2019 - 08 - 23 - The Importance Of Continually Taking Courses And Workshops

One of the things that I think every instructional designer, every teacher, every instructor, and every trainer should do continually is to take courses. Now not any course in particular but rather always be taking at least one course, workshop, something so that we can observe others in action. Last fall I took an InDesign course and ended up taking more notes on the instructor's style and technique than I did on InDesign. And today I just returned from a watercolor course being taught by an expert artist but this was her first time teaching anyone anything. Lots of Instructional Design related learnings in both of those experiences and in every workshop and course I've ever taken. How often do you step out and take courses? Do you remember to take notes and to observe the course and the instruction as much (or more) than the content?