Timberline: A Liminal Space

From afar, timberline looks stark - a sudden visual boundary where trees stop and bare, often snow-covered rock takes over. But up close one finds an intricate symbiosis in the transition from the forest to alpine zone.

Both distinct biomes carry a wealth of life and resources and instead of existing as separate, unconnected realms, they thrive off each other. 

I believe that learning designers inhabit a similar liminal space. We bridge the gaps between art and science, between theory and practice, and between the firm-edged world of design and the soft parabolas of educational innovation. 

In that space we act as both teachers and learners. We sit there comfortably (mostly) and listen to our clients, who trust us with their ideas, plans, and goals. This allows us to create for them what their imagination intuits.

This is why I chose Timberline Instructional Design as the epigraph to my professional philosophy and works. I act as a reconciler between business problems and instructional design solutions, and between a client's ideas and a professional instructional design product. 

Thank you for journeying with me in this liminal space. I look forward to seeing what we can create together.

Here you'll find both my personal musings...

...and my professional accomplishments.  

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