31 free articles about id theory & models for instructional designers.
A decision-oriented guide to rolling out AI literacy training for employees: role tiers, readiness diagnostics, build vs buy, a 90 day sequence, and how to measure behavior change.
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AI in corporate training for L&D leaders: the five main use cases, what works in 2026, what is still hype, and how to prioritize your first AI investment.
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Real ChatGPT workflows for instructional designers: copy-ready prompts for objectives, storyboards, scenarios, and critique, plus exactly where the tool fails.
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No. AI is replacing instructional design tasks, not designers. See the hiring manager data, PwC and BLS numbers, and which ID skills matter most now.
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The AI tools for instructional design I actually pay for in 2026, organized by job: analysis, authoring, media, simulations, automation, and QA. Real pricing.
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What scenario-based learning is, when it beats other formats, and how to design challenge, choice, and consequence scenarios step by step, with examples.
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How instructional designers actually use AI in 2026: adoption data, a workflow integration playbook, practice simulations, the skills that pay, and the risks.
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What are the key principles of instructional design? Here's what you need to know about all the top instructional design principles.
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What are the top instructional design theories? Get all 33 theories, models, and principles in one guide, with a quick-reference table to pick the right one.
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See exactly what an instructional design document (IDD) includes, how to write one in six steps, and a filled-in example, plus a free design document template.
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The Kirkpatrick Model's four levels of training evaluation explained with examples, sample questions, a free planning template, and the New World model updates.
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Learn how to become an instructional designer in 2026: the skills, portfolio projects, qualifications, and salary data that hiring managers actually care about.
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Learn how the SAM model of instructional design works: its three phases, SAM1 vs SAM2, how it compares to ADDIE, when it fails, and how AI prototyping helps.
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Create amazing learning experiences with Gagne’s Nine Events, Merrill’s Principles of Instruction, and Action Mapping.
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Learn the three top processes for analyzing, designing, and developing instructional design solutions.
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Instructional design is the practice of creating learning experiences that help people build skills and perform better. Get the definition and examples.
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Ten writing tips for instructional designers, each with a before and after rewrite, plus my real banned-word list and how to edit AI-drafted course copy.
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Want to design effective eLearning or become an eLearning designer? This proven process helps you design scenario-based eLearning that delights your audience.
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Learn how to create a Storyboard for eLearning and why you should make one in your next project.
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Mayer's 12 principles of multimedia learning explained with eLearning examples, common violations, evidence strength, and the 3 newer principles from 2021.
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Learn how to write learning objectives with Bloom's Taxonomy in this video
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Action mapping is Cathy Moore's goal-first training design model. Learn the five steps, see a worked example, and compare it with ADDIE.
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What's the difference between learning experience design and instructional design? Gain clarity once and for all with this detailed comparison.
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Are you looking for the best eLearning and instructional design books? Here are five books that will bring your eLearning skillset to the next level.
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Learn how you can use Gagne's 9 Events to design an effective eLearning course, with examples showing how to apply each of Gagne's events.
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Instructional designers plan the learning experience and eLearning developers build it. Compare duties, skills, and salaries as AI reshapes both roles.
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Ready to design training for issues that training will actually solve? Learn how to conduct a needs assessment to get to the root of human performance problems.
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This post explores performance support as a technique to improve human performance, why it is so effective, and the terminology for its different types.
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The ADDIE model is a five-phase instructional design framework: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Learn each phase, where the model came from, and how AI changes the work inside it.
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Analysis for instructional design matters, but what are you supposed to analyze? This article outlines four common types of analysis and why they're useful.
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The training needs assessment, also called a needs analysis or front-end analysis, is the process organizations use to identify their human performance needs.
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