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I’m not sure this qualifies as a case study but I think this is something different than just a blog post. I remember my initial thoughts about the badges on the Adobe eLearning Community. My first thought was “who cares how much I have contributed to the eLearning community?”
When the site finally launched I saw I was listed as a Newbie. What!?! I instantly felt like I had been robbed of my status within the Adobe Captivate Community. Obviously the badges work. Since then I have been vindicated and have worked my way up to Wizard status (just in time for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). It’s funny how a little bruised ego can incentivise me and take advantage of my very real competitive nature.
Recently I have had several people asking me if they could become an intern or if I could mentor them with their career in eLearning. Honestly, I’m just a regular eLearning designer developer who just happens to have a YouTube channel that some of you subscribe to. The rest of you are probably wondering “who is this guy?”
https://YouTube.com/paulwilsonlearning
Anyway, I think there is a better way for you to get some very real world experience that you can put on your résumé and become an Adobe eLearning Master in 90 days. First thing I want you to do is to look at the incentive levels the folks at Adobe have come up with for the badges:
https://elearning.adobe.com/levels/
For example, if you write a blog post about Adobe eLearning products you gain 100 points. If you write four more blog posts you will have 500 points. That puts you at Master. If you take a look at the incentive for Master, it includes 3 months of complimentary license usage for Adobe Captivate, Adobe Presenter Video Express and Adobe Captivate Prime. You also would potentially be invited to host an Adobe Live Webinar.
I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly trying to build my reputation within the eLearning community. Of course I started years ago before there was an Adobe eLearning Community site where it’s all laid out for you. Between the trial versions of the software, this community extending that for up to three months and the potential of being invited to host a live event, well that sounds like a pretty good start toward building that reputation as an Adobe eLearning Master.
Who knows, maybe you could one day be a Wizard or even a Legend and get invited to speak at an Adobe live event somewhere in the world. In either case, I think all of this would look pretty good on a résumé.
I’m not sure this qualifies as a case study but I think this is something different than just a blog post. I remember my initial thoughts about the badges on the Adobe eLearning Community. My first thought was “who cares how much I have contributed to the eLearning community?”
When the site finally launched I saw I was listed as a Newbie. What!?! I instantly felt like I had been robbed of my status within the Adobe Captivate Community. Obviously the badges work. Since then I have been vindicated and have worked my way up to Wizard status (just in time for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). It’s funny how a little bruised ego can incentivise me and take advantage of my very real competitive nature.
Recently I have had several people asking me if they could become an intern or if I could mentor them with their career in eLearning. Honestly, I’m just a regular eLearning designer developer who just happens to have a YouTube channel that some of you subscribe to. The rest of you are probably wondering “who is this guy?”
https://YouTube.com/paulwilsonlearning
Anyway, I think there is a better way for you to get some very real world experience that you can put on your résumé and become an Adobe eLearning Master in 90 days. First thing I want you to do is to look at the incentive levels the folks at Adobe have come up with for the badges:
https://elearning.adobe.com/levels/
For example, if you write a blog post about Adobe eLearning products you gain 100 points. If you write four more blog posts you will have 500 points. That puts you at Master. If you take a look at the incentive for Master, it includes 3 months of complimentary license usage for Adobe Captivate, Adobe Presenter Video Express and Adobe Captivate Prime. You also would potentially be invited to host an Adobe Live Webinar.
I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly trying to build my reputation within the eLearning community. Of course I started years ago before there was an Adobe eLearning Community site where it’s all laid out for you. Between the trial versions of the software, this community extending that for up to three months and the potential of being invited to host a live event, well that sounds like a pretty good start toward building that reputation as an Adobe eLearning Master.
Who knows, maybe you could one day be a Wizard or even a Legend and get invited to speak at an Adobe live event somewhere in the world. In either case, I think all of this would look pretty good on a résumé.
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I’m going to post a testimonial and would be remiss if you weren’t mentioned in it. My entire Captivate levels experience has been due to your video. Trying not to gush but your sharing the power of this community on YouTube was valuable opportunity to help this budding ID professional. Awesome posts here and on your website. Thank you. Again.
Thanks for sharing, Paul. I appreciate all the work that you’ve done. And I hope someday that I could achieve that status as well. Cheers.
Paul, I think you are my jackpot. I had the same feeling recently so I am off to prove the world wrong about my capabilities. Seriously, I love learning even at my age but I also like producing better quality elearning for my customers. We have so much to offer but the speed at which the government works isn’t too conducive to change. So we have to get creative and show them what their members are missing out on.
Thank you for sharing and I think you have given me a roadmap for success. At least my success. Gracias amigo.
