Special Guest Andy Hughes of Designing Digitally

Thursday brings Andy Hughes of Designing Digitally into the window. For nearly a decade, Andrew Hughes has made it his personal mission to ensure that commonly-used ineffective and lackluster training techniques are a thing of the past. Realizing his passion for changing the way we learn and evolve, in 2006 Andrew founded and became President of Designing Digitally, Inc., an E-Learning and Serious Game Development firm that creates fully customized learner retention solutions for various types of industries.

  1. Andy’s history
  2. Group think
  3. xAPI
  4. Data
  5. Content verification vs structural gamification
  6. Rewards for training
  7. Security
  8. Real world examples from Designing Digitally

Links in the chat:

https://maketimebook.com/

https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/6b2/79/a466411474bc5578-1365×1024.jpg

https://www.wnyc.org/story/886-the-price-of-a-hack/

Watch the Playback:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/012419

Picture: Carl Raw

Special Guest Chelsea Hans on Instructional Design, Vectors, and Pallets

We start off Monday with a special guest. Chelsea Hans is a Freelance Instructional Designer and eLearning Professional from Phoenix, AZ. Brent and Chelsea talk about the world of ID and eLearning creation. They discuss look and feel, colors, and some layout tips and tricks.

  1. Chelsea’s history
  2. Color pallets
  3. Vector graphics handling
  4. Practical ideas
  5. Choosing images
  6. Graphic Design vs Instructional Design
  7. Image search tips

Links in the chat:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/putting-all-together-using-design-trends-professional-chelsea-hans/

https://www.pantone.com/

https://inkscape.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-h/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_MTLsA1De8

https://youtu.be/yfv6yCablGU

https://pixabay.com/en/

https://unsplash.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Ignore-Memorable-Influence-Decisions/dp/1259584135/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

https://hanschelsea.wixsite.com/chelseahansportfolio

Watch the Playback:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/011419

Picture: Glenn Carstens-Peters

Special Guest Kati Ryan of A Positive Adventure Talks Brands

We have special guest Kati Ryan who has built world class, award-winning training programs for companies like Instacart, Gannett, LivingSocial, and others. She founded A Positive Adventure, an L&D consultancy business and is a leader in the industry encompassing professionalism, experience, and understanding of learning that’s required to be successful.

  1. Kati’s History
  2. Personal brand
  3. Graphic design
  4. Keeping current
  5. Connections
  6. “Me” monster
  7. How much to share?
  8. When you can’t share

Links in the chat:

https://www.apositiveadventure.com/

https://unsplash.com/

https://www.pexels.com/

https://pixabay.com/

https://www.hubspot.com/

Watch the Playback:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/110518

Picture: rawpixel

Video Friday Special Guest: Barbara Ingrassia on Copyright

Video Friday brings Brent and Sam into the windows with a special guest, Barbara Ingrassia. She is a certified copyright manager, speaker, and trainer and has a passion for raising awareness of the role of copyright in our daily lives. As President of Manage Copyright, she helps organizations navigate copyright law in the digital age by facilitating a review of their public presence, developing best practices, and training staff.

  1. Barbara’s history
  2. Copyright defined
  3. Public domain
  4. Differences between countries
  5. Use in training
  6. Purchasing rights to an image
  7. Mixed media
  8. Fair use
  9. Commercial vs. education

Links in the chat:

https://managecopyright.com/

https://unsplash.com/

www.pixabay.com

https://creativecommons.org/

https://www.copyright.gov/

Watch the Playback:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/091418

Picture: Pereanu Sebastian

Special Guest Host Joseph Suarez talks professional development

Guest host Joseph Suarez, eLearning developer and multimedia producer, facilitates an open forum on professional development as an act of working out loud towards his own professional development around impromptu public speaking.  Some of the topics discussed included

1. Professional development
2. Public & impromptu speaking
3. Exploring AR/VR feasibility
4. Capturing notes & OCR
5. Entry level video and image capture and editing
6. Mentorships – formal & informal
7. Personal learning networks (PLN)
8. Emotional intelligence and personality traits
9. Work environments – physical & digital

Links:

http://www.toastmasters.org/

http://wearehowdoi.com/

https://products.office.com/en-US/onenote

http://techsmith.com

http://aframe.io

http://instructionalredesign.com

http://CentralOhioATD.org

Replay:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/081618