Instructional Designer

A good friend of mine was looking at the employment website for UVU and noticed that the school is hiring an Instructional Designer.  She mentioned it to me, so I thought I’d look at it to see exactly what it is that an Instructional Designer does.  While looking at the summary of duties, I quickly realized that I actually knew what some of these words mean.  That’s a lot for me. 

Here’s the summary of duties from the job description:

“…works directly with subject matter experts to identify course goals and objectives and will work with production and development staff to design, develop, and deliver technology-based educational media and interactive learning experiences. Exercise skills in current educational and internet technology, including major learning management systems, social media, office and multimedia software, and web development skills.“ 

Looking at the job description of what this Instructional Designer will do I’m excited for all that we will be learning in the five semesters of this program.