How to become an instructional designer or technologist

Official title: Instructional designer/technologist

Also called: Audio teaching aid specialist, Audio-visual aid specialist (teaching), Educational technologist, Instructional design technologist, Instructional designer, Instructional technologist, Instructional technology facilitator, Learning design specialist, Learning development specialist, Learning technology designer, Teaching aid specialist, Visual teaching aid specialist

Instructional designer/technologist develops instructional materials and products and assists in the technology-based redesign of courses. He/she assists teaching professionals in learning about, becoming proficient in, and applying instructional technology.

Main tasks

• Researching into current developments in curricula, teaching methods and other educational practices, and advising on necessary changes and possible improvements
• Evaluating and advising on contents of courses and methods of examination
• Researching into audio-visual and other teaching aids and advising on, planning and organising their introduction in educational establishments
• Documenting subjects and courses developed, and evaluating new courses
• Providing ongoing professional development, training and consultative services to teachers
• Organising and conducting workshops and conferences to train teachers in new programmes and methods
• Developing the structure, content and objectives of new educational courses and programmes

Ways in

• University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Education methods adviser
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Questions people ask

How do I become an instructional designer or technologist?

Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees.

Will AI change the work of an instructional designer or technologist?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026