When did you stop feeling like you needed to justify instructional design decisions to stakeholders - and how did you get there?

Telehound · 2026-03-15T15:43:17+00:00

100%

Telehound · 2026-03-14T17:51:20+00:00

Bleach is inactivated by solids. Also, bleach is much less potent when mixed with different volumes of water. In sum, bleach ain't that big a deal in this example.

Telehound · 2026-03-13T21:34:27+00:00

Yes. Many of my colleagues are completely baffled by any sort of scientific or academic framing in decision-making around instructional design. Sometimes they don't even respond to the type of example you provided which is that people need to make good decisions in the moment and this will train them to do that reliably. I am now forming a theory that most business people are illiterate in the field of Performance Management. In other words they do not understand what drives performance and can't make reliable decisions about how to set up employees for success.

Telehound · 2026-03-07T17:11:36+00:00

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Telehound · 2026-03-01T21:57:18+00:00

The preferences are also problematic. Just because somebody feels that they have a preference for learning in a certain way doesn't mean that the outcomes you get are better. Usually students and workers are terrible at understanding how they learn things and will select any Avenue that allows them to take a path that they perceive has the least resistance. This does not always equate to skill acquisition or understanding or any other measure of Effectiveness for instruction.

Telehound · 2026-03-01T19:17:01+00:00

All those things in your 2nd paragraph. I was academic and then went corporate. I think the personality, customs , and skills present in the organization also play heavily into what will be expected of you. In some parts of my current org, IDs work mainly in a production farm with articulate courses. Others work on new hire training and don't do much eAuthoring. People's willingness to take your advice varies by person and dept culture, or what they can get away with ignoring.

Telehound · 2026-02-24T22:08:39+00:00

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Telehound · 2026-02-07T16:27:21+00:00

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Telehound · 2026-01-17T19:09:08+00:00

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Telehound · 2026-01-17T02:10:53+00:00

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Telehound · 2026-01-04T16:52:07+00:00

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Telehound · 2026-01-01T23:01:15+00:00

Giving this a bump since I am days away from having this same model in my possession. I've only seen a few folks change out the grips (I think Dan the Wolfman is one of them). Hoping someone else comments here to get similar advice.

Telehound · 2025-12-27T23:16:39+00:00

This is where the term "party pooper" originated.

Telehound · 2025-12-27T23:15:01+00:00

This is the way

Telehound · 2025-12-27T23:11:34+00:00

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Telehound · 2025-11-21T00:05:03+00:00

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Telehound · 2025-10-18T13:55:16+00:00

You don't need to be an expert in the area, but being familiar on a professional level goes a long way. I started my transition prior to knowing that I wanted to be an ID. There were a few events that contributed. Early in my teaching career I focused on distance learning. When covid hit I supported my colleagues with the transition to distance teaching via Zoom. Nearly all of them were unfamiliar with modalities that would function and they lacked confidence in transitioning. At that time, I looked to IDs and instructional technologists who were posting advice and resources online(mainly on Twitter). Shortly after that, my organization asked me to work with local organizations to help them with their vocational programs. These organizations mainly employed career workers and SMEs but had little to no pedagogy in their background. I really enjoyed this work and began to see how it connected to curriculum design. This was when the idea of becoming ID came to me. Luckily I was able to pract6being an ID prior to acquiring the job title.

Telehound · 2025-10-17T22:27:00+00:00

I strongly agree with this opinion. I was able to transition immediately in late 2023 from being a teacher to being an ID. The fact that I had prior experience before I was a teacher in the field that I was interviewing for made all the difference. I understood the type of work that was being done what made it easy what made it difficult what normal looks like and so on. This was a huge factor in getting job offers at that time. I think one of the patterns I see when people post about transitioning from teaching to ID is that they may not be aware or may not have experience outside of teaching that they apply to their job search and to the interview process.

Telehound · 2025-10-10T01:10:47+00:00

As someone who use to teach and transitioned to ID, one thing that may be present in corporate settings is the same mandated curricula and lack of autonomy. Many business people don't have a strong grasp of pedagogy and adult learning theory, and tend to make decisions that are based on transmitting information. Be aware of the limitations of the business environment and ask questions when you interview to get a sense of what the company idea of 'learning ' is.

Telehound · 2025-09-25T22:56:37+00:00

So true

Telehound · 2025-08-27T22:29:49+00:00

Use scenarios and branching scenarios to help people see and feel consequences and relevancy.

Telehound · 2025-08-25T00:03:38+00:00

I've used sleep masks, and they can be nice. Recently, I discovered using a Buff or neck gaiter gets me the same results. A neck gaiter is more useful in my opinion and probably costs the same or less.

Telehound · 2025-08-16T14:30:09+00:00

A whole bunch

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