Work Environment
Instructional designers work in typical office settings at schools and other employers. The widespread usage of project management and video conferencing software allows many instructional designers to work from home or other remote locations some or all of the time.
Instructional designers have cited a lack of buy-in to their work by teachers as the biggest obstacle to success in the workplace (i.e., not valuing their services, viewing online courses as inferior to face-to-face courses, resisting new teaching methods, etc.), according to a survey of instructional designers by Intentional Futures, a design studio and strategy consulting firm. Lack of time and resources to effectively do their jobs ranked second and third, respectively.
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