos.
Professional Organizations of Learning, Tech, and Instructional Design
http://www.iste.org/ ISTE is one of the leading organizations that assist educators in using technology in the classroom. They have an annual conference every summer that attracts thousands of teachers from the US and beyond.
The eLearning Guild http://www.elearningguild.com/
Focuses on current trends and issues for instructional designers. They have a free membership plan so that you can still access some of the articles on various important topics in eLearning.
https://www.td.org/ The association for talent development has a broad appeal to many different types of manager and trainers in the business industry. They also have a lot of information for instructional designers.
https://trainingmag.com/ Training magazine has been around for a long time and is devoted to professional development for eLearning designers and instructional designers. Seems like they focus on large organziations.
http://www.cue.org/ Is an organization which promotes using technology with teachers. There are regional offices throughout California that hold events and mini-conferences. They have an annual conference in Palm Springs that attracts teachers from not just California but all over the US
Informational Websites and Publications
Edsurge This is an indispensable newsletter and website that give resources for not only new and innovative education related products, reflective writing about current important topics or controversies, but also conducts conferences and meet-ups for companies wanting to hire and elicit feedback on their products.
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/ A magazine devoted to all things related to learning and eLearning. They have a broad amount of information for eLearning, virtual learning environments, creating professional videos, etc. They also track different important conferences that are related to eLearning.
http://learnnovators.com/infographic-learning-water/ Learning Innovators is a company devoted to eLearning that also has lots of resources and links to innovation in the field. This is a guest blog post with an infographic on if learning was water.
http://www.instructionaldesigncentral.com/ Community of practice with a lot of resources including templates and forums which are located in LinkedIn, Google Plus, and Facebook.
http://www.edutopia.org/ Great resource for teaching, research, and the classroom. They have many practical references that are written by guest members. They also have content organized by them such as PBL, classroom design, and technology trends.
http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon/ Source of important technology trends and directions in the classroom. The Horizon report utilized educators and creates panels which look at pertinent trends and projects when these trends will take hold in the classroom and by students.
http://learnnovators.com/incredible-power-design-thinking-learning-design/ Good set of links and resources on the design thinking process and how it relates to learning.
Reference and Bibliography for Learning
http://www.niu.edu/facdev/_pdf/guide/learning/gagnes_nine_events_instruction.pdf A well summarized explanation for Gagne's Nine events of instruction that I used quite often to help me design lessons or activities centered on the nine events.
https://llk.media.mit.edu/publications/ Lifelong Kindergarten at MIT list of publications looking at computational thinking, programming, and elementary age engagement through technology.
https://csapoer.pbworks.com/f/First+Principles+of+Instruction+(Merrill,+2002).pdf Critical paper by Merrill explaining his First Principles of Instruction and the thinking behind them as an instructional theory.
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/57/social-networking-bridging-formal-and-informal-learning Article by Clark Quinn on the relationship of informal learning and formal learning in the workplace. The article discusses the intersection of the two types of learning and when one type is more suitable to certain types of learners than another. There is also a discussion of how social media relates to current learning.
http://www.wisd.org/users/0001/docs/GVC/5E%20Model.pdf Reference for the 5E instructional model
http://www.downes.ca/post/31741 Article by Stephen Downes who is a leading advocate for Connectivism and connected learning. This helps give an overview of the evolution of e-learning and what directions this type of learning can be expected to go in.
http://php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk/Syllabus_R678_Spring_of_2015.htm#week10 Fairly recent syllabus from Professor Curt Bonk which has many references to important trends in learning and technology.
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http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.345 An article on the Social Constructivist views of teaching and learning. Good summary on current understandings (up to 1998) and the history of how the learning theory came to be.
Flipped Classroom Resources
http://jonbergmann.com/ This is a website created by one of the first educators to flip his classroom. There are many links and resources to draw upon. He publishes a fairly frequent newsletter.
http://flippedclassroom.org/ A learning community focussed on flipping the classroom. It has a forum for comments and questions and will update their list of conferences that are happening during the year. There are several groups that are based on the age of students taught.
Individual Bloggers and Theorists Related to Learning
http://www.johnseelybrown.com/
I've seen John Seely Brown's name come up fairly frequently for a wide range of topics including eLearning, interface design and the direction and changes that need to take place if we are to keep up with the demands for a rapidly changing learning environment.
http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/design-thinking-for-instructional-desig/ A blog run by an eLearning coach named Connie Malamud that has several interesting posts and helpful guides on topics like ADDIE and instructional design.
https://nancy-rubin.com/ Expert on eLearning and distance learning that has many resources on her website.
