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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

Dashe & Thomson

If your client wants you to get an elearning module built based on storyboards developed in-house, make sure it’s clear that your work is entirely dependent on their work. Ask for sign-off on the success factors from all the key people, whether you’ll meet them or not (this helps your immediate contact, too, which is pretty handy).

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena

Dashe & Thomson

Development: Total storyboard development time was apparently in the range of 20 – 40 hours, which isn’t bad given the number of interwoven pathways. Cathy cites research that indicates soldiers prefer this format to all other types of training except video (which wasn’t an option due to budget). Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena.

Dashe & Thomson

Development: Total storyboard development time was apparently in the range of 20 – 40 hours, which isn’t bad given the number of interwoven pathways. Cathy cites research that indicates soldiers prefer this format to all other types of training except video (which wasn’t an option due to budget). Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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Instructional Design: The Process – 1

Origin Learning

Enough has been written about ID and its various theories and models that define the various approaches or strategies to learning design. The instructional design theories have been the guiding beacon for the new IDs, however, if not properly utilised during the design phase, these theories lose their practicality. Conclusion.

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You Suck at Instructional Design

eLearning Alchemy

There is only one right definition of instructional design: The use of instructional theory, systems and techniques to solve business problems and drive business results (substitute “business” as you require). I have a theory. If these sound like instructional design to you… you suck at it! They’re not results.

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Top 10 skills every Instructional Designer should know

Paradiso Solutions

Use tried-and-true instructional design theories, practices, and techniques. ADDIE, Bloom’s Learning Taxonomy, and Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Training Evaluations are a few examples. But unfortunately, few people have the artistic ability to storyboard, create imagery out of ideas, and present facts engagingly.

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eLearning – Are We Missing The Point?

TalentLMS

eLearning doesn’t really measure, or have the capacity to measure, “Kirkpatrick Level 3 – Transfer of knowledge”, let alone think about Level 4. Most measure “Reaction – Kirkpatrick Level 1”, the better examples try to measure “Learning – Kirkpatrick Level 2”. Next, always always always storyboard!