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Telecollaboration and Project Based Training

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However, I did pick up some new instructional design skills that I will be able to apply at work right away. A common hit on eLearning is that it does not have the benefits gained through face to face interaction and collaboration with others that ILT can provide.

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What is Project Based Learning?

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I am hoping to shed light on some best practices that will improve the effectiveness of my project based lessons and hopefully help other instructional designers out there looking to get started with project based learning in a corporate organization. So, what is project based learning?

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A Corporate Example of Project Based Learning

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The email sent to participants at the beginning of the project will outline the guidelines of the project and provide access to the project web site which serves as a resource to participants throughout the project. This allows the facilitator to provide formative feedback to the group before they potentially go too far down the wrong path.

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3 Steps to a Driving Question for Project Based Learning

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Project Based Lessons begin with what I believe to be the most critical aspect of the instructional design process, the Driving Question. It can be all too easy to get carried away with an elaborate driving question that ends up having nothing to do with the performance described in the instructional objectives.

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Rapid Performance Analysis

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I understand the importance of producing a tangible instructional product quickly but I believe with a mindset like this you will spend more time creating solutions that are not effective or you end up wasting time doing re work after you come up with a great idea halfway through the project. Tags: Instructional Design ROI Analysis.

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Promoting Social Learning

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Not everyone is as quick to jump on the bandwagon as many tech savvy instructional designers are. informal learning is the wave of the future in instructional design. I'm sure that I am not the only instructional designer struggling with social or informal learning tools. Well, I am having a hard time riding that wave.

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Designing Assessments for Project Based Learning

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The project based learning design process concludes by developing a plan to assess whether learners are able to demonstrate the instructional objectives you set out for to begin with by completing one or more projects. Tags: Instructional Design Project Based Learning. Novato, CA: Buck Institute for Education.