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Next-Level Instructional Design
Next-Level Instructional Design

Next-Level Instructional Design: Master the four competencies shared by professional instructional designers

By Susan Nelson Spencer
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Next-Level Instructional Design

Welcome to Your New Career

If you’re reading this book about becoming a successful instructional designer, the chances are you’re looking for a bit of career enhancement or even a career change. You may be reading it because you don’t have the time or money to invest in further formalized education in instructional design, or perhaps because you’re being asked to complete learning projects at work and are looking for more direction.

Whatever your circumstance, congratulations on taking a significant first step by reading this book!

If you teach or train others in a classroom setting, either in-person or virtually, you’ve already done some of the work an Instructional Designer (ID) does. Likewise, if you design materials, such as how-to guides, PowerPoint presentations, or even websites, you’re already doing some of the work of an instructional designer.

You’re most likely someone who’s often called upon to help others...

An in-demand field

The field of instructional design has burgeoned over the past few years. Due to factors beyond our control, such as the global pandemic and the ensuing move toward more virtual versus in-person instruction, the demand for online learning has dramatically increased. Companies and educational institutions have realized that yes, people can learn online, and that it’s often a far lower-cost alternative to in-person training.

Hence, the demand for "IDs", as the role is often referred to, has grown exponentially (https://bit.ly/3YEwKRK). Instructional design is a field that’s projected to grow at a rate of eight percent or more annually (http://bit.ly/3xl1RFT).

Moreover, working as an ID earns high marks for work-life balance, job satisfaction, low stress, pay, and an overall perceived benefit to society (http://bit.ly/3lHILqA).

There’s no great mystery here: for the right person, being an instructional designer is a rewarding and...

Functions of an instructional designer

On a day-to-day basis as an ID, you’re most likely to do the following:

  • Work with stakeholders to ensure the learning experience you’re charged with creating meets its desired learning objectives, and is developed in the best possible learning mode for the target audience
  • Learn about new topics, trends, and industries by working with subject matter experts and other stakeholders
  • Research on your own to further structure learning content
  • Analyze the content you’ve received and developed to structure it in a way that will be appropriate for your target audience
  • Write instructional content on the topics you’ve just learned about
  • Use learning-specific software tools that allow you to translate written content into an engaging virtual learning course
  • Transform your written content into engaging e-learning interactions and creative graphical representations
  • Incorporate feedback that you...

Placing yourself within The Four Competencies Model

The Four Competencies Model you will find throughout this book is not a scientific model, but instead is based on my experience in higher education, not-for-profit, and corporate instructional design. The model follows my empirical observations from working with or observing the skills of the most successful IDs.

What I've observed is that successful IDs possess some degree of strength in all four competency areas - and believe it or not, none of these areas have to do with software development skills.

The four key competencies that the most successful IDs possess have to do with their ability to teach, write, create, and collaborate successfully with others:

Figure 1.1 – The Four Competencies Model

Figure 1.1 – The Four Competencies Model

It's a bit of "Back to basics", isn't it? However, it is these four 'core competencies' that are often missing in instructional design work!

It's my...

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Key benefits

  • Grow your core competencies for a well-paying, flexible, and rewarding career in instructional design
  • Discover expert tips on the key competencies needed to be successful in this field
  • Learn practical tips for day-to-day learning projects through real-world ID case studies

Description

  • The field of instructional design offers a rapidly growing, flexible, and rewarding career path. Chances are that if you’re a teacher creating training material, college professor designing educational courses, human resources professional creating learning content, or even a graphic designer curating content, you may already be engaging in instructional designing without even realizing it!
  • This book teaches you all about the four capabilities that are most important to exceling as an instructional designer—teaching, writing, creating, and analyzing. The chapters are designed in a way that provides you with practical tips for day-to-day learning projects through true ID stories. You’ll get familiar with common misconceptions surrounding the field, along with how to overcome your shortcomings. With the help of easy-to-understand real-world case studies and practical tips, each chapter focuses on developing one particular competency to help you grasp the concepts with ease.
  • By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a comprehensive understanding of the key competencies needed to succeed in this field and their importance, and learned how to develop them effectively.

What you will learn

  • Explore the four key competencies in detail—teaching, writing, creating, and analyzing
  • Understand the importance of building upon all four key competencies of an effective instructional designer
  • Develop and grow each competency through helpful and practical tips, not just theory
  • See what really happens in the “real world” of instructional design through myth busters
  • Discover common pitfalls and mistakes made by almost every instructional designer
  • Recognize practical teachable moments derived from real-world case studies

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Table of Contents

11 Chapters
Preface Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Welcome to Your New Career Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: The Teaching Competency Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: The Writing Competency Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Creativity in Instructional Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Project Communication in Instructional Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: The Next Level Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Acknowledgments Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Appendices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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