What do instructional designers need to know and understand right now. How have things improved and changed or stayed the same? This episode with Cammy Bean answers many of these questions. Cammy updated one of the most well-known books in our field and there is now a second edition, The Accidental Instructional Designer, Second Edition.

She provides a big picture view of where and how learning and development fits into an organization. We discuss industry changes over the past decade and what never seems to change.

Cammy is a senior solutions consultant at Kineo, leading sales and account management for Kineo's US portfolio of custom learning clients. She’s been in the industry for more than 25 years. If you're new to instructional design or if you have skill gaps you'd like to close, check out Mastering Instructional Design, with courses, speakers and community.

WE DISCUSS:

* The need for a new edition of The Accidental Instructional Designer
* What is an "accidental instructional designer?"
* The big picture business perspective instructional designers may not see
* Whether L&D has become more important to organizations
* Changes in the industry in the past decade
* What instructional designers need to understand about analytics
* What hangs people up about xAPI
* What has NOT changed in the past decade
* Client sophistication and a learning maturity model
* Everything you always wanted to know about clicky clicky bling bling (but were afraid to ask)

TIME: 33 Minutes

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

* The Accidental Instructional Designer 2nd Edition by Cammy Bean
* Podcast: Learning is the New Business Strategy, conversation with Brandon Carson, author of the L&D Playbook
* Microlearning Short and Sweet by Karl Kapp and Robyn Defelice
* Podcast: How to Plan and Design Microlearning, conversation with Karl Kapp and Robyn Defelice
* Podcast: How to Get Started with Data-Driven Learning Design, conversation with Laura Niles Hofmann
* Data and Analytics for Instructional Designers by Megan Torrance
* Measurement Demystified by David Vance and Peggy Parskey