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Have you ever considered starting a learning design career in higher education? Have you wondered if academia is the best fit for your preferences and interests? In this episode, Peter Shea and I discuss the roles that instructional designers play in higher education and what it’s like to work in that environment.
Peter manages an excellent Facebook community called Instructional Designers in Education, which has close to 7000 members. He is also an instructional designer, teacher, editor, and writer. Peter is an advocate for immersive learning experiences and for using learning analytics to inform learning design. He has spent several years as director of professional development in higher education and is co-editor of a forthcoming book on technology for learning and assessment. Peter also created another social media group in LinkedIn for people interested in data-informed learning design. See the links at the end for access.
WE DISCUSS:
- The role that instructional designers play in higher education
- How working in higher ed differs from L&D in the workplace
- Importance of faculty relationships
- Differences between working in community colleges versus universities
- Salary comparison
- Benefits and disadvantages of working in higher ed
- Using simulations for learning
- Importance of mixing it up with IDs in other fields
- How learning designers in higher ed can improve the field
- Effects of remote learning on higher education
- Learning analytics in higher education
- How to find a job in higher education
- How to prepare for the learning designer role
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TIME: 39 minutes
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
- Instructional Designers in Education (Facebook Group)
- Data Informed Data Design (LinkedIn Group)
- Chronicle Vitae (Job listings)
- HigherEd Jobs (Job listings)
- Michael Feldstein Resilience Network
If you want to find out more about a career in instructional design, download my quick read eBook, 5 Key Questions About a Career in Instructional Design below.
As a student services professional who wants to get into instructional design this podcast was a great resource. Before starting my current program, I always thought the instructor created the online course work themselves. It was eye opening to see that course are actually created by designers. This podcast gives great insight on working with the instructor to create their vision, but also making it so that they can use the information you provide for their online class for their in-person course. Also, how the college/university plays a huge role in how designers can create the course/work. For someone like me who wants to create course for higher educational institutions this is a great read.
This podcast was great! Thank you.
This was an informative interview for me too. Thanks for your comment, Heba.
Thank you, very informative and so true when it comes to using diplomacy when dealing with higher educations professors.
Great podcast. Thanks very much
Thanks, Emily. I learned a lot too.
Extremely timely insights and a valuable insider’s perspective of working as an ID in higher education. Thank you Peter and Connie for this enlightening discussion!
Thank you so much for these insights and honest analysis ! Super valuable!