Rapid Instructional Design

facilitator is meant to also describe an individual who stands up before others in a training setting, but whose main role is to assist in helping them to learn, rather than to disseminate content information. This is not to say that an instructor doesn't assist in learning, or that facilitators don't provide content information at times, but these aren't their main responsibilities.

An instructor (as we'll use the term in this book) is the person who stands in front of a class or a person and performs the main role of disseminator of content information

n the final analysis, instructional design requires only specific behavioral outcomes, a way to measure them, and reviews and revision to make sure the training effectively covers the outcomes

In the final analysis, instructional design requires only specific behavioral outcomes, a way to measure them, and reviews and revision to make sure the training effectively covers the outcomes

Instructional design is a difficult topic to write about at best. It seems that no matter what you say or how you say it you'll miss the mark for someone. You'll be too theoretical for some, yet not theoretical enough for others; too simplistic in your explanations or not basic enough; too focused on the needs of the new designer, or the needs of experienced practitioners; and what about the “sometimes designer”; and so on.