In today’s fast-paced business environment, instructional designers are tasked with creating learning experiences that meet employees’ informational needs while also considering learning needs, time constraints, and budget factors. This means that instructional designers need to understand learning models, have skills in developing content, and understand the business.

Instructional Design in Practice: The Essential Skills and Resources examines the skills and resources necessary for the instructional design role, as described by 339 talent development professionals.

The report found three key findings:

• Instructional designers are highly educated, experienced professionals with many high-quality workplace skills.

• Instructional designers are busy professionals who said they are OK at project management.

• More than half of instructional designers are using AI in their role, and of those who are using it, most are satisfied with it.