On today’s episode, we are joined by Peter Shea, the Creator and Chief Admin of Instructional Designers in Education. This 14K member online learning community is an incredible place for learning about instructional design. Pete is going to take us through his origin story, where the idea came from, how the group has evolved, and lessons for you if you are interested in starting your own group.

How do you get your SMEs to buy into an idea? One method is to provide a demo of the final product. This podcast episode is a sneak peak of the new course, Collaborating and Building Relationships with SMEs.

If you were to ask an instructional designer to describe their job, you’ll hear about designing the online learning experience, collaborating with subject matter experts, developing products, and creating learning outcomes, objectives, assessments, and content. One phrase that you won’t hear about is how artistic the instructional design role can be. While I’ve always had this preliminary thought, it wasn’t until working on a recent project where the light bulb went off over my head. Instructional design to me is artistic in nature and here’s how I arrived at that conclusion.

Do you ever feel disillusioned with L&D? Are you passionate about instructional design, but worry that spark you once had is fading? In today's show, Ant Pugh shares how he lost his way, details the changes he made, and reveals why he currently enjoys his work more than ever.

How does a former teacher become an instructional designer, Camtasia wizard, and voice actor for Netflix? On today's episode, we'll hear about the fascinating experiences of Alex Mitts and how we can apply his tips into our own ID journeys.

One thing I wasn’t expecting when the book came out, was how many of you would reach out to me about your dreams of writing a book. This seems to be a bucket list item for many of you so I figured I would peel back the curtain. I’ll share with you my 5 essential tips with how I wrote the book in 6 months without losing my sanity.

As instructional designers, we should be using data to help inform our decisions when it comes the learning experiences of our courses and programs. Data can tell us so much about our students with learning behaviors, learning analytics, and even instructional design principles. How do we interpret this data though? One compelling case is to use Educational Data Mining (EDM). Joining us today is Smruti Sudarshan, an eLearning Training Specialist atLinkedIn, and she'll guide us through everything we need to know about EDM.

Get ready for the future! On today's episode, I share 5 ideas on where I think instructional design is moving towards. Some of them have been implemented in the courses I teach, and others in the courses I design. The best part of all is that you can replicate any of these ideas into your courses right now.

“What does an instructional designer actually do?” A quick Google search will pop up some amazing videos, podcasts, and blogs about a day in the life of an instructional designer from a corporate perspective or a freelance perspective. I didn’t see the same types of results though for higher education, and I have an educated guess as to why: it’s ridiculously hard to describe the typical day.

If you research the term "instructional design" online, you'll often find another similar term called, "learning experience design." How are they related? What are their differences? Joining us today is Sonia Tiwari, a Learning Experience Design expert from Penn State. In this episode, we will dive into how instructional designers can focus on the learning experience, what research tells us for best practices, what tools to be aware of, and how to interpret job postings that mention both LXD and ID.

You've already heard from two experts on going back to school for another degree. The conclusion is that there is no right or wrong path to becoming an instructional designer. Whether you decide to do this journey on your own or go for a degree, what matters is how much you are willing to dedicate to your own growth. In this episode, I talk about different paths to take to help you with finding your own way into the field and how to figure out which instructional design degree is right for you.

Should you go back to school for an instructional design degree? So far, we’ve covered how to be a successful ID without a degree. Today’s episode though covers the benefits of ID degrees and their value. To dive on deep into this conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Karl Kapp from Bloomsburg University. We explored topics like researching an institution’s curriculum, the differences between certs and degrees, current ID trends, and how to capitalize on the benefits of going back to school.

Do you need an instructional design degree to be an instructional designer? It’s a fantastic question since most of us accidentally fell into the ID field. So, how do you know if a degree is right for you and your career? To help with your decision, I brought in two experts in the ID field to share their perspectives. The first you are going to hear from is Tim Slade, the founder of eLearning Designer’s Academy and the author of the wildly popular The eLearning Designer's Handbook. You’ll hear from Tim about his ID journey, his thoughts around degrees, and what employers are looking for in an instructional designer. He also talks about strategies for aspiring instructional designers on how to maneuver around the degree qualification topic.

Today, June 1st, is officially the one year anniversary of the Dr. Luke Hobson Podcast! As a thank you for sticking around with me for this long, this episode combines the most downloaded episodes into one. I also talk a bit more about the behind the scenes of starting the podcast and where it's heading. Once again, thank you all for your support over this last year!

She is one of my favorite people ever in instructional design and her name is Dr. Robin Sargent. Robin is the founder of IDOL Courses Academy and in my opinion, she has changed the game when it comes to corporate instructional design. IDOL has been transforming the lives of aspiring instructional designers and the students in this academy love the learning experience. So, I wanted to know more about how IDOL came to be and how has Robin helped so many new instructional designers.