Wow what a task it was this week to surf through the many blogs on the Internet and find a few that can work for me. There are so many to choose from that I found very interesting. It did begin to feel a little overwhelming. But I was able to narrow my first selection down to the following three choices;1. eLearning Blender (http://joedeegan.blogspot.com/ ), 2. T&D Blog (http://tdblog.blogspot.com/ ) and 3. eLearning Planet (http://elearningplanet.com/category/instructional-design/ )
My first choice was elearning Blender. I chose the elearning Blender blog because of the wealth of forums. I was excited to see the many topics discussed within this blog. It appeared to be a very active blog with a full exchange of information. This blog covers elearning, instructional design, moodles, articulate studio, adobe captivate and many more topics. Its focus seems to be geared to applications and software.
My second choice was T&D. I chose T&D blog because it is a blog that is associated with ASTD. Because it is associated with ASTD I felt confident in the information they provide. I enjoyed being able to read blogs that are not just design oriented but also include the training and development aspect of Instructional Design.
My final selection was elearning Planet. I chose this particular blog because of the emphasis it has on SME’s. As an instructional Designer I am going to be interacting with SME’s very frequently. I feel it is important that I learn as much about them and the part they play in design and this seems like a good place to start.
There is such a variety of blogs to choose from on the Internet. I made myself a list of the ones that I came across that I would like to pursue further. This initial list may end up changing.
