ISD From the Ground Up (2nd Edition)

15	Fine-Tuning Your Skills

 

Chapter Objectives

At the conclusion of this chapter, you should be able to describe the significance of each of the following instructional designer's tools:

• mental strategies

• avoidance of role conflict

• jargon control

• designer neutrality

• knowledge of designer types

• ability to deal with failure

• thinking big

• value-neutral design.

 

Advancing Your Skills

Once instructional designers become comfortable with instructional design as a profession, they often quickly rise within the ranks of an organization based on the variety of adjunct skills they bring to the table, not solely their instructional design skills. These same skills enable some designers to start their own design firms and manage ...