Day Learning Design

👩‍🏫 I build & deliver technical enablement programs to software users globally
💻 Skillset: Agile project management & Instructional design
📝 ATD Author
📖 Bonafide Bookworm

Category: Instructional Design

  • Do Instructional Designers Have to be Tech-Savvy?

    News alert! In certain instructional design roles, you do NOT need to be a highly skilled tech wizard.

  • The Tedium of Instructional Design

    Instructional design is not all flashy high-brow consulting and development work. Sometimes you have to do grunt work.

  • The Difference Between IDs and Senior IDs

    What should you expect if you get promoted to a Senior Instructional Designer position? There are a couple key differences between IDs and Senior IDs.

  • Webinar: ID Across Industries

    Wondering what instructional design looks like across different industries? 
Curious about what real projects look like in different organizations?

  • ID Standardized Processes

    Efficiency and consistency come from clearly established processes. Two processes that your L&D team should clearly define are…

  • Internal vs. External Training

    When I worked as an instructional designer in finance, I created training programs for an internal audience of employees…I am now a member of the Customer Education team.

  • Finding Meaning in Instructional Design

    Worried that leaving the classroom means sacrificing meaningful work? This post is for you!

  • SWBAT Learning Objectives

    One of the foundational skills I developed in my Education Master’s degree program was how to write learning objectives. I was taught the SWBAT method and still use it to…

  • Elements of Agile ID

    Agile is an approach to project management within the world of software development that can be directly applied to instructional design.

  • Design Thinking and ADDIE

    As instructional designers, we created learning products. This is an opportunity to think like a designer and weave elements of Design Thinking into our ADDIE processes.

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McKenzie Day builds learning programs in tech by aligning project teams around a shared vision and relentlessly prioritizing value for the customer.