Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals' Group

Learning Gurus is seeking a contract instructional designer with eLearning experience and a background in Project Management (PM). This is a virtual position with a client located in the Eastern time zone. Essential duties include utilizing your PM experience along with existing content and interviews with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create storyboards for online courses in Project Management.

Must Learning Be Boring? Why Not Ask, How Can We Make Classrooms and Homework Fun? How many of you adults, when you were growing up, were forced by your parents to turn off the tube, and get back to your homework? Is that because television is often more stimulating? Sure, but must that remain so, forevermore? Can't we extract the useful aspects of multimedia, and leave the rest? Of course we can. Learning should be ignited by passion for learning and mastery, combined with equal measures of healthy competition and playfulness. Dopamine, and the power of habit, are powerful drivers of both individual and group achievement.

Instructional Designer - £35k pa + Benefits. We are looking for an experienced Instructional Designer to develop and apply an instructional design approach and ethos across multiple library and bespoke client learning development projects and maintain the appropriate pedagogical methodology, process and system.

Contract - Instructional Designer. This is a 1 year contract position with the possibility of full-time employment. IFSE Institute is a distance learning company that offers education to the financial services industry. We are looking for an instructional designer to assist with the development of our e-learning and paper-based products as well as to assist IFSE in transitioning to a new learning platform. Position reports to the Director of Curriculum Development and Training.

The Free version of easygenerator has many of the functionalities that the 'paid' version has. The most important is that it has all the educational functionalities that sets easygenerator apart from the competition. For example, Learning objectives can be managed in an adaptive dashboard, placing them in the heart of the design and the eLearning course. The adaptive dashboard will also enable you to set the progress for the course per objective and create rules for study advices. Also, courses can be published in SCORM and HTML.

At the List of Authoring Tools: Part 1 I will present you a list of 50 Authoring Tools for eLearning, instructional design, learning and training professionals. At The Ultimate List of Authoring Tools we will cover 200+ of Authoring Tools. So stay tuned!

I was extremely interested to know how many Free eLearning Apps for iPhone and iPad exist? This is why I created the following list with Free eLearning Apps for iPhone and iPad. Did you know that you could have access from your iPhone or iPad to Kineo eLearning top tips? or that you can join a web conference with your mobile device with Blackboard Collaborate Mobile? Check the list and if I missed a Free App please let me know by leaving a comment! Least but not last, I have included a link to the iTunes stores to download the Free Apps.

While Western learning styles have not changed significantly since the turn of the twenty first century, the increased use of technological tools have. Like most New Technology evangelist, e-learning developers are quick to adapt new tool sets which help to promote content development and delivery of curricula. We are excited when tablets become lighter, faster, and the content integration is all but seamless. However what about the learners themselves? Do they have access to the plethora of tools? Is this new media and curricula developed to support all styles of learning, from the Visual to the Kinesthetic? Are we developing curricula for Adult learners, transitioning from the industries which were more task oriented, based on the assembly line, to one's which require a more intuitive and technological input.

We are conducting a search for an Instructional Designer for the Des Moines location to work directly with clients and internal teams to develop content and design for manufacturer's product training sites. This role will manage the marketing, sales and training stakeholders requirements.

In technical subjects, learners respond well and benefit from the inclusion of imagery and video. How Do I Make a Good Screencast? In technical subjects, learners respond well and benefit from the inclusion of imagery and video. It seems obvious that our preferences in consuming information are changing rapidly today and rely less on textual comprehensiveness and more on brevity and reliance on conceptual images, both static and moving. This may be a driving factor in the new face of e-learning in the 2010s or it may be an effect of learner preferences. Either way, it is imperative designers and developers of technical content at least be aware of these trends and be prepared to accommodate the way learners most effectively consume their material. Best Practice Today

Instructional Development Specialist/Manager of Instructional Services at The Ohio State University College of Nursing. Job Salary (optional): $53,000 - $58,000

This position is part of the instructional team for Big Bend's "career ladder" healthcare program for those entering the nursing profession. This position is responsible for leading and implementing online and distance instruction in a variety of healthcare areas and situations through lecture, lab and clinical instruction. The program's "career ladder" includes three levels of certification; the beginning level is a one quarter Nursing Assistant (NA) class; after four quarters of programmatic instruction, students are eligible for the Practical Nursing (PN) certificate; the career ladder culminates at the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN). The Nursing Program Online Instructional Designer reports to the Dean of Arts and Sciences. This position has a close reporting relationship with the Director of Health Education Programs and the Director of Title V Grants.

