Episode 13 – Becoming a Customer Education Instructional Designer

April 25, 2019 00:36:15
Episode 13 – Becoming a Customer Education Instructional Designer
CELab: The Customer Education Lab
Episode 13 – Becoming a Customer Education Instructional Designer

Apr 25 2019 | 00:36:15

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Show Notes

This episode is part three of our informal trilogy about instructional design in customer education. (See parts one and two.) What does it take to become a great instructional designer or content developer in Customer Education. How can you succeed in the role if you’re transitioning from another career? We’ll tackle these questions and more, so listen in!

For those making the leap into Customer Education as Instructional Designers, they typically come from three places:

Which is best? Are any of them best? The big question most people ask is whether they need a degree to be most successful in the field. What’s more important, field experience or a degree?

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We’ll look at these three common paths and give some perspective on them.

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