During my explorations this week, I found several quite helpful sites that resonated with me coming from a public school classroom background. One of those sites is put out by DePaul University and addresses multiple issues found in a classroom setting no matter what level the classroom serves. It was quite helpful to me to see what people in the instructional design field actually do in "real life". I could see how it worked theoretically which is why I began this degree program, but had a very vague idea about what it actually entailed. You can access this site at the following link: http://www.iddblog.org/.
Another site I found extremely helpful was about what an instructional designer actually does. This blog even goes into detail about various skills someone needs to get into the field, careers that use those skills, and even professional organizations people can join related to the field of instructional design. The author even goes into helping the reader figure out if the field of instructional design is the right one for that particular person. This site can be accessed at the following link: http://christytucker.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/what-does-an-instructional-designer-do/ .
The site that was by far the most diverse was one that lists the top eighteen blogs in instructional design. This site has links to each of those blogs with a short blurb about each one. Since the other blogs I bookmarked were not listed on this site, I now have twenty sites to access for information to help me along my way! You can check this site out at http://www.networkedblogs.com/topic/instructional_design/ .
Thanks for looking!
Noelle Waller
References:
DePaul University. (2010). Instructional Design and Development Blog. Retrieved from http://www.iddblog.org/ on January 9, 2011.
Top 18 Blogs in: instructional design. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.networkedblogs.com/topic/instructional_design/ on January 9, 2011.
Tucker, C. (2007). What does an instructional designer do? Retrieved from http://christytucker.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/what-does-an-instructional-designer-do/ on January 9, 2011.
Noelle, the Christy Tucker blog is full of invaluable, specific information in exploring the facets of working in Instructional Design and defining exactly what to expect and where to go for resources professionally. I had never seen this blog before, so thanks for finding and posting about it -- I've already added it to my blogroll!
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