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) seeks an Instructional Designer/Assessment Specialist in the Office of Instructional Services and Support. Instructional Designer / Assessment Specialist (004359), Office of Instructional Services and Support, Exempt, Full-Time, Range 2/Zone 1, Salary Range: Min $50,000 - Mid $60,000

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) seeks an Instructional Designer/Assessment Specialist in the Office of Instructional Services and Support. Instructional Designer / Assessment Specialist (004359), Office of Instructional Services and Support, Exempt, Full-Time, Range 2/Zone 1, Salary Range: Min $50,000 - Mid $60,000

Open source Learning Management Systems have become extremely popular in recent years, but what does open source mean? Open Source technology is technology where the source code is "open", that is, the code is available to the public and free to be modified. Improvements can be made by developers and it can be spread or sold to the wider community. So, why should an organization choose an open source Learning Management System as opposed to a homegrown or proprietary LMS?

Job Title: Senior Instructional Designer position in Englewood, CO, Company name: Dns solutions, Location: Englewood, CO 80112 Dns solutions is a full-service staffing company based out of Denver, CO. Looking for an instructional designer for a 3 month contract with possible extension for a client of ours who is a global leader in engineering and construction services.

Simulations for Fun and Profit by David A. Mallette, Instructional Systems Technologist NOTE: The video and simulation both require Flash and adequate bandwidth. As mentioned here, we have discontinued web distribution of our training in favor of local launch, server authenticated systems of our own design due to bandwidth and latency issues on the Internet that are not likely to be resolved for a long time. The video is compressed enough for 500kpbs or so throughput and the simulation will run in less. By the mid 90s, simulation was the place to be for those on the cutting edge of technical training. A variety of raster-based, multi-tasking computer platforms were available that could provide real-time, free-play simulations of complex machines. Whoops. I've probably lost a bunch of you right there at "raster." I'll explain.

The newest version of eLearning protocol is upon us - are you ready to take the the plunge? For those of you who don't know yet, the eLearning protocol SCORM is going through a massive make-over, specifically from SCORM v1.2/2004 to what is currently being labeled as Tin-Can API. The overhaul is so significant that it will likely reshape the way we record, track, and administer eLearning for years to come. Admittedly, this change will take some time to gain momentum, but with early adopters such as Articulate (and the less vocal Adobe Captivate) jumping on board, all the pieces are in place for this new standard to flourish. So what's so different about Tin-Can compared to the previous standards?

Lead eLearning Designer / Lead Instructional Designer position at Hertfordshire, UK Our award-winning software client has an exciting opportunity for a hands-on Lead eLearning / Lead Instructional Designer to be a key contributor to their new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products. This is a rare opportunity to shape and drive the eLearning/instructional design function.

Instructional Design position for Alere Health - work from home. Interested in taking on a new career opportunity before the end of the year? Want to be a part of an innovative healthcare company that truly makes a difference?

eLearning Content Developer Needed at Scottsdale, AZ. Established company is looking for a high-output self- starter who can bring lots of energy, solutions, and creativity to a new Learning Management System. The ideal candidate will be very interested and currently engaged in the future of online learning and using modern best practices to create small pieces of courseware that provide maximum impact. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work very hard and fast and come in at the ground level of an entirely new product. You will be working with a variety of subject matter experts in our field to create online learning modules for both desktops and mobile. This position will have a major role in both the planning and execution of a large content plan that is moving forward in tandem with a new LMS deployment