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Instructional Design Competencies

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Many ask me if our field has competencies or standards. Yes we do. We do have competencies. They are defined by the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction. This board is comprised of faculty and working professionals in the field of instructional design and technology.

Personally, I feel the standards are a bit outdated and that they may be missing some. So I have taken it upon myself to do a research study on this topic. I am in the process of completing the competencies and will be sending out the survey shortly. Look for a post on this site.

Technology standards for students, teachers, and administrators

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The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has put forth national standards for students, teachers, and administrators on the use of technology in the K-12 classroom. This week in my instructional technology for educators classes we will be going through these standards.

Here is a link to all the standards: http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx

Students

Teachers

Administrators

One interesting thing to take note of – the standards were published in 2007, 2008, 2009. Doesn’t ISTE think they need to be updated? Education and Technology changes a lot each year and these standards should at least be updated every 2-3 years but at this point we just have to live with 2007 standards for students.