My understanding of instructional design (ID) is that it's a blend of many technical aspects – including learning theory, multimedia applications, and assessment design – but beneath the surface, it's deeply human work, and this project has shown me that.
The program is fantastic—supportive, full of resources—but by the time I found out about it, it was already getting late in the game. I needed something to start in January, not months later. Time was ticking, and I could feel the “you won’t graduate on time” clock counting down.
Reflective blog post from a student graduating from the LDT program soon. The post goes into detail about advice to LDT students as they enter and complete the program.
This experience reinforced the importance of aligning instructional design with the audience’s unique needs and reminded me that simplicity, when done right, can be incredibly powerful.
A reflection on the value of designing and developing online courses with the next iteration and next designer in mind
Lessons learned developing my first full online learning experience, an asynchronous, self-paced course on mitigating occupational stress for behavioral health providers working in Colorado
