Instructional Design Workshop

This instructional design workshop should be required for all course developers, instructional designers and trainers who need to develop effective learning materials by following a proven instructional systems design methodology. This instructional design workshop provides a solid foundation for developing learning that will drive performance improvement. Now also available in French! Ateliers en francais.

• Who should attend
• Six Key Benefits
• Workshop Objectives
• Content Outline
• Optional Add-on - Coached Learning
• Prices

OVERVIEW

Challenged with creating and designing successful training programs? This cornerstone instructional design workshop is for anyone wanting to design learner-centered training that leads to performance improvement and business results. You will gain the requisite knowledge, skills and confidence to meet the challenges of any training initiative. Experience a variety of interactive presentation and application methods that support effective adult learning. Take home electronic job aids and a detailed support manual to help transfer your learning to back-on-the-job success.

Who should attend:

• Instructors and subject matter experts who are new to course design
• Managers and those responsible for the creation or purchase of training materials
• Course designers and developers, with no formal design experience, seeking a systematic approach to instructional design
• Subject matter experts responsible for updating or modifying existing custom or off-the-shelf courses

Six Key Benefits:

1. Build all your design projects on a strong instructional design foundation that goes beyond ADDIE.
2. Forecast design time and training launch dates with confidence.
3. Practice the key activities for project planning, population and performance analysis, training design and material development.
4. Return to work ready to start designing – there's no risk of getting bogged down trying to adapt complex theories.
5. Take home a comprehensive support manual packed with job aids and reference materials that will help you succeed with future design projects.
6. Take advantage of free one-year support to help you with your next design project.

Workshop Objectives:

• Identify key sign-off points.
• Choose population factors for analysis.
• Gather data from subject matter experts.
• Develop a Model of Performance.
• Derive objectives based on the Model of Performance.
• Design tests and exercises to be used during training.
• Confirm instructional strategies.
• Outline bridging strategies.
• Apply principles of adult learning to design.
• Determine the best content sequencing for learning.
• Select presentation and application methods.
• Select instructional media.
• Develop a lesson plan.
• Select appropriate styles for training manuals.
• Make media decisions that enhance learning.
• Plan validation activities throughout the project.
• Describe how training impact can be evaluated.
• Identify design shortcuts.

Content Outline:

• Design Fundamentals
• Systematic Learning Process
• FKA Instructional Systems Design Methodology
• Adult Learning Principles
• Needs Identification
• Determine Needs
• Plan the Project
• Instructional Strategies
• Population Analysis
• Selecting Population Factors
• Data Collection Decisions
• Summarizing Results
• Handling Diverse Populations
• Performance Analysis
• Model of Performance (MoP)
• Gathering MoP Data
• Working with Subject Matter Experts
• Training Scope
• Meeting Time Constraints
• Reducing the Training Scope
• Training Outline
• Objectives and Tests
• Performance Gaps
• Bridging Strategies
• Application and Feedback Methods
• Motivation
• Presentation Methods
• Learning Styles
• Test for Understanding
• Training Plan
• Training Plan Decisions
• Developing a Lesson Plan
• Updating Work Plans
• Instructor and Participant Manual Development
• Selecting Most Appropriate Formats
• Media Development
• Purpose of Media
• Media Guidelines
• Validation: Assuring Quality
• Key Sign-off Points
• Validation with Learners
• Detecting Problems
• Making Validation Effective
• Evaluation: Measuring Training Impact
• Levels of Evaluation
• Shortcuts
• Design Ratios
• Ideas for Shortcuts

Practice Activities

• Hands-on activities to reinforce the major design steps discussed in class

References

• 180+ page Support Manual filled with checklists, look-up tables, worksheets and templates to help you design effective training faster
• Online access to these checklists, look-up tables, worksheets and templates so you can customize them for your own situation

Optional Add-on – Coached Learning

Prices:

Three days - $1599

Online - $2099.00