This episode, I am talking with JR Dingwall, a higher ed instructional design consultant. I'm super excited to have JR on the show to tell the story of someone who went freelance for a while and then decided that it wasn't for him.

Episode 57: Interview with JR Dingwall

This episode we are back with Wes Atkinson, Co-founder and Lead Technical Consultant at Appitierre Ltd, the makers of the Evolve Authoring tool and the Bloom LMS talking about Evolve as a potential tool.

Episode 56: Back Again with Wes Atkinson

This episode, I’m with Wes Atkinson, Co-founder and Lead Technical Consultant at Appitierre Ltd, the makers of the Evolve Authoring tool and the Bloom LMS. And we are going to keep on theme about the freelancer journey but with a bit of a twist, from the perspective of a vendor.

Episode 55: Interview with Wes Atkinson

This episode I wanted to talk a bit about how I’ve built and continue to build my network.

Episode 54: Building a Network

In this episode, I want to share a bit more about my own toolset, in a few categories. We’ll look at business tools, productivity tools, and professional development.

Episode 53: Freelancing Toolbox

This episode, I am talking with Devlin Peck, a recent instructional design graduate student who jumped into freelancing with both feet while still a student.

Episode 52: Interview with Devlin Peck

This episode, I am talking with Christy Tucker, an instructional design consultant who has made her name by thinking deeply about what good instructional design is and sharing those thoughts and her learning experiences via her blog. She’s also a frequent contributor the instructional design subreddit, which is where I met her. Today, she is going to tell us more about her journey into freelance instructional design work.

Episode 51: Interview with Christy Tucker

In this episode, I try my hand at answering one of the toughest questions around becoming a freelancer: How does that whole feast and famine cycle work?

Episode 50: Feast and Famine and Freelancing

In this episode, I take a walk down memory lane and talk about my journey into freelancing.

Episode 49: Season 4 Opener - My Freelance Journey

In this episode, I (finally!) wrap up season 3 and talk about the future of Dear ID.

Episode 48: Season 3 Wrap Up

In this episode, I sit down with Svein-Tore, the founder of H5P, an amazing open source authoring tool for creating elearning interactions.

Episode 47: Svein-Tore on H5P

In our last episode with Simon, we segue from using Adapt to the Open Source Way and how Instructional Designers can benefit by jumping in to open source projects.

Episode 46: Simon Date on Open Source

Our second chat with Simon Date of King's College, London. We dive deep into "Why use Adapt?"

Episode 45: Simon Date on Adapt

The first of three (I say four in audio) episodes with Simon Date, Adapt developer extraordinaire!

Episode 44: Simon Date on MOOCs

This episode, I talk with Zsolt Olah, one of my ID heroes, about two different projects that illustrate how context is king.

Episode 43: A Tale of Two Projects with Zsolt Olah

This episode, I sit down with our newbiest ID yet, Ellen Hayes, and we talk about her process building an online course for a student maker space.

Episode 42: Online Course for a Student Maker Space with Ellen Hayes

In this teardown episode, I dive into the interactive video/simulation, Sortie en Mer (A Trip out to Sea).

Episode 41: Deep Dive into A Trip Out to Sea

In this teardown episode, I dive into the game-based one-page Adapt course from Sponge UK on following the rules of street fundraising.

Episode 40: Deep Dive into Sponge UK's PFRA Adapt Course

This episode, I sit down with Leslie Sandoval, instructional designer of 11 years, and we talk higher ed and a project supporting faculty with online courses.

Episode 39: Supporting Faculty with Online Teaching with Leslie Sandoval

This episode, I’ve got a real treat: a cutting edge tech project from my friend, David Fusco!

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