The Artist and Architect: Creativity and Innovation Through Role-Based Design

This article is the second installment in a four-part Educational Technology series exploring a contemporary perspective on the process of instructional design. In this article, the authors reintroduce the framework of Role-Based Design (RBD) and describe practical strategies for its integration into design workflow. Next, they examine their design process through a role-by-role breakdown, beginning with the Instructional Artist and Instructional Architect. They present the innate values, perspectives, responsibilities, and contemporary practices that characterize each role. Finally, they introduce an authentic instructional problem from the perspective of each RBD role and conclude with a synopsis of the following two installments in the RBD series.