Dr. Ray

http://raypastore.com/wordpress/category/instructional-design/
This is a cool website and immediately caught my eye when I saw the three types of video conferencing. These three are skype, google handout, and facetime. I am familar with skype and it is both, free and paid service. It can be used with multiple devices, such as computers, cell phones, and tablets. The benefit of using skype is that you can invite up to 25 people on a conference. Great for training visual learners because you can share screens with others. 


 I have no experience with google handout, but will acquaint myself to it in the near future. It works on all computers through a google account, such as gmail and is also available as an app via apple/android. Again, users can share desktop, as well as, call and video chat with up to 10 people for free.Facetime only works with apple users and only allows one on one conferences. Great for a single project that is small.

Dr. Ray offers ideas for teaching using infographics from resources such as the Library of Congress.Additionally, there are other resources like lesson plans, presentations, and primary sources. Many professional development opportunities are available,too.

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The Upside Learning blog website,www.upsidelearning.com/blog, helps instructional designer provide multiple solutions to improve workplace performance offering a variety of technological tools, such as mobile learning.  This blog, points out teaching strategies to create effective learning techniques by using case studies, gaming, and interactive scenarios to make it more relevant to adult learners.

 The Rapid eLearning blog website, www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning,  gives assistance to both, students studying to become instructional designers and novice instructional designers to build eLearning or online courses for training or teaching a class with little or no programming skills. There are three areas of focus (instructional design, visual design, and performance consulting) when designing opportunities for learning.

 The host of this blog is Tom Kuhimann who has 15 years of experience in the training industry and articulate community. Articulate is a software program that allows designers to enhance Microsoft Power Point Presentations by transforming into storyboards and adding audio to it or voice-over-narration

 In addition to the blog, Cathy Moore’s website, blog.cathy-moore.com, offers endless tools to the industry of Instructional Design. She provides opportunities to participate in online and instructor-led workshops, certificate programs to receive certification in ID and eLearning, examples of how to design eLearning courses and what they should look like, tips on becoming an instructional designer, and a list of clients to connect to find jobs and other pertinent information in the field.

A workshop that I found interesting on her blog was a Training Conference & Expo 2012 to be held in Florida during the month of February. Anybody and everybody in Instructional Design and Training look like they will be attending. There are sessions that are hands-on and workshops to obtain certificates onsite. Keynote speakers will offer learning and development opportunities to stimulate your mind, body, and soul. This seems like a workshop one would not want to miss!