Ever enrolled in instructional design certifications and elearning classes but you still feel that there are a few things missing? Maybe this can help you.

Source: Instructional Design Certifications Don’t Teach These 10 Tools

Thanks to Ken Ronkowitz for posting this on Facebook.  When I read this, I thought it did explain a lot of tools that are needed, and where there are gaps.  One of my first blog posts here on TechCommGeekMom was about how I didn’t have access to the tools to put to practice much of what I had learned on a foundational basis. Between experience and education, I had most of the abstract tools needed to become an instructional designer, but evidently not enough of the physical tools described (although I had most of them). The other problem, which I’ve mentioned many times before is that even getting all or most of these skills in takes time, and even once you have them, there’s no such thing as an entry-level instructional designer position. Believe me, I looked for four or five years and gave up. It’s not that what is being outlined here is unreasonable, but gaining the knowledge outlined here still takes a lot of time and effort that yes, a certificate isn’t going to necessarily teach you.

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–TechCommGeekMom