Do You Need a Master's Degree to Be an ID in 2024?
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Do you need a master's degree to become an instructional designer?
If you're coming from another field where degrees and certifications are really important (like teaching), then you might think the answer is an obvious "yes."
But the data paints a different picture.
In our recent survey of 100+ instructional design hiring managers, we asked them which degree(s) they wanted their new hires to have.
And while over 50% of them preferred a candidate with a master's degree, only 9% of them actually required their candidate to have a master's degree.
A master's is nice-to-have, but definitely not need-to-have.
Also, ironically, instructional designers that we surveyed with bachelor's degrees are earning slightly more than their peers with master's degrees.
In this video, Robbie Christian dives deeper into the data and shares more insights on if pursuing a master's degree to land an ID role will provide the ROI that you're looking for.
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0:00 Intro
1:27 Minimum Required Education Level
2:42 Preferred Education Level
4:42 Master's Degree ROI
6:21 Will You Earn More?
14:03 ID-Specific Degrees?
16:23 Other Options
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Just finishing my first semester in a Master’s in Instructional Design Technology program. I already have about 5 years of experience in ID, but wanted to dig deeper into the learning psychology/theory side of things and get practice on the basics. I do a lot of PM work so I don’t get a lot of time to actually sit down and create courses from start to finish.
Thanks for conducting this survey. It confirms a lot of what I expected, but there are some insights I did not expect as well.
Degree programs can be really great for diving into the theory and learning science, for sure, and it especially makes sense as a next step if you've been working in a role for a while and want to have some of the extra confidence that comes with a degree! Hope your classes go well. 😁 Thanks for watching!
I work in the corporate sector in Canada and can say from my experience the Masters degree is not a draw or a requirement for hiring internally. However, in previous roles in K-12, post-secondary and even in non-profit Masters degrees were common and managers recognized it as a benefit.
I am curious if more women than men reported having Masters degrees and if that might be part of the pay disparity given women generally make less money than men? Not sure if you have that data from your survey that you could share?
A Masters can still be helpful for sure - definitely doesn't hurt! And good question, you can check out the full report here: www.devlinpeck.com/content/id-hiring-manager-report
Most corporate clients will be satisfied with e-learning that involves simple rote memorization and just answering multiple choice questions, so yeah, that means you can get a lot of well-paid work just by knowing how to use the software, basically. You don't need a masters to do that. However, if you're trying to make e-learning that actually engages real critical thinking skills, knowing how to use Articulate is the easy part. Actually designing courses that develop critical thinking--REAL learning--requires experience in education. I don't even know if a masters in ID will help much for that.
Great point that the experience an ID has to offer can drive learning experiences to be more effective and impactful! And yes, from what we've seen, an ID-specific degree usually isn't required for roles and certainly doesn't correlate with high-quality learning design.
From what I’ve seen so far in my program, it is all geared toward, as Julie Dirksen has said, designing for how people learn. Lots of research on instructional theories and learning psychology. Needless to say, having the ability/opportunity to research peer reviewed literature on the best ways of using the tools you have, (Web-based tools, MR/AR tools, etc.) knowing how others have applied them, and what their results were, is helpful. The biggest for me is practice. The more I step into leadership at my ID firm, the less I get to build courses and experiment. The master’s helps with that.
Plenty in my program have experience in education, some have been college professors for a decade +. All are saying they are benefitting from the program. I guess it really depends on the quality of the curriculum.
What about if one already works in higher education and can get a master’s in instructional design for free? Would that be a better ROI since the investment is time and not money?
A master's degree will never hurt! If you have the bandwidth for it and if your org is paying for it, then I am sure that investment of time will pay off in the long run :)
What are the chances to get a job as remote ID for non US resident, with no degree nor education related major, however worked as university teaching assistant in his major
We don't have any hard data on this, but we've worked with some people outside of the US in the bootcamp. A bachelor's degree (in any field) can be helpful, but one of the more important elements is having a portfolio! You want it to show off your basic design skills, your proficiency with software, and ability to apply the theory to solve problems. Good luck on your search!
Can an e-learning developer have a chance on getting into instructional design? I have tried multiple ways of getting into the field but I always fail my interview and sometimes get ghosted after an interview :( Is that normal?
You can definitely move from eLearning development into instructional design! To do so, you'll really want to show off your knowledge of ID theory and science on your portfolio (and your ability to apply it). That's the main thing that sets apart eLearning devs from IDs. And if you can speak more to solving learning problems via whatever solution is necessary (as opposed to eLearning dev bells & whistles) that will make a big difference, too.
@@DevlinPeckYT Wow thanks for the reply Devlin. this really helps a lot