I joined Upside Learning as an Instructional Designer in April 2010. I had four years of training delivery experience, but Instructional Design was a completely new ball game! My first few weeks at Upside Learning were overwhelming and also intimidating to an extent. Almost everything that was discussed in team meetings and training sessions was akin to Greek and Latin.

In continuation to our weekly roundup of the best links shared on Twitter and Facebook, here is a collection of our top 15 links from the last week, each accompanied by a quick brief.

1. Mobile Web, Native App Use Increases at Night
It’s none-too-shocking news, but well worth noting: a new study of over 10,000 smartphone users has indicated that mobile Web and mobile application usage increases during the evening and night time hours. Meanwhile, more traditional types of communications attract increased attention during the day.

In continuation to our series of monthly roundup posts, here is a collection of our top 10 posts for May, each accompanied by a quick brief.

1. Future of Learning Technology – 2015
Predicts what the future holds for Learning Technology. Also, takes a quick recap at what we have witnessed in the last 5 years.

2. Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?
Debates if HTML5 is ready to compete with Flash for eLearning Development on grounds of browser support, cross platform/browser compatibility, audio/video support and development tools.

ID is an interesting domain to be involved in. On the one hand, you are continuously learning about different work environments as you are called upon to resolve different performance issues. On the other hand, your understanding of the domain, and your role in it, changes over time.

As an instructional designer, you start by learning a whole lot of theories and models.