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Instructional Designer Reviews
What is it like working as an Instructional Designer?
August 2016
Creative, Innovative and initiative.
Instructional Designer:
Pros: Creative freedom, constant growth and innovations.
Cons: Short deadlines, sometimes slightly monotonous and having to work with multiple personalities.
August 2016
Instructional Designer:
Pros: Autonomy, flexibility.
Cons: Lack of direction, politics.
August 2016
Instructional Designer:
Cons: I'm not getting paid enough compared to the market. I feel very underpaid.
April 2016
Instructional Designer advice.
Instructional Designer:
Learn as much new technology as possible. The way we learn is always changing. Adult learners want interactive and engaging training and multimedia development is the way to go. Also, make sure you understand the needs of your learners.
January 2016
Experience as an Instructional Designer.
Instructional Designer:
Pros: I feel stimulated when learning something new with each new course I have to design. I enjoy exercising my aesthetic and intellectual creativity. The sense of creating something from scratch into a fully functional learning intervention that will teach others new knowledge and skills is very rewarding. The opportunity to work with new and more challenging systems to produce each training project.
Cons: The delays in deadlines due to factors beyond my control. The limitations that are sometimes imposed on me to truly stretch my creativity and design something extraordinary.
December 2015
Dynamic Training and Development.
Instructional Designer:
Pros: I enjoy working with and training people in how to use a learning management system. I also like that I get to learn about the new technologies when they are introduced. My job is continually evolving and changing. I never get bored with what I'm doing, because I get to change what I'm doing frequently.
Cons: High level of stress at certain times of year. We are responsible for supporting all online, hybrid and face to face courses. We support both the Instructors and students. Sometimes it seems we can't possibly get it all done. We have, at times, tried to hire additional personal, but it takes specific skills for this job that the average college graduate doesn't have.
April 2015
Training Jobs are the First to Go.
Instructional Designer:
When a recession comes about, training is always the first area to be cut. To prevent this from happening to you, I suggest finding an instructional design position that is tied to compliance training (such as you will find with an insurance company). Be sure to keep your skills up-to-date and to build a great e-learning portfolio. By and large, I find that people in this field are not terribly imaginative. If you are creative, and can translate your creativity into world-class training presentations, you'll have it made.
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