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The hottest job in Instructional Design

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 This is an interesting read. Fellow grad students, instructional designers -- do you agree with this author's perspective?

 https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/education-time-corona/hottest-job-higher-education-instructional-designer




The author makes a point about the average professor not having training in course design or assessment. This has always be interesting to me that college professors don't need the preparation that K-12 teachers obtain as undergraduates. This includes curriculum design, learning objectives, differentiating material based on learner needs, assessment, and much more. My sense is that the average professor doesn't take courses in this. 

Read the article and comment below. I'm interested in hearing what you think.


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