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  • Deeper Instructional Design
    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 ... - Example - Practice - Summary Action! How do people really learn - use that to design system. - And what technology ... design environments conducive to learning. - We design learning experiences. Don't design CONTENT, design EXPERIENCES ... of the SME and Instructional Designer changes - SME is still expert. But - what can the student DO DIFFERENTLY ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Comments
  • Designing and Rolling Out Serious Games
    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 ... Presentation: Designing and Rolling Out Games for eLearning Outcomes Presenter: Ravi Ramakrishman (This session will give a European / Indian perspective on this topic) HSBC Ad Campaign at Global Airports How do you make learning fun? Fun = more real learning. - Hook the learners - Sustain interest (drop-out rates even higher). - Ensure ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - Comments
  • The problem with the typical real estate agent training program...
    ... of you who know me know that my day job is as an instructional designer and course creator for real estate agent ... role-playing exercises. While I was observing the exercises, my wish list for design of training for real estate professionals resurfaced. I remember thinking that these types of learning activities (roleplays) are exactly what's ... environment, complete with instructional staff members acting in the role of client. The degree of complexity might also be ... Wish List For Training Design. Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit in on day 2 of a negotiations ...
    Business Casual - Friday, October 31, 2008 - Comments
  • Renaming the â¬Slearning professionalâ¬ý?
    Specialist, etc.) Instructional Designer (and the various pay scale/skill descriptors: I, II, trainee, Sr., Rock Star, etc ... term ‘learning professional’ in my topic title originally. Big mistake. When the professor is critiquing my summary in class and says, “what is a learning professional? Am I a learning professional? Isn’t everyone ... I’m part of the problem here. I’ve used “learning professional” 100s of times. In blog post ... probably tagged it “learning professional” and then in a fit deleted it. Perhaps it was in a dream ...
    Janet Clarey - Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - Comments
  • Storytelling and Instructional Design
    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 ... the original Matrix). In storytelling we have characters, in e-learning we are teaching people to perform certain roles ... the question might be asked, how do we help instructional designers become storytellers. Here is one idea, have the ... analytical side of a designer over to the "story telling side" and requires some real thinking about stories and e-learning ...
    Kapp Notes - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - Comments
  • Teaching Folks to Fish
    ... shift to the role of advisor, help strengthen their instructional design and provide further technical knowledge to create ... it builds on each other. I ought to design the course (and the templates) to DISCOURAGE click to death design. But not ... -friendly". As in, the person feels excited and comfortable applying what they learn in the courses. Maybe this is ... -realized game with important decisions instantaneouly, it ain't gonna happen for most people. If I can design small ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - Comments
  • What We Can Learn From The Blue Man Group
    ... with one method of interaction. Learning and development professionals need to use a blended approach as well. How about job aids, an e-learning module, a face-to-face role-play and reminder email messages. Using a variety of media keeps it ... consider it an instructional design workshop. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games ... learning and to aid retention, application and utilization of learning and knowledge. First of all, the BMG gets the ... (as it should be with classroom and online learning.) Second, the Blue Man Group used a variety of media from ...
    Kapp Notes - Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - Comments