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Next-Level Instructional Design, Master the Four Competencies Shared by Professional Instructional Designers /, Susan Nelson Spencer

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Next-Level Instructional Design

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Susan Nelson Spencer

Master the Four Competencies Shared by Professional Instructional Designers /

Develop the four key competencies essential for a successful career in instructional design with this practical guide Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook 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 Book 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 Who this book is for 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

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright and credits -- Contributors -- About the reviewers -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Welcome to Your New Career -- An in-demand field -- Functions of an instructional designer -- Placing yourself within The Four Competencies Model -- Chapter 2: The Teaching Competency -- How does being a good instructor relate to being an effective ID? -- Teaching and training as related to instructional design -- Similarities between teaching and instructional design -- Use cases -- Use case 1 -- your target learner audience is importantUse case 2 -- the importance of well-structured content -- Build your teaching competency -- Build your needs assessment skills -- Build your skills in defining a target learner audience -- Build your learning objective writing skills with Bloom's Taxonomy -- Build your skills in setting performance goals -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The Writing Competency -- What is writing for ID? -- Structuring your course content clearly -- Using concise wording and sentence structure -- Writing to motivate and engage -- Use case -- the writing (in)competency -- Building your writing competencyBuilding your skills toward writing more concisely -- Building your storytelling skills -- Building your persuasive writing style with AIDA -- Building your overall writing skills -- The ID writing assessment -- Activity 1 | Measurable LOs -- Activity 2 | Passive versus Active voice -- Activity 3 | Redundancies -- Activity 4 | Typos and spelling -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Creativity in Instructional Design -- What does being 'creative' mean anyway? -- Can creativity be developed? -- Five science-backed ways to develop your general creativity -- To recap..Creative problem-solving in instructional design -- Design thinking for creative problem solving -- Use case -- better course design through design thinking -- Build your creative competency -- Learn more about your own creative potential -- Continue to build your creativity with a growth mindset -- Learn more about the creative process from these experts -- Take a deep dive into design thinking and creative problem-solving -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Project Communication in Instructional Design -- Effective communication and collaboration in instructional designAgile communication throughout the ADDIE model -- The analysis phase -- best practices for kicking off your project -- The design phase -- keeping comments and collaboration on track -- The development phase -- guiding your prototype reviews -- The implementation phase -- your product's launch -- The evaluation phase -- communicating your course's assessment plan -- Use case: Don't skip the project setup meeting -- Building your project communications competency -- ADDIE versus SAM versus Agile -- Making ADDIE more agile with project management tools -- Kick-off meeting templates