1. Passion for Learning that Borders Obsession

Instructional designers are passionate about learning. But the great ones are obsessed with learning everything and anything that has to do with learning. They seek out areas of knowledge to explore and teach, no matter which profession or field they might work in. They read scholarly texts for pleasure to check out the latest in technology blogs and educational websites.

2. Deep Understanding of How People Learn and what motivates memory, retention, and knowledge transfer

An individual who is not an expert in education may be curious about how people learn. A good educator or lesson designer will have a certain set of methods that can be used to better help students remember facts.

3. Strong Visualization Skills

The brain, remember, is composed mostly of visual cells. And our eyes certainly do not let us down. Humans are great visual learners. The great instructional designers also know this. They know that people take in more information through the eye than in any other sense organs. But that isn't all. They also know the significance of seeing the big picture, of asking yourself what the main purpose is.

4. Ability to Write Well

The ability to write well reflects the ability to think well. Excellent IDs are clearly capable of thinking and writing well. They can create an engaging sentence, one that is sure to convey the ideas they're trying to portray. And they know how to craft appropriate words depending on the context.

5. Creative and Analytical Problem-Solving Skills

Normally, some of the most useful instructional designers are tasked with resolving learning difficulties. And there are plenty of hours when they need to find a solution. Their capacity to solve problems creatively and analytically is the key to effectiveness. Thus, the best instructional designers are able to quickly discover an issue, examine various solutions and figure out the best.

6. Organizational Skills

Exceptional designers who possess considerable attention to detail should be specifically distinguished. These specialists are usually adept at synthesizing, selecting, summarizing, and rectifying data.

7. Active Listening Skills

The International Standards Organization for Training and Learning, Performance, and Instruction (ISSALPI) recognizes that active listening is a vital skill for professionals. It helps practitioners listen to a subject more easily.

8. Technology-Based Skills

Exceptional IDs have a lot of knowledge about how technology can assist the academic design and learning niche. They aren't intrinsically dependent on current trends, however. They will be pleased to check out a tool and see how it can benefit their day-to-day operations. They can learn multiple tools that do not require extensive training.

9. Innovation and Creativity

The open and data-driven learning environment of the digital age constantly motivates makers and educators to create new methods of incorporating participation, but such new approaches must be flexible enough to work with institutions' finances and system performances. Clever professionals know when it is necessary to go out of the way with their design decisions, and they are able to adapt to the available budget and resources of their higher-level customers.

10. People Skills

It's evident that individuals should have great communication abilities in order to be excellent identifiers. They collaborate on projects on a regular basis. They're unable to function independently of anybody else. Great IDs who develop productive instructional programs have seen objections from people and managed to lead their associates and lecturers through complex obstacles. They've also handled countless situations and disputes, and resolved sizable problems.

A first-rate Instructional Designer goes well beyond these existing strategies and takes into account the approaches people actually use when learning, the visuals involved, the principles of color theory put into practice, an ability to synergize marketing techniques with learning science and neuroscience, and the ability to pull everything together into a visually stunning, engaging, entertaining experience for the learner. In short, the learning development business is no longer a place where someone with a Master's Degree and a few years of teaching experience can go when they decide they want to earn more money or try something else. The skillset of a teacher is wonderful, as are the skills of Graphic Designers, Video Editors, Marketers, and Copywriters. The ability to capture attention, motivate subject matter retention, and impact behavioral change in a business environment requires a multitude of skills. IDs aren't teachers, we aren't designers, or creatives. We are all of the above. A swiss army knife of skills capable of making a positive impact on learning outcomes.

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Instructional Design is an art and a science. I have spent 20+ years mastering multiple skills to become one of the best in the business. Aside from Instructional Design and Learning Development, I have also been trained in Facilitation, Corporate Training, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Animation, Video Production, Audio Production, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Analysis, Data Analytics, and Policy Compliance. I'm here to give your projects color, life, sound, motion, and voice. I am a creative designer that thrives in today’s development environment. I design, write, and edit videos for professional organizations, and we work together to create vibrant integrated deliverables that aim to achieve your goals by being outstanding, and by standing out.

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I can provide you with solutions on any kind of scale. Whether you need design for layout, development, simple configuration and deployment, or a platform assembly of applications, I can supply you with solutions that work for you. My experiences of SharePoint allow me to supply you with high-quality work.

• Team and Communications Site Development
• Planning for scalability in large organizations from the ground up
• Integrating systems into single interface for informative dashboards
• Building an intuitive knowledge base proper architecture and SharePoint search
• Experienced with Nintex