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MarkT1
Community Member
I don't agree that graphic design, illustration, multimedia producer, etc. are inherent roles of an instructional designer, regardless of your comment to Maurizio above about one person makes a team. The instructional designer's role, in terms of illustration/animation/etc, SHOULD be to frame out and define the graphics for the associated content. I'm not saying there aren't qualified IDs, but by and large, they do not have the prowess to pull it off. A professional illustrator, especially one who's area of expertise is eLearning, should be the one to bring the ID's ideas to life.
As far as look and feel of the course, that is better left to people who live and breathe design. A pet peeve of mine is seeing these SL characters used and abused because they look pretty. It's just fluff on a page that has no benefit to the learner.
I think we're living in a age of, "it's good enough," and that's sad. A lot of this has to do with companies stock piling cash while citing the poor economy. Do more with less is the mantra.
That's my nickel's worth.
As far as look and feel of the course, that is better left to people who live and breathe design. A pet peeve of mine is seeing these SL characters used and abused because they look pretty. It's just fluff on a page that has no benefit to the learner.
I think we're living in a age of, "it's good enough," and that's sad. A lot of this has to do with companies stock piling cash while citing the poor economy. Do more with less is the mantra.
That's my nickel's worth.
AllisonLaMotte
8 years agoStaff
You're right -- not every instructional designer does graphic design. The point is that some do. And I have to say, some are quite good at it! I don't believe it's impossible to be good at both instructional design and graphic design.
There are teams of one and teams of many, and there are advantages and disadvantages to both.
The objective of this article is simply to give people an idea of some of the different things instructional designers may or may not do as part of their job.
There are teams of one and teams of many, and there are advantages and disadvantages to both.
The objective of this article is simply to give people an idea of some of the different things instructional designers may or may not do as part of their job.