The Brain and information processing

The first site is right on target with his explanation of neurons and how the brain encodes information. Recalling the facts from long term memory is effortless when the facts that are linked to examples and memories are created.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/brainlearns.htm

The second site focuses on information processing and tends to agree with Dr. Jeanne Ormrod’s points on self-regulation strategies that, together, can account for the striking changes in thinking that emerge as children develop. Researchers therefore focus less on whether students solve problems correctly and more on how problems are solved.
http://www.answers.com/topic/developmental-theory-cognitive-and-information-processing

Some jobs are thankless

http://blog.tatainteractive.com/instructional_design/
I chose this blog on compliance training because it presents a look at another side of instructional design. This is a quote from the blog “Implementing compliance training is as exciting as replacing car tires – you get no particular joy doing it, but not doing so is not an option.” The five challenges can be applied to more than compliance training, and it gives a realistic view many of jobs we will face in the future.

Great Site

http://learningvisions.blogspot.com/
I chose this blog because of the team of contributors listed below:
Joni Dunlap, Associate Professor of Information and Learning Technologies at the University of Colorado
Mary Engstrom, Associate Director of Extended Learning Services, University of Montana
Marlene Zentz, Instructional Designer, University of Montana
Jennifer Maddrell, Instructional Designer, PhD Student: Old Dominion University
Cammy Bean, VP of Learning Design at Kineo
Robert Squires, Instructional Designer at the University of Montana
They are all professionals that state their ideas in a style that I can understand their meaning; also they provide reference material to support their opinions. I have spent several hours reading some of the reference material and recommend reading How to Get an Instructional Design Education without Paying Tuition. The list of reference material he recommends is vary interesting.

Instructional designers

The search for blogs on Instructional Design produced many sites with information that I found to be fascinating. I will list the three best for everyone to enjoy.

http://erictremblay.blogspot.com/2006/01/instructional-design-practitioners.html
Eric A. Trembly is a practitioner in the field of Instructional Design. In his blog he discusses the changes that are occurring in the field and what designers will need to do to be successful in the future.