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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). Many instructional designers are familiar with Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation and that’s a great start.

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ADDIE or Agile? A false dichotomy

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There’s a lot of buzz these days about whether we should abandon the training industry’s go-to model, ADDIE, for an Agile approach. But that doesn’t mean we give up on what ADDIE has taught us. ADDIE stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate. In many respects, this is how ADDIE was intended to work.

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An Agile Year in Review

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Reconciling ADDIE and Agile . Many instructional designers know and use the linear ADDIE approach to development projects. Does a designer have to choose one or the other? TD at Work: Agile and LLAMA for ISD Project Management. Not really—and this article explains why. All-Around Agility.

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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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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. See you in the cohort!

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Life and Learning in a Post-SCORM World

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In fact, Megan spends a lot of time discussing xAPI with instructional designers and learning and development leaders. If you’ve talked to us at conferences , participated in our learning cohorts , or read our latest blog posts , this probably comes as no surprise.

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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.