Hi! I'm Devlin Peck, and it's my mission to help instructional designers learn new skills and land better opportunities.
I started as a freelancer in 2017, and, over the years, I've designed and developed eLearning for dozens of clients and millions of people worldwide. However, helping my friends and peers land high-paying instructional design opportunities with great work-life balance became much more rewarding. That's why I now work on my content and coaching business full-time.
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I admit I'm semi-lost here, but I don't even have Articulate and I'm just trying to get a general idea of how this works, worry about the specifics later.
What is the difference between trigger and state? Because around 11:30 you list common triggers and they look like the same as the common states. Is trigger the action to get to the state? Also in the states video you say you don't like built in states. But with a custom state and you say "Make this thing into hover state" in a custom trigger, how is that different than just using the hover state built in, it seems like an extra unnecessary step ti me?
At 21:45 it's hard for me to see how that's a bug. Aren't they supposed to act together if they're grouped? That doesn't seem like an issue per se with built in states because it seems to work fine as long as they're ungrouped.
Good point! If you have a project where you don't mind that they both change despite where the user hovers or clicks, grouping them with the built-in state would be just fine. But if you want to have them grouped to perform one function together, and then have each button react to the user independently, I'd recommend using a custom state!
Just landed my first job offer for a corporate Learning & Development role after being burned out from 10 years as a K-12 teacher. Thanks for providing this excellent content - this channel as well as other ID channels on RU-vid were a HUGE help along the way. 6 months ago I did not know what an instructional designer was, and now here I am! If anyone is in a similar boat and has any questions, feel free to reach out and I'm happy to pay it forward :)
Congratulations!! I'm so glad to hear the content has been helpful for you. And thanks for opening up the conversation here on RU-vid :D If you want to join our free ID community, there are a lot of people over there who I'm sure would love to connect and hear your insights: www.devlinpeck.com/id
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thank you Devlin for your help . I just have a single question if you can answered. I have followed your instructures, but Is my SCORM package safe and no one can download it? I'm looking forward to your replay, please.
I was hesitant to watch this bc of the length of the video, but watching you actually work through it and hearing you think out loud was actually really helpful. Thank you. :)
Thanks for sharing these! I’m currently in my 5th year teaching and working towards my PhD in ID and technology. What’s one thing that you wished you knew before you became an instructional designer?
I hear you! It can be tricky to reframe your education experience and show off your skills outside of the classroom if you've never worked in that context. This video might help you begin to bridge the gap: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8lG0DJl1_Do.htmlsi=TrBnRQpvQxwzaO9T
A teacher transition to Corporate ID is here, and i am here to let you know that i had a smooth transition to the corporate. What you have done throughout the transition does matter especially showcase what you can do in your portfolio rather than cramp all the texts as they are not showing the skills they might look out for.
It was great getting to check in with Vanessa and hear more about her new role! Her portfolio is a great example if you are building your portfolio or looking for inspirations to update your portfolio 😊
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Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction emphasize capturing audience attention, clearly stating objectives in a conversational manner, connecting new knowledge to existing knowledge, presenting content using varied media, providing guidance through scaffolding and mnemonic devices, creating practice opportunities for low-risk skill application, offering immediate feedback on practice, assessing performance to gather data for improvement, and enhancing transfer and retention by mirroring real-world contexts and providing job aids.
Action mapping emphasizes avoiding the term "course" when discussing training needs, prioritizing the identification of the business goal, creating an action map that outlines observable actions to achieve that goal, engaging key stakeholders in kickoff meetings, and using feedback from subject matter experts to refine practice activities designed to address knowledge, skill, and motivation issues.
The Kirkpatrick model consists of four evaluation levels-Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results-where Reaction measures participant satisfaction through surveys, Learning assesses knowledge acquisition via quizzes, Behavior evaluates the application of skills on the job through observations, and Results measures the impact on business metrics, all of which require careful planning that starts with identifying desired results and works backward to define necessary behaviors and skills, while also allowing for iterative adjustments during training to ensure effectiveness.
Ensure that all elements of the learning experience align with clear, measurable, and meaningful objectives by using Bloom's Taxonomy to select appropriate action verbs, incorporating performance criteria and conditions for robust objectives, avoiding common mistakes like using unmeasurable language or confusing activities with objectives, and setting realistic expectations for learner outcomes.
Mayer's principles emphasize using words and graphics together for enhanced understanding, aligning text closely with visuals while explaining them, describing graphics with narration rather than text, avoiding simultaneous narration and text, eliminating extraneous material to maintain focus, employing a conversational tone with relatable characters, breaking lessons into smaller segments, introducing key terms before training to prepare learners, and using visual cues to guide attention.
The key visual design principles include using contrast to enhance visibility, ensuring proper alignment of elements for clarity, maintaining appropriate proximity to signify relationships, utilizing white space for better readability, achieving visual balance by distributing elements evenly, and ensuring repetition for consistency in design elements like buttons, fonts, and colors.
Hi Delvin! Found you In the wee early hours of the morning so it must be a sign! Thank you for not being a gatekeeper and only focusing on making money! It’s nice to be able to get needed information without having to pay $1 million to learn how to do so. I am a therapist trying to figure out how to turn that into a course so I can have more of my time back. You would think that would be easy but for some reason in my mind, it’s a struggle. I will figure it out and continue to watch your course. Thanks again.😊
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Hello Devlin! Thanks again to you and your brilliant team for sharing your experiences. I am transitioning to science education from science. I teach in HigherEd now. I have a PhD in Biochemistry and an MA in Education with a specialization in Education Technology. I would love positions that enable me to conduct research on science education and Curriculum Development. using technology Do you have any idea how I can find such positions?
Just came from a meeting where the facilitator said I could become an instructional designer and here I am. I love this and think it's something I need to pursue.
This showed why a tutorial was dedicated to grouping - while grouping is a relatively simple concept this shows how grouping applies to improved design experience.
Devlin!!! my brutha..you did it!! It is Sept 2024 and I followed your directions and it has worked flawlessly! I first changed the prompt just to translate english into spanish and it works perfectly! The I created a knowledge base chatbot that uses a public url to find answers that student type into it. Amazing, so far! Thank you..thank you..THANK YOU!! I have not found anything else on RU-vid that explain how to do this so that a basic articulate storyline developer could embed ChatGPT into their storyline. You iz the ONE!!
Hey Devlin, thank you for the video. A genuine question about the last quiz objective on the customer service soft skills job aid. While I understand that address is a concrete way of framing the task, is there a reason you did not use something along the lines of "Use the Soft Skills Job Aid to solve customer queries with 80% accuracy"? since both, the level of activity (application/analysis) and condition (using the job aid) appear critical to success of the task?
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