Sponsored by
The Instructional Designer of the Year Award is presented to an individual who has developed a learning intervention that demonstrates exceptional instructional design. The intervention should have been completed by the time of judging, should be innovative and of high quality, and should have delivered demonstrable performance improvement for learners. In particular, the judges will be seeking clear differentiators from other entrants to the Award, evidence of innovation and client endorsement, and a strong proposition in response to the challenge ‘what makes you exceptional as an Instructional Designer?’
Your submission
You are requested to structure your submission in a way that covers the sections below. Each section will be reviewed by the judges during the short-listing phase and the submission will be scored. Non-short-listed entrants may request a summary of the judges’ assessments. Please ensure that you observe the strict word count criteria below.
- Overview – a brief description of a programme on which your instructional design was deployed and the project owner’s expectations and requirements.
(Maximum 200 words)
- Description of the key challenges, and the approaches adopted – describe the ID approach that you took, the alternatives that you considered, and the theory on which you relied; consider also the performance outcomes achieved, the innovation(s) you implemented, and the lessons learned.
(Maximum 300 words)
- Outcomes – what were the key performance metrics and results, both in terms of business performance and also in terms of meeting stakeholder expectations?
(Maximum 200 words)
- Achievement – what do you consider to be your core ID achievements and why do you believe that this is the year that you should be Instructional Designer of the Year?
Minimum 200 words; maximum 400 words
