Instructional Design For Dummies

Chapter 14

Ten Ways to Put Your Instructional Design Knowledge to Work

IN THIS CHAPTER

Identifying various settings where instructional designers work

Getting started in the instructional design profession

Learning about competencies and skills of instructional designers

Instructional design as a field is not limited to one type of career path. In fact, instructional design is found anywhere that you find people, materials, or technologies for the purpose of helping people learn. Instructional design facilitates learning in workplaces, homes, schools, summer camps, clubs, libraries, and even on your phone. In fact, no matter what field you are passionate about, you can likely find ways to apply your instructional design skills as a professional. Remember, you don’t have to have a job title as an instructional designer to do instructional design!

Yet, some of you may be wondering: What types of careers do instructional designers have? Where are they working? How do they get started in the field? At the time of this writing, the employment website Indeed lists over 9,000 jobs for the search term “Instructional Design.” This chapter provides you with some answers to these questions ...