Collaboration

As an instructional designer, it can be easy to get your task and just run with it. However, maintaining an open communication channel with your client and/or content expert remains vital. It’s important to remember that the relationship between instructional designer and client is not transactional in nature; it is interactive. Collaboration, then, is key.

All instructional designers should follow at least one instructional design model when developing projects. The most well known of these models is ADDIE (analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate). In terms of collaboration, it can be helpful to remember that at each one of these stages, a new opportunity occurs for collaboration between the instructional designer and the client.