Author: Christopher Stang, Student, Walden University
Below are three brief critiques and overviews of three different blog sites or resource sites that may be used to help understand instructional design.
The Rapid E-learning Blog is a blog by Tom Kuhlmann. Mr. Kuhlman has a “Master’s in Education Technology from Pepperdine” [p. 1]. Pros. The blog is an early search result at Google.com and has a plethora of images and diagrams helping to focus on key themematics of e-learning and instructional design. Cons. The presentation of the blog makes difficult determining if Mr. Kuhlman is focusing on educating young children, teenagers, young adults in their 20s or main steam employees or older working professionals with established careers. The content of the different resources Mr. Kuhlman provides seems to be able to be used with any age group or demographic but the images used tend to indicate the content is for kindergarten, elementary, and junior high school students.
The E-learning Industry resource site has a large number of articles for people looking at beginning a instructional design project. For example “Rapid Prototyping” or “Dick And Carey Systems Approach Model” [p. 1]. The site also contains a article titled, “A 6-Step Guide To Start Planning eLearning Projects.” Pros. The site has a large set of articles compared to other sites that I have seen helping the visitor understand instructional design. Cons. The site has a large number of third party advertisers such as Floor planning or construction project management software [E-Learning. com, 2022, p. 1]. The advertisements create clutter and make using the site difficult.
EXPERIENCING ELEARNING is a blog by Christy Tucker. Christy Tucker has a Music Education degree with minor in German from Illinois Wesleyan University, (2022, p. 1). Christy Tucker helps readers understand where to get ideas for blog articles involving instructional design and where to find other blogs and resource sites that contain instructional design articles. Pros. Her blog article on, “Where I Get Blog Post Ideas” is short and to the point explains how she uses some blog content from one post in another. When content is valuable reuse is advised and desired. Cons. The front page of the blog site is filed with hyperlink images that can feel overwhelming given the variety and number.
References
Articulate Global, LLC . (2022). The Rapid E-Learning Blog.
https://blogs.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/rapid-e-learning-101/
E-Learning Industry. (2022). E-Learning Industry.
https://elearningindustry.com/ideal-instructional-design-
models-elearning-project-planning
Tucker, C. (2022) EXPERIENCING ELEARNING.
abchttps://www.christytuckerlearning.com/about-me/
Thanks for including my blog in your round up! One small correction: I went to Illinois Wesleyan University, not Wesleyan University. Both were started by Methodists (hence the similar names), but they’re not the same institutions.
Also, I try not to reuse content between blog posts. As I noted in my post, I reuse content from other sources outside my blog (forums, emails, LinkedIn, etc.).
I appreciate the feedback on the layout and that it feels too overwhelming to you. It’s a fairly typical magazine layout (see these examples of magazine layouts for comparison, but I’ll look at the options to see if I can make it a little cleaner.
Don’t forget to approve this comment. Too many Walden students leave comments sitting in moderation forever rather than approving them so they can be visible. It’s my biggest annoyance about your peers in that program.
Thank you, Christy. I only learned today how to approve your post. Edublog hides the approval function under a “Bulk Action” selection. I read your post last week but could not find it again inside the maze of Edublog control features until today. Approval was immediate.
Christy,
Illinois Wesleyan University corrected.
Christopher
Thanks for the correction and for the note about Edublogs hiding that feature–I’ll remember that for next time I see a comment languishing in moderation. Good luck to you in the rest of your masters program!
Thank you, Christy. Have a spectacular 2023 and beyond!