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Shelley Hoose wrote:
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And, another question: is an instructional designer a sub-category of an
information designer?
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Instruction Design is a specific methodology of teaching and writing teaching
materials. People who are Instructional Designers are often degreed in that
area. It is NOT a sub-category of information designer. While people who
"create" web pages often call themselves "information designers", "graphics
designers" and the like, they would get blown out of an interview if they
called themselves "Instructional Designers" and could not answer any questions
about the methodology and/or produce samples reflecting ID.
