"Luke Hobson does it all. He is not only assistant director of instructional design for MIT xPRO and a lecturer at the University of Miami's School of Education and Human Development, but Luke also writes books, hosts a podcast, blogs, publishes a newsletter, creates videos on YouTube and seems to know everyone in our field. I asked if Luke would be willing to step away from all these commitments and projects to answer my questions, and he graciously agreed."
"I still find it remarkable that, for a living, I get to care about designing learning experiences. Funny enough, I had no idea this field even existed until I met an instructional designer back in 2013. As soon as I learned that this was a career, I went all in. That obsessive mentality stayed with me when I became a contributor at Northeastern University and later at MIT. I wanted to find every possible way to create the most effective and meaningful kinds of courses"
"Through all of my seldom successes and many, many failures, I learned a thing or two along the way, and I decided to start sharing these stories online. It began with answering questions in Facebook groups, which eventually turned into a blog, a podcast, a YouTube channel, a book and more. What I discovered through sharing these moments is that I developed a love for teaching about instructional design."
Luke Hobson transitioned from an individual instructional design contributor to a leader by pursuing an intense focus on creating effective, meaningful courses and programs. Early career curiosity and immersion in the field led to hands-on roles at Northeastern University and MIT. Frequent experimentation, iterative failures, and public sharing of practice through online communities spawned a blog, podcast, YouTube channel, book, and teaching roles. Public-facing content and teaching cultivated a passion for training future learning science leaders and supported the formation and management of an instructional design team at a major institution.
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