In this lesson, you will learn about available career paths in the field of IDT and professional organizations you could become part of. Many ITMA students are already employed as they are taking courses in the program. If that is case for you, you can use this lesson to help you focus on where you may like to go next in your career path and to prepare in case a new opportunity presents itself. As Gabrielli and Branson (2012, p. 264) write in Chapter 27: Getting a Job in Business and Industry, “today’s workforce requires that people be trained and retrained frequently, and that people be prepared to lose their jobs and begin the hunt all over again.” It is therefore important to think about the skills you may need to gain to be employed in the field of IDT. If you are currently a full-time student and may like to find employment in the field of IDT after the program, this lesson may guide you to learn more about careers and about the skills you may need to develop to market yourself in the field.
To learn more about careers in IDT related to academia, business, and industry please read the following recommended two chapters of the Reiser and Dempsey book Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology:
In Chapter 24: Getting an Instructional Design Position: Lessons from a Personal History, Robert Reiser described his own history of finding a job. He lists sources that you can use to find jobs. Gabrielli and Branson also give advice on how to search for a job. You may be able to use this information for the next assignment.
Description
Please find four current job openings in the field of Instructional Design and Technology that you may possibly be interested in. Some examples of websites you can use in your job search are:
When searching, you can use keywords such as “instructional design”, “instructional technology”, “performance improvement”, or other terms that relate to particular IDT-related jobs you may be interested in. Save the four job listings in your Word File. For the 4 job listings that you found and are interested in, please compare the job listings and synthesize what you find by answering the following questions:
Submitting Your Assignment
You will submit this assignment together with assignment 10.2 at the end of this lesson. Put all assignments for this lesson (10.1 & 10.2) into a single Word file. At the top of this document you should have the lesson name, and underneath that should be your name, email address, and the date. Below, write “Assignment 10.1.” First, copy/paste the job listings you found. You can simply copy/paste the four job listing into your Word File. Next, answer questions one through 4 . Do not submit this assignment until you have also completed assignment 10.2.
Grading Criteria
Points: 20