Has the role and remit of Instructional Designers changed in the era of Google and YouTube? What needs to happen to counter the vast suite of bad ‘click next’ e-learning? Dr Robin Sargent explores the approaches and skills required for the Instructional Design profession to evolve and meet the demands of the modern hybrid workforce.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• An instructional designer is somebody who can analyse a performance gap in any organisation and select a solution that solves it,
• Instructional design is definitely not all about E-learning. It is just one tool. One which is not right for all situations.
• Instructional designers who have a full understanding of what L&D does will always produce better results.
• Real-world examples and demonstrations make an enormous difference to how effective the learning is.
• The best learning materials show you how to do things rather than attempt to tell you how to do them.
• The future of learning is hybrid.

BEST MOMENTS
'I think it's a better mix, probably now, I think more people have had to climb a bigger wall to get into our industry than it used to be. '
'It needs to be problem centred. People need to work in real-world contexts.'
'First step, build the final demonstration, the final whole problem, of what it is that you want your learners to be able to do. '
'Structure a course, to give people the opportunity to practise, apply, and integrate into their real-world based on the actual context of what they're learning, '

Robin Sargent Ph.D. Bio
After stints as a training director for a billion-dollar company and an assistant dean of students for a large university, Dr. Robin Sargent opened IDOL courses to be the leading trade school teaching instructional design and online learning to people of all backgrounds.

GUEST RESOURCES
You can follow and contact Robin via:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinsargent/
Website: https://www.idolcourses.com
Academy: https://www.idolcourses.com/academy
Book: https://www.idolcourses.com/book
Short Sims - https://www.shortsims.com/

VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Learning And Development Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-learning-development-podcast/id1466927523
L&D Masterclass Series: https://360learning.com/blog/

ABOUT THE HOST
David James
David has been a People Development professional for more than 20 years, most notably as Director of Talent, Learning & OD for The Walt Disney Company across Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
As well as being the Chief Learning Officer at 360Learning, David is a prominent writer and speaker on topics around modern and digital L&D. 

CONTACT METHOD 

• Twitter:  https://twitter.com/davidinlearning/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjameslinkedin/ 
• L&D Collective: https://360learning.com/the-l-and-d-collective/
• Blog: https://360learning.com/blog/
• L&D Masterclass Series: https://360learning.com/blog/