Consistency and Common Sense in Instructional Design

Sometimes the best thing you can do as an instructional designer is to step into your learners’ shoes. Whether you’re delivering content on compliance or something completely different, keep your learners in mind at all times. 

That’s advice that’s served Cath Ellis well throughout her career. Cath is an eLearning Designer and Developer who creates powerful learning experiences for learners around the world.  

Cath joins us on The Visual Lounge for a fantastic talk about her background as well as some insights into the types of projects she helps clients with. Cath shares some great takeaway pieces of advice and discusses how she approaches learning a new tool, her thoughts on AI, and why YouTube is a goldmine for educational content.

Learning points from the episode include: 

• 0:00 – Intro  
• 2:15 – How Cath got started with eLearning 
• 5:28 – How to define success when creating learning content 
• 8:30 – Cath’s top tip to improve using images or video 
• 10:41 – Cath explains the types of eLearning projects she works on 
• 14:40 – How Cath approaches a new learning project 
• 21:54 – The process of learning a new tool 
• 25:07 – ChatGPT writes a poem for Cath 
• 28:58 – The top video tools in Cath’s toolbelt 
• 31:28 – The biggest barriers to learning video tools  
• 35:37 – Cath’s prediction for creating learning content in 2023 and beyond 
• 41:02 – Speed round questions 
• 47:32 – How to find out more about Cath’s work 
• 48:42 – Cath’s final take on creating learning content  
• 49:19 – Outro  

Important links and mentions: 

• Cath Ellis’ website: https://www.cathellis.com/ 
• Connect with Cath on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathmellis/  
• Follow Cath on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathellis