LUYC 098: Using Instructional Design to Teach Developers with Joel Hooks
What\u2019s up, everybody? In this episode, I\u2019m joined by Joel Hooks, co-founder of egghead.io. egghead is an education platform built for developers by developers. They specialize in no-fluff, just-in-time online lessons and courses for web developers. Joel and I chat about the importance of instructional design, why it\u2019s often overlooked, and how egghead is using learning design to improve their product--in other words, we geek out. Enjoy! \n\nI want to use these instructional design principles to help people reach their goals.\n \nEpisode Quotes\n"I want to use these instructional design principles and wrap it in with our knowledge to help people reach their goals."\n"Monetization isn't the point. The point is to get people where they want and need to be, and the rest follows."\n"The nature of being helpful is profitable in my experience."\n"I think there is a craving for community, connection, and a sense of belonging."\n"Maximize the amount of free time you have available to you versus the amount of money that you have available to you."\n\nListen to Learn\n00:54\tGetting to know Joel Hooks, Rapid 5 Questions\n03:57\tOverview of egghead.io - how it started and who it\u2019s for\n06:56\tJoel's teaching journey \n08:17\tInstructional design principles - improving the quality of learning\n11:43\tOvercoming the stuck zone, Amy Hoy's concept of "backwards planning"\n13:00\tInstructional design and the affective domain \n16:08\tegghead.io approach to teaching \t\n20:35\tExciting things coming up from Joel Hooks, website links\t\n\nGet the Bonus Episode!\nJoin us in the bonus segment! If you\u2019re a designer, developer, or coder, this bonus is for you. We chat about building authority in your career and share some book recommendations to help you implement instructional design in your course. Grab it here: https://get.zencourses.co/extra