The New Instructional Designer: What AI Changes and What It Doesn’t

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on instructional design and emphasizes the importance of human elements in training.

AI can generate outlines, quizzes, and scripts in minutes, but that doesn’t mean your learners will do the right thing on Monday. We zoom out to see what AI is really changing in instructional design and what remains stubbornly, beautifully human: context, empathy, trust, and accountability for results. I walk through the pressure many of us are feeling as stakeholders start to assume “content equals training” and “AI equals instant course.” Then we get honest about the risks of moving fast ...

People in this episode

Host: Jackie Pelegrin

Topics covered

• instructional design
• AI in education
• human factors in training
• content creation
• stakeholder expectations

Keywords

• AI
• instructional design
• training
• content creation
• empathy
• trust
• accountability

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