My Blog assignment

According to my blog assignment in the instructional design course I have to create my own blog and select another three blog sites related to the course or my field of work. Then I have to comment on them .
The first one which caught my eye was The rapid E learning Blog which can be linked through http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/instructional-design/ .The opening statement is mentioning that it is providing “Practical, real-world tips for e-learning success.” This is hosted by Tom Kuhlmann who has over 15 years of hands-on experience in the training industry. This site has the information on instructional designing in a sequential order and it is very helpful for a new comer to the field to learn about the field. At the beginning it also answers to the question “What is the role of the instructional designer? And how do I convey that to my clients and subject matter experts?” Posts in the site explore key elements of instructional design to help you think through how to build courses that truly help people learn. Some examples are “Create Engaging E-Learning Courses You Can Be Proud Of, “What Everybody Ought to Know about Instructional Design” etc. I found this site very useful also with the recourses Rapid E-Learning 101 ,Designing the Right Course ,Visual & Graphic Design ,Audio & Video Tips etc

Free as in freedom is the next blog site which I would like to share with you all .You can access it through http://www.learninggeneralist.com/ . It is hosted by Sumeet Moghe from India who has 9 years of experience in Training and Development. Which attracted me towards this site is the statement” If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got and there is always more” in the home page. I found it is very interesting to read through this because there are many attractive posts regarding e-learning and instructional designing. The most interesting one is “The 4 Passions of an Instructional Designer.” in this he has named The Passion for Embracing Constraints ,The Passion for Simplicity ,The Passion for Learning and The Passion for Excellence as four passions of an instructional designer Also there are very interesting posts like” Here are 6 Tips to make your Rapid E-learning a Success” “5 Tips to help you Plan your Next Presentation” etc. It is a good example of an engaging eLearning tutorial. Good post and beautiful pictures. He is trying to prove that even if you have the best tools, you may still fail to spread your massage if you don’t have a good design.

Elearning instructional design ideas - Making Change blog is the next site I was interested in and found informative for a new comer. You can connect to this blog site with blog. http://blog.cathy-moore.com/. In this blog, you'll find practical ideas that will help you create lively, powerful e-learning for adults. It's written by Cathy Moore. The useful post is the “How to design action-packed e-learning” in which a recording of a webinar is given to explain how to design lean, lively e-learning. And also there is a video on How to design e-learning that’s memorable and budget-friendly . The other posts are “The big mistake in e-learning” “E-learning example: Branching scenario” “Could animations hurt learning?” “Why you want to focus on actions, not learning objectives” and I found out this blog site having many e books related the field. And most interesting thing is it is having “e-learning blueprint’ to help anyone who wants start designing a course.