What's Happening in Instructional Design
Online classes are no longer a far-fetched idea for the future. Learning on the go is a current phenomenon that is growing, morphing, changing on a daily basis to meet the needs of students that are on the go and tech savvy. The modern instructional designer must be as adaptable as the medium through which they work, a nearly insurmountable task considering that technology becomes outdated as quickly as it is released for public use! There are some basics that assist the educator/designer, however. Online instructional design is not "mission impossible." The body of literature available for the modern education designer provides a wealth of guidelines and practices that carry forth as the technology continues to morph. There are many trends and implications for the ever growing field of online and mobile learning. I will take a brief amount of time to focus on mobile learning, incorporating various methods of instructional design, and adaptability and individua