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An Instructional Design Toolkit

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We’re sharing some of our favorite instructional design techniques here in this toolkit to support new instructional designers or “old” ones who want to sharpen their saw (pun completely intended). Shape scope and design with learner personas. Design for 9 moments of learning need. Why a toolkit?

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Pay it forward. Be a mentor.

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From an instructional design and performance development perspective, being a mentor allows a seasoned professional to expand his or her skills by creating an opportunity to step back and see a bigger picture. We think it’s because people are ready to help others grow and, at the same time, grow their own skills and knowledge.

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ADDIE or Agile? A false dichotomy

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It’s a process of getting progressively closer to the finished product, not by planning and designing more, but by building something useful and seeing what happens. ADDIE stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate. One of the core tenets of an Agile approach is iterative development.

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An Agile Year in Review

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Many instructional designers know and use the linear ADDIE approach to development projects. Does a designer have to choose one or the other? A form of Agile, the Lot Like Agile Methods Approach (LLAMA), is designed specifically for instructional projects. Reconciling ADDIE and Agile . All-Around Agility.

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xAPI Community

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The Cohort will give participants a chance to learn about the technical side of the xAPI spec and the instructional design implications of xAPI, as well as a chance to experience the challenges and epiphanies of working on an xAPI-based team project. Instructional Designer & Cohort Facilitator. Fill out this short form.

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The Waste of Motion

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Recently we improved our plan by grouping instructional designers in one pod and course builders and graphic designers in another. Sitting in “pods”: We’ve always had an open floor plan to maximize our ability to get feedback and insights from each other easily.

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Catch up with Megan at FocusOn

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Session Link 705: A Tale of Two Mobiles: Mobile Design Across Two Platforms 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Session Link. Session Link 410: Deconstructing Games: Apples to Apples 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Session Link Wednesday, June 21. Concurrent Session. Concurrent Session.