Today in class we had presentations of interviews of various professionals. The professions observed included a project manager, another project manager, an evaluator, an instructional designer, and a math professor. It was interesting to see the variety of professions that use instructional technology and that use design principles in their work.
I really liked learning about the evaluator, because that's the profession I know the least. In evaluation, it seemed like the most important thing was experience, just having experience participating in and conducting evaluations. There are a lot of evaluation jobs, but very few of them actually say "evaluator" in the job title. For example, a Research Analyst is a good name for an evaluator.
I also enjoyed learning about the Instructional Designers because that's what I want to do. I liked when the one Instructional Designer who had started his own company said that to get good designs you have to write and re-write your designs in order to improve. I think the design process is a time-consuming process, and the idea of re-writing what you design seems a daunting task, especially for someone juggling more than one project at a time. However, I think it would be a really good way to improve design.
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