Laura Gogia, MD, Ph.D. designs, researches, and engages in faculty development for digital learner experiences in higher education and continuing education settings. Before she became the Senior Design Strategist at iDesign and a freelance instructional design consultant, Dr. Gogia was an obstetrician and gynecologist for a rural Virginian community. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Research and Evaluation and her MD, both from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Laura Gogia, MD, Ph.D. designs, researches, and engages in faculty development for digital learner experiences in higher education and continuing education settings. In #InVinoFab episode #33: Laura shares about her “high career thrillist” path as she moves from medical school, to practicing surgical gynecologist, to fusion-style chef’s catering, non-profit coursework, trying out adult education, and engaging in research in evaluation for learning design. We talk about how we learn and figure out how to evolve with our careers, gain new skills, and find our way with community and kinship. I’m grateful that Laura shared how it gets real when you’re trying to transition to a new professional path and you have to interpret how your talents and experiences are transferable. We discuss this shift and what it means to be employable in a job market that is outside of your domain of practice or area of expertise. I’m grateful for how shared her concerns, fears, expectations, and disappointments with finding a job that would be a good fit with her career goals and professional interests. Finally, Laura leaves us with a wealth of learning design resources and considerations from her current role and experiences.

“I was trying to find that community out there to help me with my learning. To make sure I was actually learning what I needed to do. To set my curriculum, to recommend articles, to talk about articles with, to bounce research ideas off of, perhaps do research with them... I was finding my classroom or my personal learning community.” ~How Learning is for Laura Gogia

Here are a few resources/ links to we shared during our chat:

--Historic Jamestowne historicjamestowne.org/

--Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking www.saltfatacidheat.com/

--What is an Alt-Ac or Alternative Academic? guides.lib.unc.edu/altac

--The Instructional Designer & the OPM Conversation www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technol…-conversation

--"Instructional Designer" vs. "Learning Designer" www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technol…ning-designer

--The iDEA Book via iDesign: idesignedu.org/idea-book/

--Job Crafting jobcrafting.com/

--Shout outs to: @WhitneyKilgore & @BonStewart

--#et4online conference throwback reflection: techknowtools.com/2015/04/28/et4on…ions-and-review/

--The Student Development Transit System by @paulgordonbrown paulgordonbrown.com/2015/01/27/the-…sit-system-map/

1. Stay in the game: be determined as you re-focus.

2. Figure out what you do well and what you need to learn to enhance your skills/talents.

3. Make connections and find your community of support.

4. Show up: online, in-person, and where you want to be!

#InVinoFab recommendations:

-Braving the Wilderness: brenebrown.com/braving-the-wilderness/

-Creative Quest www.harpercollins.com/9780062670557/…reative-quest/

-One-Track Mind:www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/…e-track-mind

-The Designer’s Dictionary of Colors www.abramsbooks.com/product/designe…_9781419723919/

-E-Learning and the Science of Instruction 4th Ed.  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26703873-e-learning-and-the-science-of-instruction 

-Roku Gin: www.suntory.co.jp/wnb/rokugin/entrance.html

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