Week 5 R/D7

What are, in your mind, two unique or interesting or different or noteworthy ways Instructional Design/Technology has been used in business & industry that you believe could be usefully applied to your own professional work?

I found it fastenating that instructional designers have a hard time identifying the the client. Who are they going to take direction from when there is more than one. Anyone with a stake in the project deserves consideration. If it were me, I would be listening to the person that owns the problem not the company. Obviously you have to consider the opinion of the owner. He signs your check. But the other guy lives the situation your trying to improve.
The rapid prototyping is similar to the having a model for students to go off of during an activity where they are constructing. It gives them a goal to keep in mind and sight. As in business, it makes the whole project go smoother.
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