Good blog on eLearning - Has shared tools and examples that can be looked at and how to guides for using different tools.
http://www.internettime.com/important-stuff/ Web page of important links by Jay Cross who helped make popular the term e-learning and also focusses on informal learning in the workplace
http://jjorstad.blogspot.com/ Interesting blog with a wide selection of posts on learning, design, and media written by a Professor in Wisconsin
Design Resources
Fonts
https://www.google.com/fonts Google Fonts has many extra fonts that can be added to Google apps with a single click
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/ Font Squirrel has many free fonts that are unusual and designer based.
http://www.dafont.com/ Da Font has a very large collection of usable free fonts
Free Photographs/Graphics
Unsplash High definition photographs that are good for creating moods with lots of environmental pictures.
http://makerbook.net/ Makerbook has lots of links to different resources on graphics, photos, interface design, etc.
https://pixabay.com/ Pixabay has many high quality free images. It's search tool is similar too Google in design and feel.
iPhonography - Resources for Using the iPhone as a Professional Design/Instructional Tool
https://beastgrip.com/ Beastgrip is an iPhone holder for mounting on tripods. The company also sells wide angle and fisheye lenses as well as a depth of field attachment which can mount an SLR lense to achieve a shallow depth of field.
https://www.lumecube.com/ A powerful and adjustable LED light that can be mounted onto iPhones. It can also be controlled via Bluetooth with an App.
http://www.filmicpro.com/ Filmicpro is the professional app that allows an iPhone to achieve very high definition 4K video and allows for sophisticated types of presets. It has been used by professional videographers to film. It allows greater adjustability than most other apps.
http://www.rode.com/ These are for professional microphones that work with the iPhone. There are various options and they have special connectors to work with the iPhone input.
http://www.moondoglabs.com/ The company makes an anamorphic lens that will work with the iPhone to achieve the proper look of a cinematic film if that looks is needed. They also have a special adapter that works with the Beastgrip holder as described above.
APA Formatting Resource
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/560/ The OWL at Purdue and an important reference for writing papers properly in the APA style format
http://www.slideshare.net/ This is a good tool for uploading Powerpoints and making them into an embeddable web object that can be shared and embedded in web pages. There is also the ability to incorporate sound.
https://todaysmeet.com/ A good tool for creating back channels or chats around events in the classroom. The pro accounts allows a teacher to moderate and block inappropriate users.
Camtasia https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html an indispensible tool for processing videos and adding instructional information and assistive text and flagging images.
http://www.adobe.com/products/experience-design.html Adobe Experience Design New Adobe product to help in prototyping and designing websites and apps.
diigo.com Social bookmarking tool that allows for the creation of groups and gives the user control over whether they want to keep bookmarks private or to be shared with different individuals. It also allows the creation of common tagging tools so that content or websites can be labeled one way for groups to more easily access together.
https://www.wikispaces.com/ Good constructivist tool to use with students allows for collaboration and teacher control of what content is displayed and access rights for student groups. Students can message as well as comment on wiki page additions from different members.
Captivate Instructional designer's tool that can effectively work on cross platform environments. What it looses in overly complex steps to make something it makes up for in its flexibility.
Videos for Learning about Learning
ADDIE process video_ - Short video on the ADDIE process with explanations of the details needed for each part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMfipxhT_Co_ Interview with the famous Howard Rheingold and George Siemens describing how an early MOOC course operated and events that happened.
http://education.ted.com/ TED talks that are related to learning and education. There are also included lessons and ideas for teaching in the classroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA Youtube video by Wendy Drexler on what the networked student in college looks like and how they use Web 2.0 tools to access information and access experts in the fields that a student might be studying. The video is in the style of Common Craft videos.
Professional Organizations of Learning, Tech, and Instructional Design
http://www.iste.org/ ISTE is one of the leading organizations that assist educators in using technology in the classroom. They have an annual conference every summer that attracts thousands of teachers from the US and beyond.
The eLearning Guild http://www.elearningguild.com/
Focuses on current trends and issues for instructional designers. They have a free membership plan so that you can still access some of the articles on various important topics in eLearning.
https://www.td.org/ The association for talent development has a broad appeal to many different types of manager and trainers in the business industry. They also have a lot of information for instructional designers.
https://trainingmag.com/ Training magazine has been around for a long time and is devoted to professional development for eLearning designers and instructional designers. Seems like they focus on large organziations.
http://www.cue.org/ Is an organization which promotes using technology with teachers. There are regional offices throughout California that hold events and mini-conferences. They have an annual conference in Palm Springs that attracts teachers from not just California but all over the US
Informational Websites and Publications
Edsurge This is an indispensable newsletter and website that give resources for not only new and innovative education related products, reflective writing about current important topics or controversies, but also conducts conferences and meet-ups for companies wanting to hire and elicit feedback on their products.
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/ A magazine devoted to all things related to learning and eLearning. They have a broad amount of information for eLearning, virtual learning environments, creating professional videos, etc. They also track different important conferences that are related to eLearning.
http://learnnovators.com/infographic-learning-water/ Learning Innovators is a company devoted to eLearning that also has lots of resources and links to innovation in the field. This is a guest blog post with an infographic on if learning was water.
http://www.instructionaldesigncentral.com/ Community of practice with a lot of resources including templates and forums which are located in LinkedIn, Google Plus, and Facebook.
http://www.edutopia.org/ Great resource for teaching, research, and the classroom. They have many practical references that are written by guest members. They also have content organized by them such as PBL, classroom design, and technology trends.
http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon/ Source of important technology trends and directions in the classroom. The Horizon report utilized educators and creates panels which look at pertinent trends and projects when these trends will take hold in the classroom and by students.
http://learnnovators.com/incredible-power-design-thinking-learning-design/ Good set of links and resources on the design thinking process and how it relates to learning.
