I’ve been tweeting a daily idea to spark your instructional design creativity. To get your daily ID idea, follow me on Twitter. (I don’t say much!)
Some recent tweets in the series:
- Ask your SME, “What are the 3 most common mistakes people make?” Turn them into branching scenarios.
- Using a story? What challenge is your character facing? Make them suffer!
- Are you solving a performance problem, or are you just turning information into a course?
- What are you creating to support your course? Job aids? Guidance for managers? Follow-up discussion? Additional tips in emails?
- Teaching a complex procedure? Course: How to use the job aids. Job aids: Everything else.
- What compelling scenario can you use to start your course? P.S. “A new employee is wondering…” isn’t compelling.
- Have your learners finish an almost-completed problem, then take away support in stages until they’re flying solo.
- What do you really want? “Describe the Heimlich maneuver” or “Save lives?” Don’t stop at declarative knowledge.
- How can you turn a dos/don’ts list into something more memorable? Try short scenarios that show the results; have learners draw the conclusion.
I use the #IDideas hashtag, and other people sometimes chime in with their own ideas. You can see past ideas here.
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Watched the presentation – twice…amazing information, also a great how-to on the proper way to run an Elluminate session…
I appologize, but what theme is in use here? Is it a free theme? If you dont mind, can you share it here? It totally kicks butt:) I’ll be be back! Thank you !!!
Hi there, I just wrote a guest blog about storyboarding and thought it might be of interest to your readers. You can check it out here: http://www.articulate.com/blog/elearning-storyboarding-101/
I hope its of value and adds to the subject area. Thanks!
Great ideas!! I will definately check out your tweets frequently for ideas in ID! These are great higher level thinking prompts that would bring so much excitement, motivation, and improved thinking in my class. A daily writing prompt would be great for those teaching writing skills as myself. Also, these same scenarios, but also including a vocabulary word or skill already learned or currently learning. I teach 6th grade ELA so these are the ideas that come to mind in how I can use these daily scenarios. Some would work as is for my class. Love these ideas to spice of the instruction! I will be logging on frequently! Thanks for the information!