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Saturday, February 13, 2016
What Should Be in Your Portfolio?
Elearning is a very diverse industry. Some people work in one-person shops where they need to know a little of everything and others can focus on one thing like writing.
Personally, I think your skills should be like a liberal arts educations where you touch on a little of everything. So here is a list of skills I think you should be able to highlight in your portfolio and be able to speak to them in an interview.
- Instructional design: Do you have examples of different approaches to learning and course design. I look at a lot of courses and most of them are usually linear. Have some examples of how to engage your learners and how they can interact with the content.
- Graphic design: While everyone talks about instructional design, I think an equal consideration is the visual design. In fact, what separated many of the candidates that I considered were their visual design skills. If all things are equal, I’ll take someone with a strong sense of visual design because it crosses into other areas like engagement, communication, and usability.
- Present diverse projects: Don’t show me 400 courses that all look the same. If that’s all you get to work on, then spend some time on your own and build out other examples. They don’t need to be complete courses. Build out an interaction or a scenario. Take one topic and try it three different ways.
- Project management: You don’t need to be a project manager, but you should understand how to manage a project from start to finish. What is the production process for an elearning course? How many hours does it take you to build a course? What resources do you need? What does it cost to produce a course?
- Writing: I like to keep things simple. So for me there’s two types of writing: technical and conversational. How well can you write to document procedures and provide the right level of guidance? On the other hand, some projects are not technical and require a more conversational tone. As Cathy Moore would ask, “Can you dump the drone?”
- Technology: You don’t need to be a software engineer, but you should know the essence of the technologies and how they work. In addition, the more tools you’re familiar with the better. The reality is that the more proficient you are with software, the more likely you’ll be a top candidate versus someone in the middle.
Getting Started
Here a few tips to help you get started:
- Build a case study for each project. It doesn’t need to be overly fancy. Describe the project objectives, what you did, and the results. If you have examples add them. If not, at least try to add some screenshots.
- Create a blog to document your learning. Use it to capture what you’re doing and thoughts you have during the production process. If you need ideas to get started, look at some of the demos in this blog. Take one of the ideas and play around with it.
- Network with others. A portfolio’s no good if you have no place to show it(your blog) or share it (your network). The good thing with blogging and other social tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter is that you connect with others in the industry. You’ll learn a lot and others will get to know you and your skills. It’s a great way to prepare for opportunities. Just ask Cammy.
If you want to stay in this industry and keep up with your skills, then having a portfolio is critical. You can’t always control your circumstances, but you can control how you prepare for them.
Monday, February 8, 2016
8Things You Should Know About Freelancing Full time
For most of us, freelancing full time seems like a dream come true. We get to be our own boss, work our own hours, and are responsible for our own success. It all sounds great – and it is, but freelancing full-time isn’t for everyone. While some freelancers thrive on being their own boss, others find that they’re not as good at working for themselves as they were working for a company, or in their 9 to 5 job.
A lot of people thrive on working full-time in a traditional office setting. Whether it’s because they love working in teams, like to bounce ideas off each other, and be able to share a joke with a colleague sitting in the cubicle next to them, or because they are too used to it to be independent, there are people who may not be suited for the freelancer’s life. So before you take the plunge, consider the following aspects of a freelancer’s life to see if it is your cup of tea, things like…
1. You Will Be Working Alone (A lot)
2. You Hold Yourself Accountable
3. You’ll Need Self-Discipline
4. You have to Deal with Clients!
5. You Must Learn to negotiate
6.You must Know What’s Trending
7.You Musn’t Let Emotions Take Over
8. You Need Your Family and Friends
The Secrets to Success
The secret to succeeding as a full time freelancer is to treat it as a business. You’re the CEO of your freelance company. You’re the one responsible for everything related to it.
Stick to the work ethics you conform to during your office-going days and you’ll be fine. The only difference is that you can take a break when you want to, and work extra hours when needed. You get to spend more time with your family since you’re spending less time getting stuck on the way and back from work and not to mention those epic-length meetings.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Great Websites to Find Freelance Jobs
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2:Fiver
Fiverr is a global online marketplace offering tasks and services, beginning at a cost of $5 per job performed, from which it gets its name. The site is primarily used by freelancers who use Fiverr to offer services to customers worldwide.
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Freelancer
Freelancer is a global crowdsourcing marketplace, which allows potential employers to post jobs that freelancers can then bid to complete
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