Reference and Bibliography for Learning
http://www.niu.edu/facdev/_pdf/guide/learning/gagnes_nine_events_instruction.pdf A well summarized explanation for Gagne's Nine events of instruction that I used quite often to help me design lessons or activities centered on the nine events.
https://llk.media.mit.edu/publications/ Lifelong Kindergarten at MIT list of publications looking at computational thinking, programming, and elementary age engagement through technology.
https://csapoer.pbworks.com/f/First+Principles+of+Instruction+(Merrill,+2002).pdf Critical paper by Merrill explaining his First Principles of Instruction and the thinking behind them as an instructional theory.
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/57/social-networking-bridging-formal-and-informal-learning Article by Clark Quinn on the relationship of informal learning and formal learning in the workplace. The article discusses the intersection of the two types of learning and when one type is more suitable to certain types of learners than another. There is also a discussion of how social media relates to current learning.
http://www.wisd.org/users/0001/docs/GVC/5E%20Model.pdf Reference for the 5E instructional model
http://www.downes.ca/post/31741 Article by Stephen Downes who is a leading advocate for Connectivism and connected learning. This helps give an overview of the evolution of e-learning and what directions this type of learning can be expected to go in.
http://php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk/Syllabus_R678_Spring_of_2015.htm#week10 Fairly recent syllabus from Professor Curt Bonk which has many references to important trends in learning and technology.
_
http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.345 An article on the Social Constructivist views of teaching and learning. Good summary on current understandings (up to 1998) and the history of how the learning theory came to be.
Flipped Classroom Resources
http://jonbergmann.com/ This is a website created by one of the first educators to flip his classroom. There are many links and resources to draw upon. He publishes a fairly frequent newsletter.
http://flippedclassroom.org/ A learning community focussed on flipping the classroom. It has a forum for comments and questions and will update their list of conferences that are happening during the year. There are several groups that are based on the age of students taught.
Individual Bloggers and Theorists Related to Learning
http://www.johnseelybrown.com/
I've seen John Seely Brown's name come up fairly frequently for a wide range of topics including eLearning, interface design and the direction and changes that need to take place if we are to keep up with the demands for a rapidly changing learning environment.
http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/design-thinking-for-instructional-desig/ A blog run by an eLearning coach named Connie Malamud that has several interesting posts and helpful guides on topics like ADDIE and instructional design.
https://nancy-rubin.com/ Expert on eLearning and distance learning that has many resources on her website.
Good blog on eLearning - Has shared tools and examples that can be looked at and how to guides for using different tools.
http://www.internettime.com/important-stuff/ Web page of important links by Jay Cross who helped make popular the term e-learning and also focusses on informal learning in the workplace
http://jjorstad.blogspot.com/ Interesting blog with a wide selection of posts on learning, design, and media written by a Professor in Wisconsin
Design Resources
Fonts
https://www.google.com/fonts Google Fonts has many extra fonts that can be added to Google apps with a single click
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/ Font Squirrel has many free fonts that are unusual and designer based.
http://www.dafont.com/ Da Font has a very large collection of usable free fonts
Free Photographs/Graphics
Unsplash High definition photographs that are good for creating moods with lots of environmental pictures.
http://makerbook.net/ Makerbook has lots of links to different resources on graphics, photos, interface design, etc.
https://pixabay.com/ Pixabay has many high quality free images. It's search tool is similar too Google in design and feel.
iPhonography - Resources for Using the iPhone as a Professional Design/Instructional Tool
https://beastgrip.com/ Beastgrip is an iPhone holder for mounting on tripods. The company also sells wide angle and fisheye lenses as well as a depth of field attachment which can mount an SLR lense to achieve a shallow depth of field.
https://www.lumecube.com/ A powerful and adjustable LED light that can be mounted onto iPhones. It can also be controlled via Bluetooth with an App.
http://www.filmicpro.com/ Filmicpro is the professional app that allows an iPhone to achieve very high definition 4K video and allows for sophisticated types of presets. It has been used by professional videographers to film. It allows greater adjustability than most other apps.
http://www.rode.com/ These are for professional microphones that work with the iPhone. There are various options and they have special connectors to work with the iPhone input.
http://www.moondoglabs.com/ The company makes an anamorphic lens that will work with the iPhone to achieve the proper look of a cinematic film if that looks is needed. They also have a special adapter that works with the Beastgrip holder as described above.
APA Formatting Resource
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/560/ The OWL at Purdue and an important reference for writing papers properly in the APA style format