After quitting my underwhelming WGU ID program (it’s been retired, retooled, and relaunched) I overheard someone talking about ID on a hours long train ride. They mentioned this software. When I had never heard of Storyline, I knew I was a fraud and was never going to be able to get a job in ID when, A) after 18 graduate credit hours I could NOT define ID or tell you how you did it. B) I could NOT use any of the industry software to the point of not knowing any ID software application. So…be careful teachers if you think this is your pathway out of the classroom. More so, if you think you should pay $XX,XXX for an online masters degree in ID.
Yes, many of the programs to be an ID are scams (or aren't well-thought out) and cost an inordinate amount of money while making promises they can't keep. There are some really good ones out there that I can recommend, such as the one I did through UC Irvine, as well as Tim Slade's eLearning Design Academy. In those, they teach you the theory yes, but actually have you create projects using the authoring tools to get you that experience and understanding of what real IDs do on a daily basis while making no promises that you'll instantly get a job based off of what you learned in the program. If you can't define what the profession is after spending $8,000 and haven't created anything (not to mention the heavy expense of the authoring tools themselves), then all you're doing is creating a field of underqualified IDs who have no idea what the heck they are supposed to be doing to get a job in the field.
After quitting my underwhelming WGU ID program (it’s been retired, retooled, and relaunched) I overheard someone talking about ID on a hours long train ride. They mentioned this software. When I had never heard of Storyline, I knew I was a fraud and was never going to be able to get a job in ID when, A) after 18 graduate credit hours I could NOT define ID or tell you how you did it. B) I could NOT use any of the industry software to the point of not knowing any ID software application. So…be careful teachers if you think this is your pathway out of the classroom. More so, if you think you should pay $XX,XXX for an online masters degree in ID.
Yes, many of the programs to be an ID are scams (or aren't well-thought out) and cost an inordinate amount of money while making promises they can't keep. There are some really good ones out there that I can recommend, such as the one I did through UC Irvine, as well as Tim Slade's eLearning Design Academy.
In those, they teach you the theory yes, but actually have you create projects using the authoring tools to get you that experience and understanding of what real IDs do on a daily basis while making no promises that you'll instantly get a job based off of what you learned in the program. If you can't define what the profession is after spending $8,000 and haven't created anything (not to mention the heavy expense of the authoring tools themselves), then all you're doing is creating a field of underqualified IDs who have no idea what the heck they are supposed to be doing to get a job in the field.