

Secret Society of the Instructional Designer
SSOITD
Discussion and exploration of the day to day work of an instructional designer. What problems are we facing, what challenges do we see coming up, what even is this job?!?
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Aug 22, 2023 • 47min
Episode 3 - Preparing for an ID Job
Hey everyone! It's a brand new episode of the show! This time we're discussing appling for and preparing for a new job in Instructional Design. Everyone on the show has recently started a new job, so we have some recent experience on the topic. We still only stratched the surface, so be on the look out for a follow up. Let us know what you think and email us with questions!

Jul 18, 2023 • 1h 18min
Episode 2 - Looking at ID Fads and Designing Down Under
Hey there everyone! In this episode, we talk about fads in Instructional Design...those supposed disruptive technologies that are going to bring ruin to education as we know it! But do they? Like, remember MOOCs? Also, we interview Learning Designer Kate Mitchell! She's smart, she's cool, she's Australian! Kate shares these resources with us....there's lots here to keep the learning going!Find Kate on LinkedIn, Twitter (@katevideo), and Mastodon (@edukate@indieweb.social)Join the TELedvisors Special Interest Group and follow them on Twitter (@TELedvisors) Follow Kate as she co-runs Learning Design 'hackathons' through the ASCILITE Learning Design SIG.Some of Kate’s top Twitter folks to follow include @AnnGagne (who also runs the the All Things Pedagogical blog and Accessagogy podcast, links available via her website); Brenna Clarke Gray (@brennacgray), Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha), Karen Costa (@karenraycosta) (especially for trauma-informed pedagogy and neurodivergence in academia), Robin de Rosa (@actualham or social.coop/@actualham) plus the ACE Framework (equity-based Learning Design) designed by her team at Plymouth CoLab.Design Justice by Sasha Costanza-Chock is available as an open book through MIT Press.

Jun 20, 2023 • 1h 6min
Episode 1 - Ruminations on ChatGPT and Land Seals
Hello Everyone,We DID IT! Episode 1 is finally here. I know it may not seem like a long time for you since we just released episode 0, but let me tell you, it was a while for us. On this month's episode we are discussing out first impressions of Chat GPT, and generative AI, in general. We also have an interview with Instructional Designer, Dr. Natalie Vandepol, from Michigan State Universities Broad College of Business. Finally, we pull a question from the question hat to end our episode. Thanks for listening and please feel free to email us at secretsocietyOTID@gmail.com.

Jun 18, 2023 • 32min
Ep 0 - Just Figuring Things Out
Our intrepid podcasters discuss what they are hoping the podcast will be and why they are bothering to make it in the first place. We look at what is missing in Instructional Design and Learning and Development podcasts, who we are and what we want this show to be.


