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An Instructional Design Toolkit

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Shape scope and design with learner personas. Learner personas help you appreciate the needs and motivations of the people you’re trying to reach, and the primary learner persona really helps you design and define scope. Download a Learner Persona poster. Evaluate program & learner success.

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xAPI: The Stroke Ready App

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We collaborated with the University of Michigan Health System’s Stroke Center to create a tablet-based app that teaches learners how to spot the signs of a stroke and respond quickly. We’re tickled pink that we now have another instance of xAPI out there in the world. But even before the pilot went live, we learned a lot from this project.

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How We Use Lean Coffee for Rich Results

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Review training feedback with learners during beta or pilot periods, letting them take the lead. Discuss among experienced peers what’s happening & where they need help. Gather recent hires together to share experiences and open questions. Follow up a few weeks post-training to see how things are going.

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Let me take a moment…or rather, Eight Moments of Learning Need

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In the training & learning world, we now commonly talk about the “Five Moments of Learning Need,” or the five opportunities to support learners as they reach and sustain competence. At Moment 6, when the learner becomes a teacher (or a guide or a coach), he or she will probably need more than just a brush-up on the basics.