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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. 

Instructional Design in Practice: The Essential Skills and Resources Whitepaper

Instructional Design in Practice: The Essential Skills and Resources

WakeMed Health  Hospitals is a three-hospital, 919-bed private not-for-profit health system based in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is WakeMeds job to provide the necessary training for staff so they can respond to an outbreak by providing proper care for patients while protecting themselves, their families, and their communities.In September 2014, when the first Ebola case in the United States was diagnosed, WakeMeds education team, led by Amar Patel, director of the WakeMed Center for Innovative Learning, had to quickly prepare all 8,500 of WakeMeds employees to respond to an incident safely while continuing to provide excellent service.After reviewing information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the team spent three months developing training programs to prepare WakeMed employees for a local Ebola outbreak.

WakeMed: Training’s Role in Ebola Outbreak Preparation

Virtual Classrooms: Leveraging Technology for Impact highlights how organizations design, develop, deliver, and support virtual classroom training. Based on a survey of talent development professionals, the report provides data-driven insights for helpin

Virtual Classrooms: Leveraging Technology for Impact Whitepaper

Virtual Classrooms: Leveraging Technology for Impact

Simulations and Scenarios: Realistic, Effective, and Engaging Learning Success examines how organizations use simulations and scenario-based learning in their talent development programs. Based on a survey of TD professionals, the report compares the pra

Simulations and Scenarios: Realistic, Effective, and Engaging Learning Whitepaper

Simulations and Scenarios: Realistic, Effective, and Engaging Learning

E-Learning: The Evolving Landscape examines organizations’ use of e-learning, defined as asynchronous, self-paced learning that is delivered electronically. It compares the practices of high-performing organizations and other organizations, exploring the

E-Learning: The Evolving Landscape Whitepaper

E-Learning: The Evolving Landscape

Persistent Systems is a global company specializing in software product development and digital technology services. Employees would need to learn new technologies and tools to meet new client needs.Thus, it became extremely important for the talent development function to upgrade technical employees skills accordingly.

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