Association for Talent Development (ATD) Master Instructional Designer™

Issued by ATD Certification Institute

An ATD Master Instructional Designer™ has elevated skills in partnering with stakeholders to identify and define skills gaps—employing a variety of effective design approaches based on learning sciences—and proficiency with many technologies. An ATD Master Instructional Designer™ can easily pivot between designing for multiple modalities and can implement the learning solutions via multiple media streams to produce learner-centered events.

Level Advanced

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Earning Criteria

The ATD Master Instructional Designer™ Program covers the entire process of analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of learning programs across all modalities (face-to-face, e-learning, virtual, or a blend). Explore new design models and techniques, evaluate real-world projects, and work with expert facilitators in this eight week online program.
An ATD Master Instructional Designer™ is expected to have a minimum of three years’ experience before attending the ATD Master Instructional Designer™ Program.
ATD Master Instructional Designer™ Program participants are expected to have a strong background in traditional instructional design tasks and at least one previous training or education experience in the field of instructional design.
An ATD Master Instructional Designer™ is required to submit a real-work project in four parts that demonstrates instructional design abilities. This project is reviewed and scored against a rubric by an ATD facilitator.