Audio Interviews with E-Learning Challenge Heroes #461
Interviews with E-Learning Challengers #461: Challenge | Recap 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to create an audio podcast or interview on the value of working out loud and showing your work in the E-Learning Challenges. You can share your examples using any app or platform. In the past, designers have used Rise 360, Storyline 360, SoundCloud, and Vimeo to host their examples. OPTIONAL: After sharing your example, summarize your answers on your blog, LinkedIn, or community forums. Podcast Interview Questions The following list of questions should be enough to help you get started. You can choose any number of questions to use in your demo. If you only have time for one question, great! If you want to do more, great! Advice for Others Community Aspect What advice would you give to someone just starting the challenges? How can new designers make the most of the experience? What are some best practices for giving constructive feedback? How can designers balance challenges and client work? Why would you recommend participating to other designers? What has the community support and interaction meant to you? Have you collaborated with other designers or made connections? How has being part of the community impacted your design work? What types of examples or topics would you like to see in the future? How could the challenge experience be improved or evolved? Favorite Challenge Example Design Process Which challenge example are you most proud of and why? What example did you find the most creative or innovative? Which example required the most effort or was the biggest challenge? Is there an example you wish you could redo or improve? What feedback on your favorite example helped you grow as a designer? How do you come up with ideas for the weekly challenges? What is your typical process for creating a challenge example? How do you decide which authoring tools or interactions to use? How much time do you usually spend on creating an example? Do you have a dedicated workspace or tools for e-learning design? Inspiration Learning Experience Which other designers' examples inspire you the most? Are there any examples that made you think, "I wish I had done that!"? How have the challenges exposed you to new techniques or authoring tools? Have you incorporated ideas from the challenges into real client projects? What tips would you give for overcoming creative blocks when working on challenges? What have been the biggest lessons or takeaways from participating? How have the challenges helped you improve as a designer? What skills have you developed further through the challenge process? How has feedback from the community benefited you? What keeps you motivated to participate week after week? Benefits of Showing Your Work Time Spent on Examples Why is it important for designers to share examples publicly? How has sharing your work benefited you professionally? What lessons have you learned from getting feedback on your examples? How do you decide what examples to share publicly or keep private? Have you ever collaborated after connecting over shared work? Which platforms or channels have been most effective for showcasing your work examples? How do you balance sharing enough work to benefit your career while protecting intellectual property? What is the breakdown of time (ideation, building, testing, etc.)? How do you estimate time required for different example types? What strategies do you use to work efficiently with limited time? How have regular challenges helped you get faster at development? Do you set aside dedicated time or fit it in around client work? What has been your most time-consuming example and why? How do you balance depth/quality vs. time invested for portfolio pieces? 🧰 Resources Check out the previous audio challenges to get an idea of ways to present your audio interview: Audio Interviews with E-Learning Designers #364: Challenge | Recap Podcast Interviews with E-Learning Designers #266: Challenge | Recap Instructional Design Podcasts #67: Challenge | Recap ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure. Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you click record on this week’s challenge, check out the creative toggle button examples your fellow challengers shared over the past week: Toggle Buttons in E-Learning RECAP #460: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the weekly e-learning challenges in this Q&A post. 📆 Upcoming Challenges Challenge #462 (05.17): Click. Hover. Drag. See ELC144 for a general idea of what we're doing. 🚨2024 Articulate User Conference Call for Proposals We’re now accepting proposals for this year’s in-person user day conference co-hosted at DevLearn in Las Vegas. Learn more about the proposal process.Show Us What's in Your E-Learning Portfolio #451
