Author: ChristopherBergeron
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Illustrations
Title: Mixed Drinks Illustrations Client: Personal ProjectMade with: Adobe IllustratorTime in Development: 8 hoursCollaborators: Solo-Project Background:For illustration practice and inspired by recent illustration projects I decided to draw the 12 most popular mixed drinks in the United States. The illustrations are meant to be integrated into a variety of projects either as icons or as…
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Introduction to Instructional Video
Title: Introduction to Instructional Video Client: Internal ProjectMade with: In person workshop, iPhones were used to record, and Camtasia was used to edit the videos.Time in Development: 8 hours (the workshop was a 4-hour ILT)Collaborators: Solo-Project Background:A one day workshop was needed for high school students and teachers to learn how to create instructional videos,…
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How I Use Asana
Yesterday I was asked how I use Asana.com so I decided I’d make a quick video walkthrough to show how I personally use the tool. Personally, I find the single most important feature to be the reoccurring tasks. I entered in everything that was listed on my job description and how often I am supposed…
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Instructional Design Jobs
Today someone asked me a crazy question: “What are the Instructional Design Jobs, Are there Instructional Design Jobs, Where are They, and How much do instructional design jobs pay?” (I said it was a crazy question) So let’s take a look! Some nearby, some remote, some in the $40,000 range and some in the $90,000…
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Poorly Planned Screencasts are Distracting.
A screencast for students. The lesson was they were to outline all of my mistakes and how I could have prevented them. Specifically with regards to the audio and video. You may notice the background, lighting, and lack of an external mic. But since I was going to make them watch a short video…
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Less is More: Limiting Cognitive Overload
The other day my kids sent me to KFC to pick up something, we were pressed for time, it was close, fast, and ehh I didn’t mind. Until of course I got to KFC. It had been years since I’d been to KFC and I have to say I was quickly taught a hands-on lesson…
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“Time is the bottleneck”
The other day I read a great article from the Journal of Computing in Higher Education. While I love the journal it’s not a common read for course designers but there are some great gems in there. The article that caught my attention was “Time is the bottleneck”: A qualitative study exploring why learners drop…
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Guest Apperance on TLDC.us Podcast
I was asked to be a guest on the TLDC.us podcast which is a daily discussion on Instructional Design. I thought they were going to talk to me about instructional video and instead once they learned about the new program I’m helping to develop at Bellevue University that is where the discussion moved. We talked…
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Using Scrivener for Instructional Design Scripting
There are parts of instructional design that includes some significant writing at times. This is especially true for instructional design in education. I’ve been working on writing a new Masters in Instructional Design and Technology which involves as you might expect a lot of writing. From writing assessments to writing welcome texts to writing individual…
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The Importance of Understanding the Learning Context
An important aspect of instructional design is understanding the learning context. Dick and Carey even pull out a “Context Analysis” as part of their systematic process. This is fairly straightforward for face to face training since it means taking a closer look at the classroom and the classroom resources. Analyzing the learning context is a…
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