Personal Learning Network

There are several resources and networks that I use to keep up-to-date on what is happening in the world of instructional design. I'm sharing a few of my favorites below! Let me know what you think!

• Blogs
• The Rapid eLearning Blog provides insight on all aspects of elearning from design to development to implementation, and usually pretty funny!
• Cathy Moore's Blog  is a great resource for developing scenarios, assessments, and interactions.
• Adobe Captivate Blog provides tips and tricks straight from the source, plus some great user forums.
• Avidity Medical Design Blog gives specific insight on ID for healthcare, plus professional development opportunities.
• eLearning Industry has articles and resources on pretty much anything elearning. 
• Pinterest
• eLearningInfographics.com has a plethora of infographics... and I LOVE infographics. These are all industry-related.
• An Ethical Island has more infographics, but these are mostly related to theory and soft skills when dealing with students.
• Edudemic is mostly geared toward K-12, but has some good tech stuff and some things that apply to adult learning.
• The Ultralinx delves in to all aspects of design- graphic, architectural, fashion, etc. Lots of inspiring images.
• Digital Information World contains mostly insight on harnessing social media, but has the occasional post on education.
• Facebook
• ATD Rocky Mountain Chapter is where I keep up with events and info for the local ATD chapter.
• eLearning Industry deals with pretty much every aspect of elearning (K-12, adult, MOOCs, LMS, strategies, etc).
• eLearning specific to web-based learning at Standford, MIT and Berkeley.
• Udacity is one of my favs! Loads of interesting articles and access to cool online courses.
• Peer2Peer University is a hub of open online education- a place to learn and a place to teach.
• LinkedIn
• Instructional Design Central has articles and discussions about all topics- tends to have a lot of jobs posted, too.
• Learning and Development great spot for networking, getting answers to questions, and finding resources.
• Mobile Learning is everything mobile. Find news and tips on going mobile.
• The Instructional Design Forum tends to include a lot of job opportunities, but also great place to network.
• Training and Instructional Design Consultants similar to the others, this group includes a lot of job opportunities and networking.
• Google+
• Connected Classrooms a hub for sharing ideas, collaborating and tapping in to best practices.
• Ted on Google+ is another avenue for accessing TedTalks. I also use the mobile app.
• EdTech is a community based around discussion, collaboration and sharing of info.
• Christopher Pappas is the founder of eLearning Industry Network. This guy is everywhere, so I keep up with him on his G+.
• Google Apps for Ed is a place to discover innovative ways to use Google Apps in education.