Instructional design and technology (IDT) professionals work in various environments with numerous job roles. Despite
differences in work settings and job functions, there are many well-documented competency standards for all IDT professionals. This study
analyzed approximately 400 job announcements and 20 interviews with ID project managers. The purpose of the study was to determine
instructional designers’ competency requirements from employers’ prospective in hope to align their needs with the IDT academic programs
to prepare the future instructional designers. Content analysis was used to analyze the job announcements and interviews. Frequencies of
competencies in both job announcements and interviews were calculated in this study. The study listed the top 25 most required
competencies from job announcements and the top 25 most desired competencies from interviews. The results were clustered into five
competency categories: instructional design, instructional technology, communication, management, and other foundational competencies.
This current study also listed the different competency requirements for hiring instructional designers in four different industry
sectors. In addition, the current study indicated that both entry-level and experienced designers should have skills in the five major
competency categories, but experienced instructional designers are required to have higher proficiency, especially in the management and
communication and interpersonal categories. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester 2016. / July 26, 2016. / Employers' View, Instructional Designers' Competency, Instructional Design and Technology / Includes bibliographical references. / James Klein, Professor Directing Dissertation; Jonathan Adams, University Representative; Vanessa
Dennen, Committee Member; Fengfeng Ke, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_405590 |
| Contributors | Kelly, Wei Qiang (authoraut), Klein, James D. (professor directing dissertation), Adams, Jonathan L. (university representative), Dennen, Vanessa P., 1970- (committee member), Ke, Fengfeng (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (138 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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