Presentation: Deeper Instructional Design: Cognitive Science and How People Really Learn Presenter: Clark Quinn (yup ... learn - commitment, resistance, anxiety, motivation) + Most instructional design really addressing Cognitive component ... of the SME and Instructional Designer changes - SME is still expert. But - what can the student DO DIFFERENTLY now ... - Example - Practice - Summary Action! How do people really learn - use that to design system. - And what technology ... Opportunities - Focus on knowledge, not skills - Over produced, under designed - Lack of emotional engagement - Uninformed ...

Presentation: Designing and Rolling Out Games for eLearning Outcomes Presenter: Ravi Ramakrishman (This session will ... , just programming. Not including design or research. - User takes 1 hour to play For standard game - Can be as low as 600 hours, depending on complexity of the interaction. - 1/3 Instructional Design - 1/3 Content Creation - 1/3 Programming ... content and the Instructional Design capailities of the client. + Will leave 20-30 percent of effort "in-store" to ... completion - Improve retention Some fun, some hard work. The important part is the learning agenda. Serious Games - ...

Next week is DevLearn , and as it’s run by the eLearning Guild, it’s always good.  I’ll be switching time between two pre-conference symposiums , one on games, and one on mobile.  Then I’ll be presenting on Deeper Instructional Design, doing Breakfast Bytes on (learning) games in the organization and one with Jay Cross on hot topics from the conference, and will be part of Jay Cross’ Learnscaping presentation.  Whew! The learnscaping will ... certificate program beforehand (I’ve designed what I think are some really valuable activities), as well ...

Can an ex NFL player go to a game and just enjoy the game like an average fan, or do they spend the whole time critiquing every last play? In my previous post on the "quality" of training that I'm subjected to, there is an interesting revelation to be found. Note that I did not go into an all out bashing of the learning curriculum like I have seen so many other learning folks do. I've seen so many colleagues that could not get past the lack of ________ (objectives, instructional strategies, interaction, feedback, and the list goes on). It makes me wonder if sometimes we as ...

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I've been hit with two separate training courses that I need to go through at the same time (while still doing my full-time job). The first is a DAU course on Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) training. Unfortunately, this is the epitomy of death by PowerPoint (4 days...over 500 slides). Uggh...There are still so many improvements that can be made in the training and education field. I guess I still need to wait for my buddy Mark Oehlert (the self-proclaimed learning technology evangelist) to leave his gaming fingerprint on the COR 222 course. The second is a ...

For IDs and non-IDs Alike. (Hint: "ID" = "Instructional Designer".) Below is a list. I asked for ... department head going it alone on a training project (i.e., without budget for an instructional designer), well, god ... . Effective Instructional Design: An Online Course Template A good primer if you're a new ID or a manager without an ID to support you and you're going it alone on developing training for your department. EnCorps: Designing ... also showcasing your talent. Here you'll find ideas for training activities, games, tips for facilitators and so ...

Story telling and instructional design have a lot in common and perhaps they are not thought of as having any overlap but they do. In e-learning we have instructional strategies, in a story we have a plot. In e-learning we have ... does a good job (at least in the compliance world) of pointing out some problems. Design: Compliance Complaints So the question might be asked, how do we help instructional designers become storytellers. Here is one idea, have the designer create a lesson entirely in pictures using PowerPoint or some other slide media and force them to "tell the ...