E-Learning Portfolios for 2024 #451: Challenge | Recap Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to: Share a link to your e-learning portfolio or personal site Tell us your favorite portfolio, networking, or career tip 🧰 Resources What to Include in an E-Learning Portfolio How to Create an E-Learning Portfolio Here’s What Needs to be in Your E-Learning Portfolio Why You Need a Professional Portfolio ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure. Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you showcase your e-learning portfolio, check out the different ways to use design themes and slide masters to build custom templates: Design Themes in E-Learning RECAP #450: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article. 📅 Next Week’s Challenge Challenge #452 (03.01): Using AI in e-learning. I last hosted a similar challenge nine months ago, but things are evolving quickly in this area. 🚨 Contact Information Just a quick heads up – if you want your blog, website, or LinkedIn included in our recap posts, could you do me a favor and add or update those links onto your ELH profile sometime this week? I found some broken links last week when I pulled the recap together. You spend a lot of time building creative examples, and your work deserves all the attention it can get. If you make changes, please let me know in the comments below. Thanks!Share Your E-Learning Portfolios and Interactive Resumes #438
Share Your E-Learning Portfolios & Resumes #438: Challenge | Recap 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share a link to your e-learning portfolio or create an interactive resume example. 🎁 Bonus: Share Your Favorite Portfolio Tip! Share your favorite portfolio tip or recommendation. What portfolio advice would you give to someone who is just getting started? What's your biggest lesson learned crafting your portfolios? Interactive Resume Example Here’s a creative resume example that Tim built with Storyline 360. The example features looping background audio and custom motion path animations and transitions. View the example | Tim Crowe Related E-Learning Challenges Build and Promote Your E-Learning Voice Over Portfolios #104: Challenge | Recap Audio Tips for E-Learning Portfolios #138: Challenge | Recap E-Learning Portfolios with Rise 360 #254: Challenge | Recap E-Learning Heroes Profiles #108: Challenge | Recap 🧰 Resources How to Build an E-Learning Portfolio One Challenge at a Time What to Include in an E-Learning Portfolio Why You Need an E-Learning Portfolio Here’s a Free Tool to Build an E-Learning Portfolio How to Create an E-Learning Portfolio Here’s What Needs to be in Your E-Learning Portfolio Why You Need a Professional Portfolio ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure. Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 📆 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you showcase your e-learning work, check out the examples course designers shared in last week’s e-learning challenge: E-Learning Challenge Examples RECAP #437: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article. 📅 Next Week’s Challenge Next week's challenge #439 (11/03): Keep It or Trash It: Drag-and-Drop Sorting Activities. I try to include at least one drag-drop interaction each year. For this challenge, we'll focus on using drag-drops to sort items into two or more categories. Got an idea for a challenge? Are you interested in doing a webinar showcasing how you made one or more challenge demos? Or do you have some comments for your humble challenge host? Use this anonymous form to share your feedback: https://bit.ly/ElearningChallengeForm.What Are 10 Things You Wish You Knew When Starting Your Career? #443
10 Things E-Learning Designers Learned #443: Challenge | Recap Whether you're new to e-learning or have been in the game for a while, you've made mistakes and gained valuable knowledge that's helped you build better courses. While it never helps to dwell on the past, your experience can be a valuable resource for e-learning newbies, helping them avoid common pitfalls as they kickstart their new careers. And learning from our mistakes is what this week's challenge is all about! 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share 3-10 things you wish you'd known when you first started in e-learning. Your entry can be a simple list with bulleted items or an interactive example. If you're looking for ways to level up your challenge count, you can combine this week's topic with a previous challenge. Just cross-post your entry in both challenges so I can update the recaps. ⚒️ Tools & Apps You're welcome to use any app you like to create your entry. For those using Articulate 360 apps, here are a few ideas to help you get started: Peek 360: Consider recording a PowerPoint presentation or Rise 360 of your demo. Bullet Point Makeovers in E-Learning #431: Challenge | Recap Rise 360: Short on time this week? Rise 360's microlearning feature is a perfect fit for this week's topic. And for those with some extra time, the Storyline block option in Rise 360 is worth exploring. Microlearning in Rise 360 #407: Challenge | Recap Using Storyline Blocks in Rise 360 #306: Challenge | Recap Storyline 360: We've posted 43 challenges this year. Feel free to combine this week's challenge with one or more previous challenges. E-Learning Challenges: Complete List of Challenges 🧰 Resources 8 E-Learning Tips I Wish I Knew When I First Started to Build Courses 10 Tips That Make It Easy to Shift In-Person Training to a Rise 360 Course The 7 Most Useful Career-Building Tips of 2021 Boost Your E-Learning Career by Building Your Personal Brand Best of 2015: Build Your E-Learning Career with These 10 Strategies ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure. Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you take a career trip down memory lane, explore these practical ways to incorporate background music into your e-learning courses: Background Audio in E-Learning RECAP #442: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article. 📆 Next Week’s Challenge Next week's challenge #444 (December 8, 2023): Pantone Color of the Year 2024. It's our annual color challenge. Pantone hasn't announced next year's color, but I'd like your best guess on what it will be. Include your guess in the comments when you post your example. Bonus challenges: For those of you looking for challenge-related activities, I've got some informal challenges for you in late December. I'll share more next week, but you can start thinking of ways to showcase and highlight your favorite challenge entries for 2023. 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article.10 Things Instructional Designers Don’t Like to Hear #56
