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.
publication date
2023-04-28
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
key features
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
approach
An analysis of how building one’s competencies in teaching, writing, creating, and analyzing will be more important to someone wanting to enter the field than being an expert in programming ID software. At its crux, the field of instructional design is a learning field; therefore, one must build upon these key competencies. In each chapter, the author will explain each competency in the context of how it relates to instructional design, then offer a real-world case study showing where things went well, and where they went wrong. Each chapter will end with practical tips of how to build one’s skills in each competency area to further develop their career.
audience
The book is for professionals working in a learning capacity who want to upskill, as well as for self-starters looking to design better learning experiences. This book will show educators, teachers, corporate trainers, and human resources professionals best practices to create learning content using their existing skills. Formal education in the field of instructional design is not needed; the book is rather designed for those who do not have the time or inclination to pursue such a professional qualification.
short description
Are you a professional who is already designing learning experiences? Instructional design is a fast-growing, well-paying field with flexible career options. This quick, practical guide explains the key competencies needed to be a successful instructional designer using real-world case studies and specific ways for you to build each capability.
subtitle
Master the four competencies shared by professional instructional designers
keywords
Learning books; graphic design; teaching supplies; teaching materials; how to teach; human resource; learning experience
Product ISBN
9781801819510
