Demystifying Instructional Design

Instructional designers specializes in the creation of learning solutions. In this podcast, Rebecca J Hogue interviews instructional designers from a variety of different fields, with the goal of gaining a better understanding of what instructional designers do. The role of instructional designers varies across contexts including formal education, corporate sector, healthcare, non-profit, military, government, and more. Further the types of learning solutions created by instructional designers varies including learning programs, semester length courses, short workshops, eLearning, and job aids. Join Rebecca as she demystifies instructional design.

Contributors

Host

Rebecca J Hogue

Rebecca has a professional background in instructional design and software quality assurance. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Distributed Learning, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science. Her passion is for creating innovative education solutions. She teaches (online) instructional design at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

In 2022, she self-published my first memoir: Never knew I wanted to be a breast cancer survivor.

In her first career, she worked for Nortel Networks for 7-years in a variety of roles including: quality assurance, team lead, technology trial manager, and product manager (technical marketing). After Nortel, she transitioned my career to Instructional Design and Technical Writing.

https://rebeccahogue.com

Guests

Guest

Jeremy Tuttle

Jeremy Tuttle is the Director of Learning Design for Niche Academy where he leads a fantastic team of creative people. He has designed instruction for asynchronous online delivery since 2016 and has been in the education space since 2009. While At Niche Academy he has overseen the creation of over 400 tutorials, and for his previous employer he wrote microcredentials on topics like Criteria and Rubrics and Formative/Summative Assessments. He has a Bachelors of Science in Digital Film and Video Production from the Art Institute of Salt Lake City, and he will graduate in Spring 2023 with an M.Ed in Instructional Design from the University of Massachusetts Boston.