Instructional Related Topics 
From the Coleface
JANUARY 27, 2014
At this year’s Learning Technologies show I’ve been invited by the eLearning Network to do a slot on ‘Ask the Expert’ about instructional design. I’ll be at stand 190 from 2-3pm on Wednesday 29 January, answering any questions you might have on instructional design. How do I design effective questions?
From the Coleface
AUGUST 30, 2012
One of the best things about working in instructional design is that you get to work with a variety of organisations and ask some of their smartest people about the tricks of their trade e.g. What does best practice look like? Notable by its absence is instructional design, e-learning, or pretty much anything to do with corporate e-learning.
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From the Coleface
AUGUST 10, 2009
It’s well known amongst trainers just how hard it is to issue clear instructions that people can follow. Over the years on Train the Trainer courses, I have witnessed hundreds of course delegates learn from failing to be able to give adequate instructions for a novice to make a jam sandwich or wrap a pad of Post-Its in paper.
From the Coleface
MAY 11, 2023
Generic content e.g. Excel formulae, introductions to management concepts: with well-written prompts, ChatGPT returns almost instant deliverables e.g. tailored instructions, summaries, briefing papers, backgrounders.
From the Coleface
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
In a corporate setting, when there is a target audience that needs to follow a new process, the typical response has been to provide new materials with detailed knowledge inputs (screen capture e-learning, instructions etc). For the ice bucket challenge there was very little specific guidance. However in its favour there was: A clear purpose.
From the Coleface
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
The amount of learner time that you’ll save more than justifies paying for additional instructional design expertise if you need help to step up the quality of questioning. To make this viable, the questions in the pre-test need to be challenging and really robust. Use role filters.
From the Coleface
OCTOBER 3, 2012
One reason I wanted to speak was that this would give me the excuse to spend some focused time doing research: What scientific evidence can be used to ground day to day instructional design decisions? It’s many years since I was a Psychology undergraduate, so I relished the chance to see how science has moved on. .
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