Instructional Designers are a very misunderstood occupational breed, That's why I was glad to see that this week's ELearning Heroes Challenge #67 was to record a podcast to answer a set of questions driven to provide new insight to those not familiar with the skills and responsibilities of an Instructional Designer (ID). Traditionally, IDs have been associated with English majors who created learning materials in the form of hard copy manuals and guides. However, those days are long gone and today's ID is a versatile multimedia professional capable recognize essential learning principles and apply them to achieve the best results.