As a new blogger in the field of instructional design, it is important to know what's out there in order to find a void or niche that will allow you to further enrich the field. Although the field of instructional design is relatively new I have managed to find three promising sites to promote the field of instructional design: 1. “Instructional Design and Development Blog”http://www.iddblog.org/These sites feature experiences and commentary from members of DePaul University. The contributors from DePaul University include: Sarah Brown, Jean Bryan, Joan Golas, Sharon Guan and many more. The site also features an archive from previous blogs. “Wiki Spring Cleaning Tips” and “How Tomorrow’s College Students are Learning Today.” This website is a great source because it gives tips on how to maintain your blog and also tells the importance of blogs and its effectiveness on learning.
2. “Making Change Ideas for lively elearning” (http://blog.cathy-moore.com/#SlideFrame_1 )“In this blog, you'll find practical ideas that will help you create lively, powerful elearning for adults in the business world.”Ideas from seminars such as “Value for money elearning solutions,” a video segment on "How to save the World with Elearning Ecenarios", and "How to Steer your Client Away from Information Dump." This is a beneficial blog because it helps bloggers make their information more concise to keep the interest of its readers and it also lets its readers know how money and elearning solutions work.
3. IDEAS: Instructional Design for Elearning Approaches (http://ideas.blogs.com/)
This website has "reflections and insights on elearning strategies and instructional technology" design by Ferdinand Krauss. Categories include: Educational Technology, Elearning Delivery Strategies, Faculty Development, Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Learning Objects, and Teaching Online. This blog is really good because it breaks down instructional design into meaningful categories.
My research on blogs has peaked my interest even more into blogging for instructional design. I look forward to adding a blog that others will find just as useful as I have found these.
