LinkedIn Is Lying About Instructional Design

#InstructionalDesign #eLearning #LearningAndDevelopment If you’ve been trying to break into instructional design, there’s a good chance you’ve been sold a version of this career that doesn’t actually exist. Scroll through LinkedIn for five minutes and you’ll probably come away believing instructional designers spend all day building Storyline courses, using cutting-edge AI tools, working from the beach, and making six figures after building one portfolio project. The problem? Much of that is incomplete, wildly exaggerated, or flat-out made up. Some people simply share what they’ve personally experienced. Others are chasing clicks, selling courses, or building audiences by promising shortcuts that don’t reflect how instructional design actually works in the real world. In this video, I break down three of the biggest misconceptions I see about instructional design, including why the job is much bigger than eLearning development, why the AI workflows you see online aren’t representative of most organizations, and why there is no single definition of what an instructional designer actually does. If you’re serious about building a career in instructional design, you deserve better than recycled advice, oversimplified checklists, and hype disguised as career guidance. You deserve to understand what the work actually looks like. ⸻ 🎓 Ready to learn instructional design the way it actually works in the real world? The Instructional Design Certificate is an 8-week, live, hands-on program where you’ll work through a realistic case study, receive personalized feedback, and develop the practical skills instructional designers use every day—not just how to use authoring tools. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4cugk7X ⸻ 📕 Get your copy of The Instructional Design Handbook Available worldwide in paperback on Amazon. 🔗 https://amzn.to/4h71t5L ⸻ Timestamps 00:00 LinkedIn Is Lying About Instructional Design 00:21 Why This Matters for Aspiring Instructional Designers 02:25 Myth #1: Instructional Design Isn't Just Storyline & eLearning 06:10 Why Instructional Design Job Descriptions Are Misleading 07:34 Myth #2: The Truth About AI in Instructional Design 10:38 Who's Actually Using Cutting-Edge AI? 11:38 Myth #3: There Is No "Typical" Instructional Designer 13:29 Why Every Instructional Design Career Looks Different 15:00 Learn Instructional Design the Way It Really Works 15:49 Final Thoughts & Join the Conversation #InstructionalDesigner #CareerChange #CorporateTraining #AdultLearning #LearningExperienceDesign #AIInLearning