Recommended Instructional Design Blogs

As a helpful resource toward understanding instructional design, I have done some research to bookmark a few blogs that can shed insights into current instructional design issues and point me in the direction of new strategies.

The first blog I checked out was the Rapid E-Learning Blog from Articulate. It's run by Tom Kuhlmann, an e-learning expert with 15 years in the industry. What he does in this blog is to give very practical tips to achieve instructional design fast and quick - hence, the term 'rapid' in his blog title. There are quick tips and tutorials on using graphics, Powerpoint templates, audio and visual ideas to spice up instructional design. Tom's focus here is on e-learning though, as mostly everything is software-based creation. Articulate is an e-learning software with many applications.

The next blog I found helpful and useful is Christy Tucker's Blog. She bookmarks a lot of excellent resources from around the web and is fairly well updated on a regular basis. Christy is an instructional designer herself with a focus on blended and e-learning. One of her most visited articles is What does an instructional designer do? - it's an excellent introduction to the field from a current practitioner.

Finally, there's a very lively blog called Making Change. This blog belongs to Cathy Moore who is an elearning designer based in Bloomington, Indiana. There are many practical ideas in her blog that begin with 'how-to'. She makes it easy and very accessible to the lay person to understand how to design learner-friendly e-courses. A strong aspect of instructional design in her blog is her focus on business practices when working with clients. She gives techniques on how to deliver for clients in the real world.

Please bookmark these blogs as I hope these blogs prove to be very helpful in helping us instructional designers create powerful and effective instructional design.