From the course: Instructional Design: Working with SMEs
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Understanding how instructional designers and SMEs interact
From the course: Instructional Design: Working with SMEs
Understanding how instructional designers and SMEs interact
- I've helped over 100 SMEs craft their content in my career and though every relationship is a little bit different, most fall into one of two categories. The first is ID as service provider to the SME client. This is a common arrangement for freelance or self-employed instructional designers, people who take on client work. For example, if a leadership book author contacted you to build an online course around the topic he's speaking on frequently, you'd learn his platform and be providing ID service to him as the SME client. The second is ID as project manager to the SME stakeholder, which is common within an organization where an instructional designer works with internal and external teams to create company training. For example, you might be an ID working within the HR department and need to put together sales training for new representatives. You don't know all about sales of course, but you'd work to interview and collaborate with sales managers to build a training tool that…
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