Chapter 1

Gas-Like Elements

In my first instructional design role, I didn’t even know I was an instructional designer. I was teaching at a youth center, helping youth in Washington, DC, who had dropped out of school get their high school equivalency credential (GED), and I would spend my afternoons putting together a lesson plan for the next day.

When I was promoted to lead the whole GED portion of our team, including supervising several other GED instructors, I realized I needed to find some help. So, I turned to my father, who had spent years not only as a classroom instructor but as the guy who led training programs at our school district to ...

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