Become an IDOL: Instructional Design and Online Learning

Non Profit IDOL Work with Barbara Faulkner | 62

Today I'm chatting with Barbara Faulkner, who has an adventurous spirit with a desire to help other countries in need.  

Barbara has a love for teaching and training but wanted more. She shares insight on the nonprofit world and how it requires many hats. Her inspiring journey led to work with the Peace Corps Response. Hear her traveling Instructional Design/Training adventures! 

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IDOL Success Story with Former Teacher Sharon Tavares: Ikea | 61

In this episode, I'm chatting with Sharon Tavares who currently resides in Sweden and taught ESL for 10 years. Hear her journey through IDOL courses as she landed 2 positions within the first two months. As these roles slowed down, she gained the confidence to apply for her dream role at IKEA. Her interview process is something you don't want to miss. Listen now! 

 

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IDOL Success Story with Former Teacher Annmarie Black | 60

In this episode, I'm chatting with Annmarie on her IDOL Success Story who talks about her natural transition into a training role within her school with creating professional development for teachers. Through the pandemic she learned new ways of getting information to her teachers by online learning. This sparked her passion and career towards Instructional Design. 

Annmarie shares her journey through IDOL courses Academy with details on how she felt about the #doitmessy approach, job hunting, the interview process and how the community within IDOL courses proved to be invaluable. Listen now! 

 

Connect with Annmarie on Linkedin 

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IDOL Success Story with Brit Crew | 59

In this episode, I'm chatting with Brit Crew. She is an IDOL courses Academy member who has found success and reached her big IDOL goal. 

She started the Academy in January of 2021 with a background in the multimedia field and taught multimedia in high school for 6 years. Brit dived into IDOL and learned her previous experience with teaching multimedia crossed over with ID skills. 

Find out what helped her decide on Instructional Design as her new career field and how she worked full time while going through the IDOL courses Academy. She gives details about her new role and how this compares to her previous teaching job. Passing it forward, Brit also makes time to mentor others who want to become an IDOL! 

 

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Who’s your ADDIE Co-founders Stephanie Bandli and Lizzy Steenkamp | 58

In this episode, I'm chatting with Who's your ADDIE Co-founders Stephanie Bandli and Lizzy Steenkamp.

Who’s your ADDIE? is an e-learning marketplace run by practicing e-learning professionals with over 15 years of experience in e-learning design and development. They are obsessed with creating digital learning that is engaging, pedagogically (or andragogically) sound, fit for purpose, and technically well-made to create an overall excellent learning experience.

They understand that industry professionals need to specialize in a wide range of skills: instructional design, writing, graphic design, learning technologies, and user experience design. It’s not always possible for everyone to excel in all of these areas. In addition, we often work with tight deadlines that are at odds with our desire to create work that would truly benefit our students, and that we can be proud of.

They want to help passionate e-learning creators leverage each others’ skills by creating and selling high-quality e-learning templates and assets. Browse our platform to buy and sell products for every phase of the ADDIE process: analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation.

Check out Who's Your ADDIE website here: https://whosyouraddie.com/

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IDOL Success Story with Former Teacher Janette Wilcken | 57

In this episode, I'm chatting with Janette Wilcken about her teacher transition to instructional design. Janette shares all the details of her journey and how it was through networking and hard work in the IDOL courses Academy that she landed her new role as Learning and Development Specialist for PM Pediatrics. Janette's dedication and strategy for becoming an IDOL is an inspiration. Listen now!

Connect with Janette Wilcken on LinkedIn

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Gamification of Learning with Moe Ash | 56

In this episode, I'll be chatting with Moe Ash, an IDOL Mentor, Freelance Consultant, and Owner/Founder of The Catalyst.

He holds a BSC degree in Human Resources Management and a degree in Economics from Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, a master’s degree in International Development from the American University in Cairo. An associate CIPD-HR, Certified Instructional Designer by HRCI, Certified performance & competency developer - Certified learning & development manager - Certified assessment center analyst by Middle Earth HR . Mohamed is currently looking into acquiring his CPTD & a degree in business psychology aiming to blend L&D, gamification, and performance management in a tight cohesive mold.

Moe is the founder of The Catalyst, an instructional design consultancy focused on the sole purpose of creating an impeccable learning experience.

Connect with Moe on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moeash7/

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IDOL Success Story with Cynthia Berry Teacher to Higher Ed IDOL | 55

I'm chatting with Cynthia Berry about her teacher transition to an instructional designer role at Missouri University in this episode. Cynthia shares an inspiring story and great advice for those wanting to become an IDOL. 

Connect with Cynthia here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-berry-instructional-designer-455023216/

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Business Concepts to Know Before You Become an IDOL with Matt Smith | 54

In this episode, I'll be chatting with Matt Smith, former CEO of Pure Learning, about all the things you should know before you become an IDOL. Matt is currently a senior director at a consulting agency with over 12 years of experience in instructional design and online learning. 

 

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IDOL Success Story at Nike with Corry Worrell | 53

In this episode, I'll be chatting with Corry Worrell about the career transition that landed him an IDOL job at Nike!

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