Christopher Bergeron

Category: Podcast

  • Do you storyboard?

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    Today there is an important question. Do you storyboard? And with that what’s your favorite type of storyboarding? Do you have a favorite tool or method? How much detail do you put in your storyboards? If none of these questions make sense watch the video. #instruction #technology #onlinecourses #instructionaldesign

  • Are you building an activity or a presentation?

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    A question that instructional designers need to ask early in every project is: Are you building an activity or are you building a presentation? And this is important for a number of reasons but the biggest one is that we shouldn’t try to fool ourselves. If we are building a presentation then we should build…

  • Portfolio copyright warning.

    Portfolio copyright warning.

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    When it comes to copyright it’s important to be as honest as “Honest Abe Lincoln”. This is especially important with your public portfolio. While it may be fun to include images from popular culture as “decorations” in a course it can be deadly to your career. You’ll want to keep your projects copyright-clean. There are…

  • What should go in your instructional design portfolio?

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    I was walking out the door today while the video I recorded was uploading but I decided to delete that one and make a new video with some practical advice. Today I wanted to tackle one of those classic “do as I say not as I do” topics. The importance of an instructional design portfolio.…

  • Project Deliverables

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    Hi everyone, today I wanted to chat about a tiny little part of project management and instructional design. But it’s a tiny detail that when handled correctly can save you from headaches and confusion. And that is the concept of a deliverable. In this quick video, I share my super simple tip on what makes…

  • Scrivener

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    Today I wanted to take a break from sharing Instructional Design Theory and share a tool that I use often in my own instructional design work. Scrivener.

  • Formative Evaluation Examples

    Formative Evaluation Examples

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    Formative evaluation can fit in a lot of different places and in a lot of different ways. In this short video, I give some examples of formative evaluation techniques that can be used to enhance instruction at the design phase, in face to face instruction, and in eLearning.

  • Formative Assessment

    Formative Assessment

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    Assessment typically falls into one of two broad categories. Formative Assessment which hopefully in”forms” your teaching and allows for minor course corrections. And Summative Assessment which sort of “sums up” how you did with your instructional design and instruction. Both are important but I’ve found that formative assessment is often neglected. In this video, I…

  • Learner Analysis

    Learner Analysis

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    There is more to a learner analysis than just determining “entry level skills” evaluating “prior knowledge” and the other aspects of a formal analysis. Those are all important but there is are important intangible insights that you can gain when you are able to break through the barriers and actually sit down with your potential…

  • Learning Objectives

    Learning Objectives

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    Hi Everyone, Today I wanted to talk about learning objectives or performance objectives. Specifically, why are they important and what are the different parts of a quality learning objective. It’s a nice short video and as a bonus here is the URL for a quick and dirty learning objective generator that I’ve used a couple…