E-Learning Challenge #56: Challenge | Recap In earlier challenges, you explained what e-learning designers do, shared instructional design tips, and let us peek into your course design toolkit. Even though our industry is relatively new, there are phrases and questions that always come up. The comments can be positive, such as “I love taking online courses” or “I’d love to know more about your job”. Then, there are the questions and phrases that drive you nuts. And that’s what this week’s challenge is all about! Challenge of the week This week your challenge is to design an infographic, poster, or a simple list of the top 10 things instructional designers don’t like to hear. And then share your ideas for how to best reply to each. This is a lighter challenge so don’t feel obligated to build a rich interaction to share your list. Keep it simple and have fun! Wishing you a positive week, E-Learning Heroes! Last week's zombie training challenge Before you tell us what you don't like hearing, take a look at what you should do to survive a zombie apocalypse: E-Learning Challenge #55: Challenge | Recap New to the e-learning challenges? The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. If you share your demos on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness.Top Tips for E-Learning Freelancers #61
E-Learning Challenge #61: Challenge | Recap Over the years, community members have shared hundreds of tips, insights, and best practices for freelance course designers. Below are some of the more popular discussions in the forums. E-Learning Portfolios Show Us Your E-Learning Portfolio Challenge | Recap Why You Need an E-Learning Portfolio … Now! Do you have an elearning portfolio? Share your work here! Why you need an e-learning portfolio Sharing your e-learning work with blogs Online Portfolios for Instructional Designers How do you host your e-learning portfolio online? Creative resume templates for e-learning designers Career Goals E-Learning Designers: What's your 5-year plan? 5 Simple Ways to Get Started with E-Learning Development Here’s How to Be an E-Learning Superstar Working with clients Freelancing tips: dealing with clients 3 Tips to Create Strong Client Relationships How do you delight your clients? How many mockups or design comps do you show clients? Questions for clients when building an e-learning course Gently "pushing back" with a client Meeting prospective clients Increasing client collaboration using storyboards in PowerPoint Pricing and quoting projects What's the going rate for freelance work? How much to charge for a course? Cost of developing 1 hour of elearning Cost of developing elearning Fixed vs. hourly pricing Voice over costs How do you determine your daily rate? Finding work and getting clients 5 Tips to Launch Your Career as an E-Learning Freelancer Get an E-Learning Job with these Simple Tips Finding new work and clients Top Tips for Finding Freelance E-Learning Gigs Where to find freelance work Using social media Proposals, Contracts and Documentation 3 Ways to Protect Yourself--and Your Project--with a Contract How do you get your client to stick to deadlines? Project management and difficult clients What deliverables is a client entitled to at project transfer? Course 'ownership' - do you retain rights or hand everything over? Sample contracts for the provision of e-learning E-Learning Course Development Agreement What should I include in elearning SLAs and agreements? Project Management & Planning Setting up as sole traders or as limited companies Freelancers: How did you pick your company name? Challenge of the week This week your challenge is to design a poster around your favorite freelancing tip for course designers. This week's challenge is similar to the instructional design tips challenge. Instructional Design Tips That Really Pop The poster or infographic design makes it easy to share your freelance tips with the e-learning community. Feel free to share a single tip or a top 10 list of times. It’s up to you what you share so have fun with it! Share your e-learning work Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post. Forums: Start your own thread and share a link to your published example.. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. Twitter: If you share your demos on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Facebook: Share your work on our Facebook page by replying to this Facebook post with a link to your example. Last week’s e-learning challenge: Using Progress Meters in E-Learning: Challenge | Recap Wishing you a great week, E-Learning Heroes! New to the e-learning challenges? The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. If you share your demos on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness.
