Instructional Design Career

Whether you’re already studying to become a learning designer or planning to shift (or “pivot” as we say nowadays) your career toward learning design, this article will provide some answers and actionable items to make it happen.

A: What do you work as? B: ID. A: Oh, Interior Designer. B: Erm…Instructional Designer. Those who are not from the eLearning industry may not be familiar with the term Instructional Designer (ID). This article discusses the roles of an ID and makes clear the skills that an ID should have.

Instructional Designers. eLearning developers. Both of these terms are often heard in corporate organizations and other L&D spheres, often interchangeably. But actual L&D experts will tell you that an Instructional Designer and an eLearning developer/designer are not the same thing. In fact, they are two entirely different skill sets.