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Posted January 18, 2000 | Technology |

In a former life, I used to spend a lot of time developing training programs for companies. Initially I believed that the instructional designer should be someone different from the presenter. Instructional designers worried about sequencing and learning outcomes, while presenters delivered a performance. People I knew argued about how to train new instructional designers. Should you hire someone with a background in instructional design and then let him or her learn a subject matter?

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Paul Harmon
Paul Harmon is an internationally known business consultant, technology analyst, and thought leader with a focus on applying new technologies and methodologies to real-world business problems. He began his career in artificial intelligence (AI) with the publication of his popular book, Expert Systems: AI for Business (coauthored with David King in 1983). As a decades-long Cutter Expert, Mr. Harmon authored various Cutter journals, including … Read More
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