Dear Training and Development Professionals,

Members of Boise State University's department of Instructional and Performance Technology invite you to participate in a short survey.

The purpose of this survey is to collect data from the training and development community to answer four important questions about expectations for entry-level instructional designers and developers.

1. What ID skills do potential employers expect entry-level instructional designers to possess?

2. To what extent have recently hired entry-level instructional designers met these expectations?

3. To what extent do these expectations vary across industry, government, and nonprofit settings?

4. To what extent do these expectations apply to entry-level instructional designers who are recent graduates of master's programs in instructional technology, instructional design, educational technology, and similar disciplines?

The researchers expect that your participation will benefit you in that universities may use the data arising from this survey to better tailor their instructional design programs to better serve the needs of similar organizations. You will also have the ability to ask the researchers for a report describing the findings and implications of this study.

To participate in this important effort, please click on the URL below. The survey will be open from Monday, February 2nd through Monday February 16th.

Either click on this link or copy and paste it into your web browser:
http://boisestate.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_a2xpVh1z6NSF2Yc&SVID=Prod

ASTD is not sponsoring this research, but this post has been approved by this forum's moderator. There are no incentives for participating in this survey.

If you have any questions please email me at: anthonymarker@boisestate.edu (we will not be monitoring this forum regularly).

Sincerely,

Tony Marker, Ph.D., LEED AP
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Instructional & Performance Technology
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725-2070
Tel: (208) 426-1015