If you\’ve ever thought about becoming an instructional designer, you may wonder what a typical day would look like. Part of the allure of becoming an instructional designer is that there isn\’t really a \”typical\” day. You might be getting screenshots for a software skills course one day and editing a video for a sales
Instructional Design is an exciting and growing field. If you have decided you are interested in getting into Instructional Design, you may be worried about your lack of experience. It can certainly be intimidating as you begin to look at job postings. You may even be tempted to give up on pursuing instructional design as
You found an instructional design job you\’re interested in and applied. Now they want to interview you. How should you prepare? What kinds of questions are they going to ask? That\’s what this article is all about. In my over 20 years of experience in corporate training and development, I have been on both sides
More and more corporate training is shifting from being held in a traditional meeting room or classroom to being held online in tools like Zoom or Webex. This was happening even before the pandemic as companies sought ways to save money on travel and other costs associated with \”in person\” training. Now, of course, it
When creating a training class, one of the first questions you might have is how long should the training be? The short answer is…it depends. There are many factors that can contribute to the length of your class. Is it in person? Virtual? Self-paced? Instructor-led? How much content is there? These are all things that
Even before COVID-19 hit my team was doing a lot of virtual training in the form of webinars, e-learning and mobile learning. After COVID hit that increased as we had to quickly pivot to transform in person learning programs to online. While there does appear to be some light at the end of the tunnel
If you are getting started with instructional design, you have probably come across several of the instructional design models. ADDIE, SAM, Action Mapping, Dick and Carey, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction… to name a few… As you read about each one, you may wonder “which one should I use?” or “which instructional design
I’ve noticed that there is a lot of interest lately in becoming an Instructional Designer/Learning Experience Designer and/or an E-Learning Developer. Maybe that’s just because I tend to follow a lot of ID related forums though. At any rate, a question I see that comes up quite a bit is whether or not a person
Are you a creative person who likes to help others learn? Do you enjoy working in a variety of tools while identifying potential training opportunities? Then a career as an instructional designer might be for you! In this article, I will share my tips and tricks on how to become an instructional designer based on