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What Professional Development tasks do eLearning developers do?
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– Online courses (Lynda, Youtube, forums)
– General practice through personal projects
– Study of existing courses from competitors. Top ten lists and annual awards are valuable resources.
– Attend industry conferences such as DevLearn.
– Become an active member of an association related to eLearning development.
– Read books, whitepapers, blogs, etc. about eLearning development.
– Teach yourself how to use other development tools, through free trials or web courses.
– Job shadow other members of the development team to understand what they do in a day.
– Download free templates and teach yourself a new process or skill.
– Creating and following through professional development plans with managers.
– Researching trends.
– Participating in workshops an lunch n’ learns.
– Watching and conducting Take 5 presentations.
– Examining and pulling apart existing assets
– Monthly challenges
– Online courses (EdX professional courses, Udemy, Lynda)
– Lunch and learns (internal and external)
– Contributing to the frameworks/support forums (answering and asking)
– Working in a team
Participate in challenges and competitions
As others have stated, webinars and online courses
Setting aside some time to push the limits of our platforms
Brainstorming sessions with peers
-webinars
-following forums and listservs
-courses at local/online institutions
Hasn’t happened here that I know of, but could also see conferences, workshops.
Prof development also includes out-of-thebox learning not directly related to the everyday job, but that can expand the role. I’m thinking of things like Toastmasters to develop public speaking skills, which could help with any client interactions
I took evening classes and tutorials on my own time to learn new software and methods for the current tools we’re using. I also find that participating in panels or lunch and learns can give eLearning developers an insight into what the industry deems as best practices. Also looking into what competitors are up to is another form of professional development.