This one’s for you, Cammy Bean! Or, is the role of the instructional designer changing?
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This one’s for you, Cammy Bean! Or, is the role of the instructional designer changing?
dr.curry @ February 8, 2008
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Hey, there’s no baiting here! Just conversation among colleagues.
I do think the reality of instructional design for many of us in the corporate trenches is project management first, ID second. When I started back in the early/mid-90’s that was clear from the get go. Instructional Designers at my company had to wear a lot of hats, so to speak: writer, client schmoozer/relationship builder, sales assistant, video producer, project management, and — yes — instructional designer. This is still the case, but I don’t know if that’s largely because of the types of companies for which I work (small eLearning vendors).
My post on instructional design as spectrum wonders out loud how different it is in different sectors. I can only speak for my own experience, really.
But some would argue that one needs, or at least certainly benefits from, the solid foundation of academic training in ID. I’ve done alright without it, but I wonder where I would be if I had a Master’s?
I’d be happy to keep this conversation going in whatever form you’d like it to take
Cammy
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