[Sigia-l] learnings from instructional design

[Malahat Hosseini]

I am She. :)





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Boyd" <andrew at friendlymanual.com>
To: "SIGIA-L" <sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] learnings from instructional design


> Listera wrote:
>> andrew at friendlymanual.com:
>>
>>
>>> educating pays better
>>>
>>
>> Is that a down-under thing?
>>
> Hi Ziya,
>
> It's an enlightened self-interest thing. Educating clients pays better in 
> the long run. Informing them of design decisions, in my experience, works 
> once. Educate them about what you are doing and why, and they invite you 
> back. "We think we need an IA but we don't know why" is, to my ears, a 
> plea for education. I've heard it twice in recent times.
>
> If I had a best practice it would be this: educate where possible and 
> relevant.
>
> Granted, this is possibly not what Malahat had in mind when he prompted my 
> response. Teachers in the public education system are not paid well at 
> all.
>
> Cheers, Andrew ------------
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