Understanding the Collaborative Relationship between Instructional Designers and Clients: A Typology of Instructional Designer Activities

• In Event: D&D - The Role of the Instructional Designer

Short Description

This session describes a study that analyzed the collaborative skills between an instructional designer and his clients over a fourteen-month period. Results revealed a variety of roles performed by an instructional designer, as well as an assortment of client relationships. During the presentation, a typology of instructional designer-client collaborative relationships will be described. It will include instructional designer’s roles, clients’ perceptions of the instructional designer’s role and the complexity involved with each instructional design project.

Authors

• Bill Sugar, East Carolina University

• Rob Moore, UNC-Chapel Hill