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Instructional Designer Competencies

January 26, 2008
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| Categories: Instructional Design

My article Death of the Instructional Designer sparked off some interesting debate and provided some good points. In case you missed it, do view the comments posted for the article. The poll also showed that most readers believe that instructional designers do add value to content development projects. Tom Crawford makes some interesting points in Is Instructional Design Dead. He also lists some competencies he believes an instructional designer should have.Vaughan Waller argues that good instructional design is a crucial component of a successful learning program and always will be.…

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Death of the Instructional Designer

November 20, 2007
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| Categories: Content Development, Design, eLearning, Instructional Design, SME

Fifteen years ago when I joined the profession, Instructional Design was a new profession. Friends and family asked about what I really did for a living. Customers were surprised to find Instructional Designers in India and after a few years of struggle, getting business was not so hard. We were grudgingly accepted as Instructional Designers without any formal qualification in Instructional Design. As Instructional Designers we spent time in learning about the underlying theories of instructional design, did our research on the project content area and spent hours in brainstorming…

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Unofficial salary survey for elearning/content development jobs

June 28, 2007
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| Categories: Content Development, eLearning, HR, Instructional Design, Jobs, Salary

Update: See 2009 elearning and content development salary data hereThere's an interesting debate raging in various forums about salaries in elearning/content development jobs in India. So here's starting an unofficial survey about salaries in this field. Nothing official about this survey -- all inputs available here are completely anecdotal and open to interperations by the readers. I do not make any claims about accuracy of these figures.Add your comments in this blog about the salaries you have seen for various roles in various companies in India. And while you are…

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