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10 Instructional Design Commandments Every Instructional Designer Should Abide By To Help Their Organization Thrive

IT Training Department Blog

Whether you’re looking to hire an instructional designer, find some help for your next project, or are an instructional designer looking to improve your skills, this blog post is a must-read. For training resources to have maximum impact, instructional designers must adhere to the instructional design commandments.

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Tips To Help Develop Employee’s Workplace Technology Skills

IT Training Department Blog

Assess Current Technology Skills Gap Good corporate technical training, like with all training, starts with a thorough needs analysis. The most essential part of that analysis is figuring out the general knowledge gap among employees. Realistic, immersive scenarios in a software simulation that mirrors the actual application.

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Crafting Corporate IT Training: Begin with the End in Mind

IT Training Department Blog

Just like there are habits of highly effective people in general, there are habits of highly effective instructional designers. You must know what you’re working towards when you begin the instructional design process. One of Dr. Stephen R. ” That habit also applies to creating corporate IT training. Relevance = engaging.

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What is an IT Training Course?

IT Training Department Blog

These exercises can range from software simulation to real-world projects. It can be completed at the employee’s pace and may include a software simulation, text, videos, etc. That’s why professional technical instructional design consultants dedicate their lives to mastering their craft.

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A Learning Interaction Look-up Table

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

Here is the quick learning interaction look-up table I promised in an earlier post for instructional designers to locate some of the best examples of the various types of ready-made interactive elements.

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Choose the Best Corporate IT Training Provider to Empower Your Team

IT Training Department Blog

In other words, they’ll see how they should use it in their work with scenario-based learning and realistic software simulations. You can likely use an instructional design consultant to help you decide if training is the best way forward. Is training needed?

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Why Locking eLearning Navigation Is a Mistake

IT Training Department Blog

Discourages Thoughtful Course Design Locking eLearning navigation can discourage instructional designers from creating well-structured and thoughtfully designed courses. It also discourages other levels of creativity and proper analysis to lay out the most relevant and helpful course. It also becomes more effective.