Learning When You Need It: The Secret Weapon of Great Instructional Designers

Real Talk: Most Instructional Designers Learn on the Job

Let’s be honest. You can sit through hours of instructional design theory — ADDIE, Bloom’s Taxonomy, SAM — and still panic when your client says:

“Can we make this more engaging?”

Or worse:
“This training didn’t work — what’s your backup plan?”

That’s because real-world instructional design doesn’t come with a perfect checklist. It’s messy. Collaborative. Fast-paced. And often… unpredictable.

Enter the Moment of Need

You don’t need to “go back to a course” every time you hit a wall.

You need help in that moment.

That’s exactly why Purnima Valiathan’s ID Mentors Subscription Plan exists.

It’s your on-demand support system for those real-time ID challenges.

What Makes It Different

Unlike static courses or one-off workshops, the subscription model is designed to adapt to your project life cycle. Here’s how:

🔧 Just-in-Time Learning

Working on a project? Need help with a learning objective or prototype? Get real answers from experienced mentors who’ve been there.

🧑‍🏫 Mentorship That Scales

Whether you’re a solo ID or managing a team, use the sessions and tools to upskill continuously. Mentorship shouldn’t stop after onboarding.

🗂 Templates, Toolkits, Feedback

Access a growing library of practical resources — storyboarding formats, needs analysis templates, quiz logic checklists, and more.

Real Moments, Real Help – Key Ingredient of Great Instructional Design Course

Imagine this:

• You’re building a compliance module and your stakeholder wants “gamification.” What does that even mean here?

• You’ve created an assessment, but you’re unsure if it aligns with the objectives.

• You’re mentoring a junior ID and they’ve hit a wall with branching logic.

In each of these cases, the ID Mentors Subscription has you covered — with real-time answers, examples, and guidance.

Who Should Consider This?

If you’ve ever:

• Googled “how to storyboard an eLearning module” mid-project

• Spent hours reworking assessments because they “don’t work”

Struggled to answer interview questions about your design decisions
… then this subscription is built for you.

Why Wait for a Crisis?

Great instructional designers don’t have all the answers — they just know where to look when they need them.

With ID Mentors Subscription, you don’t learn alone. You learn as you work, with a mentor by your side.