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How should I write learning objectives?
I encourage you to focus first on what people need to do, not what they need to know. If you use action mapping, each behavior or action that you write could be called a performance objective. We aren’t describing what…
Does action mapping work in education?
The short answer My blog, book, and courses are intended for designers who help adults change what they do in the workplace. Action mapping isn’t intended to apply to education. If you’re in education (elementary, university, or vocational), my materials…
Where’s the research support for scenarios?
The approach to design that I suggest in my book and scenario design toolkit borrows ideas from problem-based learning, guided discovery, productive failure, and similar approaches. Here’s some research support for these ideas. Give them an activity, not a presentation…
Map It! resources
Thanks for buying Map It! Here are some resources you might find helpful. The action mapping process This interactive graphic describes the entire action mapping process from goal-setting to evaluation. Will action mapping work for your project? Get instant, customized…
Scenario mistakes to avoid #2: “Eat! Eat! You need to eat!”
Do we really need to force-feed people information before they can try a scenario? Learn more.
Action mapping workflow at a glance
“We need training.” How to use action mapping to solve performance problems 1.What’s your goal? How will the organization benefit? What’s your goal? What are you measuring that shows the problem? How would you like it to change? A…
Scenario mistakes to avoid #1: Eager-beaver feedback
When is feedback helpful in a scenario, and when is it annoying? Should we immediately tell people what they’ve done wrong and what they should do to fix it? Learn more.
Let me tell you everything you need to know! Or not.
You’re going to work in Gorkonia! How would you like to prepare for the cultural differences? Do you want me to tell you everything and then quiz you? No? What’s the alternative? Learn more.
Do you work in a course factory? Do you care?
Are you a cog in the course factory, or are you a performance consultant? Does it matter? Learn more.
Map It: The action mapping book
No more information dumps! Map It helps you turn training requests into projects that make a real difference. You’ll learn how to: Help the client identify what’s really causing the performance problem. Determine the role (if any!) of training. Create…
Field guide to action-mapped materials
Can you identify an action mapped course in the wild? What might it look like? Learn more.
Myths vs. Facts: Navigating the Debate on Learning Styles
Why do people continue to believe in debunked learning styles? Let’s look at why the belief is appealing and how we can respond to the believers on our team. Learn more.
How goals affect training design
This is the second part of a story that started here. We’re going to compare the training that results from two versions of a goal: Salespeople will know all the product features Mega and mongo widget sales will increase 5%…
Scenario design (Learning Technologies anti-handout)
Here’s a summary of what I presented at the January 2015 Learning Technologies conference in London, along with links to lots more detail. My point The building block of a scenario activity is the scenario question. Unfortunately, it’s easy to…
How to be a learning mythbuster
Do your stakeholders insist on believing in myths like learning styles? Here’s how to bust some myths. Learn more.