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Attention over time

7-day rolling share of analyzed posts/comments mentioning this entity · 90 daily points ending 2026-10-13

Final complete day: 2026-10-13. Attention was 1.6% — this entity appeared in 5 of 313 analyzed posts/comments in the seven days ending that day (8 mentions).

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Recent mentions

1. 2026-10-12 20:44 UTCPost

   As a one person show, what are the implications of presenting your portfolio site as a freelancer (more personal & "I/me"), vs a small company (more professional & "we"). How much does perception matter? - I'm looking to attract mostly e-learning freelance contract work with small companies and one off clients. Sending prospective contact leads has me wondering which way I should frame my site / portfolio. When would I do one vs the other? Does it matter if the portfolio is good?

2. 2026-10-12 19:55 UTCPost

   Fellas and ladies… am I screwed? - I’ve been in a training role for 3, almost 4 years now. I was the only one on the team my first year and did so much including hosting, facilitating, and creating ILTs/vILTs. I was hired on as a “training expert”, with zero experience, degrees, or certifications. I’ve bootstrapped my way through so much of this field. I’ve got a slew of certifications from multiple accredited providers (ATD/AIHR/DDI/BC). I’ve built e-learnings using Camtasia (first two years) and Rise (past 2 years). Hell, my first 30 days it was my job to talk to an LMS provider and pick one for our 3000 employees. I integrated them with our HRIS, handle support tickets, and of course do courses, analytics, etc. I do so freaking much, but other than certs, I don’t have a degree with seems to be required by most employers. My first year, we hired an ID (yay!), except they only work on one-pager materials. I have no idea why the Director limits him to this role, but it is what it is I guess. My second year, we hired two “training specialists”, who now assist me in hosting and creating e-learnings and ILTs. My 3rd year we hired another person, she’s awesome “learning PM”. She brings 20 years of experience and has her hands in everything.. as she should. Our department is now 6 people, all oversaw by the Director of L&D. I thought everything was going good until 3 weeks ago when she said we needed to make a document that justifies our position. It’s been no secret that the company, now 7000 employees, hasn’t been doing good. 3 months of losses and I’m thinking that we might get laid off. I’ve been applying to jobs ever since with no luck. Am I barking up the wrong tree? It seems degrees are required, which I have none. Any support out there would be greatly appreciated.. I’m a Swiss Army knife but I’m thinking my time is coming.

3. 2026-10-11 09:41 UTCComment

   This. I was a content developer creating technical training in my last role. I cited myself as an instructional designer in my resume summary and also described that past role using terms that were relevant like ADDIE and SAM. To be fair, I did talk to SMEs regularly, and there was an iterative design process. So I feel like the gap between e-learning and ID is probably more relevant to someone's individual experience than anything fixed. Lastly, I picked up a side gig teaching digital literacy to adults which gave me more room to tack keywords on. I was actually working at the library doing menial labor for a whole year during this period because I never got back into the field after the contract ended for my content developer role. But the company that interviewed me saw so much ID work they thought the library was a volunteer position. I corrected them, but at that point, they already believed I had a lot of experience. Now my new title is based on strategy and not development.

4. 2026-10-08 10:27 UTCComment

   You will have a distinct advantage over most e-learning developers as you have a very good foundation in graphics design and UX (frankly, a lot of content created by instructional designers have no regard for layouts, typography, UI design, etc). Even as AI and AI authoring tools get more prevalent in the workflow, there will always be garbage in - garbage out content (e.g. slides fed to Synthesia, manuals fed to NotebookLM). Your disadvantage is not having experience in seeing which particular approaches work for specific types of situations. For instance, having good UI/UX fundamentals won't help if you're using e-learning to train motor skills like, say, riding a bike. It sounds dumb but there are MANY L&D "professionals" who will ask people to go through bullet points and slides of content to learn "presentation skills" or "performance coaching 101". Going to school to learn all the adult learning and instructional design fundamentals is definitely important. But I also suggest spending some time to read books while you're looking around for classes / courses. I would recommend: "Attention Span" by Gloria Mark; "Make it Stick" by Brown, Roediger and McDaniel; "Leaving ADDIE for SAM" by Michael Allen, and books about multimedia learning by Richard E. Mayer.

5. 2026-10-08 06:51 UTCPost

   Struggling to find a full-time E-Learning Developer job in Canada despite having the right skills. Any advice? - I have been working as a freelance E-Learning Developer for several years now, and most of my clients have been from the United States. I have worked on all kinds of projects, from content writing and instructional design to developing courses, managing Learning Management Systems, and launching courses. I have a lot of experience with Articulate Storyline 360, Rise 360, software simulations, and pretty much most of the tools used in e-learning development, from Camtasia and Adobe Creative Cloud to Synthesia and other AI tools. I also have a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, so I am quite technical and have worked on some pretty complex projects over the years. But even with all this experience, I am finding it incredibly hard to land a full-time job in Canada. The funny thing is that I can find freelance work with clients in the United States and have even received job offers, but finding a full-time employee position in Canada seems so much harder. I really need Canadian work experience, and honestly, I just want to work somewhere I can actually use my skills and be part of a team instead of constantly working on freelance projects. I have been applying for jobs, but at this point, I am not even sure if I am looking in the right places. Is anyone here working in e-learning, instructional design, or Learning Management System administration in Canada? Where do you usually find these jobs? Are there any companies, recruiters, or other places I should be looking at? I am open to E-Learning Developer, Learning Experience Designer, Learning Management System Administrator, or similar technical roles. Honestly, even if you could just point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it. I am not sure where else to ask, so I thought I would try posting here.