First wave!

We recently sent out the first wave of invitations to join this little club. Good to have you with us. Remember, you can post anything you like... links to resources, ideas about doing instructional design, an interesting story.

And you can post comments to anything you find here. That's where the community aspect begins, so don't be bashful. If somebody posts something that causes you to think ... or thank... definitely chime in.

See you on the other side.

Rick Schwier

Adding your two cents

Anyone can comment on any post you find here. Just click on the word "comments" at the bottom of the post and off you go.

If you want to join the community and post original messages, just email us at richard.schwier@usask.ca and we will email you an invitation that will give you permission to sign up for posting privileges on this site.

Easy. Leave us a comment if you aren't sure how to go about anything. We will be monitoring this place regularly.

Inaugural post

As colleagues that both practice and study the instructional design process in post-secondary settings, for the past two years we have been talking to instructional designers about their roles, their jobs, their expereinces, their ideas, their futures.....

One important thing that repeatedly came up was a desire among designers to connect with other designers. We are initiating this blog as a place to lay the foundation for a community of practice. It will act as a repository for ideas, resources and stories about ID, and we hope it will also become a place for conversation. This isn't a chat room, but a place where you can drop in and say something, tell a story, share an idea or resource or most anything else.

We are very interested in your stories of design - how you became a designer, what you think is important about instructional design, how we are having an impact in our institutions, your joys and your frustrations working with instructors, administrators, team members..... Please come and share your experiences with a sympathetic community who really knows what your life is like on a daily basis!

Next post... how to join the conversation.

Katy Campbell, Richard Kenny, Richard Schwier