top 10 tips for excellent instructional design
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These days, not every e-learning course is designed by an instructional designer. This beginners' guide offers some basic tips to help training managers, subject matter experts, IT professionals and other non-instructional designers create e-learning that is engaging, relevant and effective. These are my slides from a webinar I presented for the Institute of IT Training - they do lose something without the narrative but still provide some useful tips.TRANSCRIPT
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*Official title of this session
What’s your role?
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*Alternative title of this session
Make your next e-learning
course engaging,
relevant and effective
How can I do it myself?
What makes e-learning excellent?
What’s this got to do with me?
How can I do it myself?
What makes e-learning excellent?
What’s this got to do with me?
How are you creating e-learning?
We all want more for less
This is good news for e-learning
62% use e-learning more in 2010 than in 2009
31% of businesses have increased their use of learning technologies
Especially DIY rapid development
Over the past year, 31% of businesses
have reduced external suppliers and moved to in-house provision
TimeCo
st Quality
The unattainable triangle
Low cost + little time= low quality
Only 12% think it is the most effective method
85% of businesses are using e-learning
Which is most important?
The cost is not in
butdevelopment
failed training
The tool is as good as the person using it
The tool is as good as the person using it
How can I do it myself?
What makes e-learning excellent?
What’s this got to do with me?
What’s this got to do with me?
How can I do it myself?
What makes e-learning excellent?
It hinges on instructional design
It hinges on instructional design
Everyone can learn the basics
Great e-learning in three words
Effective
Engaging Relevant
What’s this got to do with me?
How can I do it myself?
What makes e-learning excellent?
What’s this got to do with me?
What makes e-learning excellent?
How can I do it myself?
Set testable, behavioural
learning outcomes
1.
Put yourself in the learners’
shoes
2.
Emulate the best in
classroom training
3.
Remember, content is king4.
Be tough but fair with
questions
5.
Include scenarios for a
hands-on experience
6.
Use questions to drive the
learning
7.
Make it easy for your learners8.
Speak the learners’ language
9.
Get a second opinion
10.
Get a second opinion
Set testable, behavioural
learning outcomes
Put yourself in the learners’ shoes
Emulate the best in classroom
training
Remember, content is king
Be tough but fair with questions
Include scenarios for a hands-on
experience
Use questions to drive the learning
Make it easy for your learners
Speak the learners’ language
Top 10 tips for excellentinstructional design
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
What’s this got to do with me?
What makes e-learning excellent?
How can I do it myself?
How can I do it myself?
What makes e-learning excellent?
What’s this got to do with me?
Make your next e-learning
course engaging,
relevant and effective
What have you got from today?
ReferencesFrom me• Engaging, relevant and effective e-learning: http://bit.ly/csKlse • The secret of good design: http://bit.ly/bxL1wS • Classroom tips for engaging e-learning: http://bit.ly/9cx4bx • 15 tips for energising your e-learning: http://bit.ly/9G1GMM • Banishing the business speak: http://bit.ly/c9IYWX • Quality worth waiting for: http://bit.ly/cc6qrb
Instructional design• Action mapping™ (Cathy Moore): http://bit.ly/6DOV • ‘Dump the drone’ (Cathy Moore): http://bit.ly/kF0v • Question-writing mistakes (Cathy Moore): http://bit.ly/cHftw • Bringing the learner into the design (Kineo): http://bit.ly/bKchpv • ‘Don’t be tone deaf’ (Kineo): http://slidesha.re/aa8iFi • Tips for effective questions (Saffron): http://bit.ly/9dDWcZ
Learning trends• Towards Maturity 2010 benchmark report of preliminary findings:
http://bit.ly/ac0jyZ • CIPD learning and talent development survey 2010
(reviewed by Towards Maturity): http://bit.ly/brjQx0
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