moving into instructional design - basics for technical writers
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Moving Into Instructional Design
Basics for Technical Writers
Stephen Van Esch - http://stephenvanesch.com
What We’ll Cover• Skills you can leverage
• Skills you want to learn
• An overview of the instructional design process
• Taking full advantage of your writing skills
How many people here have developed training or e-
learning?
Goals
Not Training
Instructional Design Technical Writing
Instructional Design
Technical Writing
• Communication!
• Working with SMEs
• Organizing Information
• Audience Analysis
• Process
What You Bring
• Training Needs Analysis
• Training Development Lifecycle
• Pedagogical Approaches
Best Places to Improve
Scratching the Surface
Two Areas
• Process
• Learning Objectives
Process
ADDIE
AnalyzeDesignDevelopImplementEvaluate
Analyze
Design
Develop
Implement
Evaluate
ADDIE Adjustments
Scratching the Surface
Learning Objectives
Components of a Learning Objective
Stem + Action word + Learning
Statement
Components of a Learning Objective
After completing this session, you will be
able to…
Stem
After completing this session, you will be able
to write…
Action Word
Learning Statement
After completing this session, you will be able
to write aLearning Objective
Bloom’s Taxonomy and Action Words
Let’s Simplify
RememberUnderstandApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate
The Real World
RememberUnderstandApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate
Remember
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to …….…
listreciteoutlinedefinenamematchrecalllabel
recognize
Remember
Apply
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to …….…
calculatepredictapplysolveshow
illustrateuse
demonstrateperform
Apply
Analyze
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to …….
distinguishexaminecompareidentifyexplaincontrastseparateclassify
categorize
Analyze
Your Turn!
Stem +
listreciteoutlinedefinenamematchrecalllabel
recognize
calculatepredictapplysolveshow
illustrateuse
demonstrateperform
distinguishexaminecompareidentifyexplaincontrastseparateclassify
categorize
+ LS
REMEMBER APPLY ANALYZE
Stay on Track!
Learning ObjectivesAfter you complete this session, you will be able to:
• Explain the difference between documentation and training
• List the skills you have as a technical writer that can be used in instructional design
• Outline each part of the instructional design process
• Write a learning objective
Recap• Documentation and training have different
goals
• You have many skills you can apply to your ID projects
• Following the ADDIE process can help you develop effective training
• Write effective learning objectives to help stay on track
• Constantly refer back to your LOs when you write your training material
References
Learning Theories map - http://www.hotel-project.eu/content/learning-theories-map-richard-millwoodBloom’s Taxonomy - http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/
Questions?
A Request
http://stephenvanesch.com
Would anyone here be willing to buy a course or ebook geared to technical writers who want to be better instructional designers?