Good listener. People person. Lifelong learner. Sound like you? No, we’re not trying to arrange a first date. These are some common traits of people with successful careers in a booming job market: ...

Pop quiz. You are responsible for hiring an instructional designer. Who gets the job? Do you hire someone with a master’s degree in instructional design? Or do you hire someone with a Ph.D. in a ...

As more companies expand their digital learning initiatives, the demand for instructional designers has surged. Once a niche role in academia, instructional design is now a core function in corporate ...

Flower Darby has worked as an instructional technologist and designer at Northern Arizona University for five years, and it hasn’t always been easy. Sometimes she’s wondered if the challenges she ...

Given the rapid changes in online learning during the pandemic, many people are familiar with the concepts of asynchronous (i.e., pre-created, learn whenever) and synchronous (in a virtual space, with ...

For example, I teach one course I call "Getting and Keeping a Professional Job with Instructional Design Skills." This soft-skills course is all about what I have learned in my career, and is loaded ...