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Reflections & Insights
A collection of reflections on instructional design, performance improvement, emerging trends, and my continued professional growth.
Leading with Honesty and Integrity
Honesty and integrity have been important throughout my professional experience and are strengths I seek to carry into instructional design. Central to my professional experience and are strengths I want to carry into instructional design. In my previous professional roles, I worked to identify problems efficiently, evaluate processes, and communicate concerns, all with the goal of developing workable solutions. These experiences taught me that integrity sometimes requires as
Heather Syllaba
Sep 291 min read
Emerging Trends Shaping Instructional Design
Two trends I believe will continue to shape instructional design are generative artificial intelligence (AI) and learning analytics. Companies, organizations, and schools increasingly expect new learning solutions to be efficient, adaptable, and responsive to changing needs. With AI, instructional designers can use the technology to support brainstorming, content development, feedback, and automate other parts of the design process. However, research is finding that the desig
Heather Syllaba
Sep 292 min read
Growing Into My Professional Goals
My professional goal is to build a career that combines instructional design with performance analysis, improvement, and change management. Through my graduate program and prior professional experience, I've become especially interested in understanding why a performance problem is occurring before jumping into training. My previous experience in healthcare, compliance, education, and business operations has often required me to identify problems, improve processes, and help
Heather Syllaba
Sep 291 min read
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