Job Description

What: Instructional design involves the application of learning and instructional theory to ensure quality in education. It is a systematic process of translating general principles of learning and instruction into realistic plans for creation of instructional materials and learning results. There are many other definitions for Instructional Design. The global need for customised e-learning packages has opened up a host of exciting new career opportunities for instructional designers. With instructional designing (ID) services being farmed out from UK and US, instructional designing is emerging as one of the fastest growing fields in India. Instructional designers draft the blueprint for a whole multimedia project — from determining the educational design and content of the project to deciding how to present it. Salaries in India range from Rs25, 000 to Rs135, 000 per month for the junior and the senior most. How: As an instructional designer, you will work closely with subject matter experts to organise information in such a way that a learner can easily comprehend it. Be prepared for extensive brain storming sessions on pre-design activities such as content design, analysis of context, content and learner needs. While teaching and training skills are desirable attributes, it goes without saying that you need excellent communication skills in English with a good understanding of web-based training. As a trainee instructional designer, your main responsibility will be to implement design specifications. You can also work as an integrator, animation, graphic artist or visualizer. Today, the need for instructional designers is being felt in corporate training institutes, in the public sector as well as in educational institute’s .Earlier, the role of an instructional designer was restricted to designing curricula for instructional books or manuals. Now instructional designers are much more tech savvy and offer consultation in fields ranging from educational TV, computer-based teaching, instructional video, business training and multimedia to print media and classroom design. Where: For good instructional designers, the future is very promising. The field of Instructional Design is emerging in India. Most jobs in India are currently in large IT or KPO organizations. Some of the employers in India are Wipro Technologies, Sify, NIIT, Tata Interactive Systems, Lionbridge, APTECH, ElementK, Mentorware, IBM, Accenture, Convergys, Aditya Birla Group, Reliance Industries, etc. Institutes:

• TWB Institute of Technical Communication , Bangalore
• Symbiosis Centre For Distance Learning (Post Graduate Diploma in Instructional Design (PGDID) , Pune
• N.D.T Women’s University , Mumbai