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Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
In this episode of Become an IDOL, I’ll be chatting with Ian Melchinger, a former Lead Instructional Designer at IDOL Talent. He recently accepted a position as a Program Manager with Learn Quest! Ian discusses his experience as an IDOL courses Academy member and his journey to become an IDOL.
Tune in to hear him talk about the importance of giving and receiving quality feedback, diving into the world of contracting and freelancing, and creating goals for continuous improvement.
Connect with Ian on LinkedIn.
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Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
In this episode I'm chatting with Laura Wilczek, a former teacher who transitioned to a new career as an eLearning Developer for Hanover Research. While teaching during the pandemic she realized she had a unique set of skills and a passion for developing courses and training.
"Investing in myself and joining the IDOL courses Academy was the best decision I ever made. " - Laura
Listen now to hear great pointers for how she navigated the course to apply what she was learning with purpose, which landed her a new role in 2 months!
Connect with Laura on LinkedIn
Have you heard? IDOL courses Academy is now the only authorized vocational trade school for Instructional Design and Online Learning! You'll learn the practical skills and knowledge that employers are looking for right out of the gate.
Enroll Here or contact us at info@idolcourses.com if you have any questions. We'd be more than happy to chat.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
In this episode, I'm chatting with Rebecca Hogue a professor of Instructional Design at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She hosts her own podcast, Demystifying Instructional Design. Her varied experience, knowledge of the field and love for students 'aha' moments makes this such a good listen.
Connect with Rebecca on Linkedin
Podcast: Demystifying Instructional Design
IDOL courses Academy is now an authroized vocational trade school for Instructional Design and Online Learning. You'll learn the practical skills and knowledge that employers are looking for right out of the gate.
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
In this episode, I'm chatting with Murray Gray, who is a Co-Founder of a new platform called Xperiencify. It is a learning management system where you can sell digital course products with gamification to motivate learners for completion. He shares his joy of creating software solutions to help business owners get more out of their businesses and help more people. If you want to leverage your time and expertise with building a course this podcast is a must listen!
Learn more about Xperiencify
IDOL courses Academy is now an authroized vocational trade school for Instructional Design and Online Learning. You'll learn the practical skills and knowledge that employers are looking for right out of the gate.
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
In this episode, I'm chatting with Kim Limon with 10 years experience in Education and English writing. She was wanting more with flexibility. When she found IDOL courses Academy she knew it was the clear bridge to help her cross over into corporate.
Hear how much time she put in and how she went through IDOL courses Academy while working a full time job. After 2 months she built a portfolio, revamped her resume and LinkedIn account with recruiters contacting her. She has great tips for navigating the next steps!
Listen now.
IDOL courses Academy is now an authroized vocational trade school for Instructional Design and Online Learning. You'll learn the practical skills and knowledge that employers are looking for right out of the gate.
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
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!
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
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!
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
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!
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
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!
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
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/