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Jan 16, 2019
4 min

Final ID2ID Reflection

I can't believe I'm at the endpoint of my ID2ID experience already! We are wrapping up the "course" but I'm looking forward to some projects and experiences that are after the actual end of the program. We may be 'officially' done at the end of this month but we have a presentation in the STAR Symposium virtual conference in the beginning of February. As described in a previous post, I was accepted into a professional development program for instructional designers through

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Holly Fiock

Jan 11, 2019
2 min

Who is ready for 2019?

Right before the new year, I posted some ideas for 2019 and what to look ahead to. You can visit my end of year wrap-up to learn more. As I look ahead, here's what you can look forward to from me and my blog this year: A monthly post on a new technology tool More posts exploring ID related theories and design A larger focus on a practitioners' point of view (application of research into practice) More research focused topics (more on that below) This spring semester, I have

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Holly Fiock

Dec 27, 2018
2 min

My Year in Review

During this time of year, we typically look ahead to our new resolutions and what one has accomplished over the past year. As I look back and reflect on my year - I'm really happy with what I've done. I'm even more excited about what there is to come. Looking Back I've learned a lot of tools over the past year such as Padlet, Poll Everywhere, EdPuzzle, and a lot of audio/visual feedback tools (more on those to come in 2019). I really explored the use of different methods a

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ID2ID Professional Development - Synopsis 1

Holly Fiock

Nov 26, 2018
2 min

ID2ID Professional Development - Synopsis 1

As part of the ID2ID experience I am taking part in this year, we (my buddy and myself) were asked to attend or participate in two professional development opportunities. We decided to write up a literature review on our topic of Audio Feedback. As such, we quickly realized we were having difficulty trying to find current research out in the field. We decided as a team that we wanted to reach out to our respective librarians to determine the best ways to collect research.

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Holly Fiock

Nov 16, 2018
3 min

How to Use Varied Feedback

Later today, I have a meeting with one of our instructors. This individual did not develop the course he taught nor does he have extensive experience teaching online. Our meeting is to discuss how the course was developed, designed, and how it runs. This meeting had me thinking about how feedback can come from a lot of different sources - instructors, students, other designers, etc. While I look for different feedback sources when looking at the design of the course - it ma

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Do 'Typical' Lessons Work in Online Learning?

Holly Fiock

Nov 9, 2018
3 min

Do 'Typical' Lessons Work in Online Learning?

Recently, I read a post about there being a gap in standard lesson plans. To Learn, Students Need to DO Something by Jennifer Gonzalez. The blog focused on the absence of doing 'activities' in the classroom. In the blog, they laid out the typical lesson plan format as such: Anticipatory set: This is where we get learners interested in the lesson and set objectives for the day. Direct instruction: Facts, concepts, and skills are delivered via lecture, video, reading—some way

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Holly Fiock

Oct 19, 2018
3 min

Unplugging & Why It Is So Hard

Last week I was on vacation. I was so excited to finally have a break, unplug, and leave all of the drama of work and work-related issues behind. However, I found myself on my email a lot more than what I would have liked. As I think back, it didn't affect my vacation. I checked my email every morning before it was warm enough to go to the beach. While my vacay friends were reading books on the patio, I was checking my emails and working through problems each morning. I

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Using AIDA: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action in Different Contexts

Holly Fiock

Sep 13, 2018
3 min

Using AIDA: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action in Different Contexts

What is AIDA? "AIDA stands for attention, interest, desire, and action, and can be used to describe the sequence of events that goes into making someone want to buy your product or service" (Bean, 2014). While author Cammy Bean uses AIDA, a classic copywriting model, to e-learning - I think the same concept can be applied in a wide variety of online settings. But first, let's run though what goes into each step. Attention - "What is your hook? How do you pull the learner in

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Holly Fiock

Aug 31, 2018
3 min

ID2ID Experience: What is this?

In late June, I was informed that I was accepted into a professional development program for instructional designers through Penn State University - the ID2ID Program. According to their website, "The ID2ID program provides a structure for instructional designers to share their areas of expertise with one another and allows them to focus on improving areas where they are less knowledgeable. The program is designed to increase communication among instructional designers outsid

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Getting out of the online assignment rut...

Holly Fiock

Jul 23, 2018
4 min

Getting out of the online assignment rut...

Lately, I've been working on a few course developments and a full program evaluation. What I have started to notice was the trend or reuse of assignments across different courses. I've realized that many instructors find a teaching assignment or teaching style that works for them and then they try to make that style or assignment work for all online courses. While if tweaked properly this may be effective, it could also affect the students in a number of ways. 1) Not all

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Can design alone result in an excellent online course?

Holly Fiock

Jul 19, 2018
2 min

Can design alone result in an excellent online course?

I've attended a few professional development and general meetings on the topic of course design and how to effectively design for online courses. While these meetings were interesting in the fact that they showed and explained course design elements (think of the Quality Matters rubric), it is fair to say that without appropriate student-to-student or instructor-to-student interaction that an excellent course design could result in poor evaluation scores. There must be a mix

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Holly Fiock

Jul 11, 2018
3 min

Realm of Rubrics.

When preparing to be an instructional designer, I considered all of the glorious elearning content, online courses, and training opportunities that I would be able to develop and implement. It was so exciting to think about all of these different areas and how I would be in a career where I am always able to learn and improve my skills as technology advances and improves. In these deep thoughts, I did not think about all of the little 'things' that I would need to focus on.

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Holly Fiock

Jul 1, 2018
2 min

Practice what you preach...

As I write my blog posts, I try to think of new information to present on. What has happened recently that I want to talk about or share with the group? What have I learned this week? What experiences have I had that others would benefit from learning from? This post is going to focus on the last item - experiences I think I need to talk about - practicing what we preach. Often times, we as instructional designers are helping develop training or educational content to pre

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Holly Fiock

Jun 4, 2018
4 min

Overview of ID Models

Recently, I ran into a Linked In conversation where people were asking about Instructional Design (ID) models - some individuals were new to ID, some have been in the ID world for a while, and some were just there to add to the conversation. However, it made me realize that maybe there is a need for a blog post that discusses the different ID models I work with (especially in the higher education setting). First, let's discuss what exactly an ID model is. Long story short -

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Holly Fiock

Mar 27, 2018
2 min

Sharing Successes & Self-Efficacy

As mentioned in an earlier blog about goal setting (you can read the whole blog here), I shared how my goal for February was to have an article posted in the eLearning Industry. After some thought and hard work, I'm happy to share that the article I wrote was posted on March 22nd. I had submitted the article in February but it had to be approved prior to officially being shared and published with the community. 7 Keys For Successfully Updating Online Courses has been shared

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Holly Fiock

Jan 26, 2018
3 min

Building Your Own Community

I recently started research on Community of Inquiry. The Community of Inquiry (CoI) is an instructional design model focused on creating an educational experience based on social, cognitive, and teaching presence. While reading on the CoI model and framework - it made me think about my own community. As an instructional designer it is not only important to build, develop, and keep up on trends in the field but also build your own support system or community. However, how do

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Holly Fiock

Jan 18, 2018
2 min

Goal Setting

As an instructor, instructional designer, coach, consultant, etc. you may hear about setting effective goals. While we normally do this in the context of our learners, are we doing this for ourselves? While some individuals may be highly motivated to complete tasks on their own, others may need additional support or incentives to set and meet their own personal goals. I think we have all heard about setting goals that are SMART: S: Specific M: Measurable A: Attainable R: Rel

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