Deepen your skills in e-learning instructional design.
This program demonstrates the techniques vital to creating successful e-learning programs and will provide participants with skills to use advanced design techniques to create e-learning programs that drive productivity. Participants will learn effective ways to design learning events that go far beyond the transmission of information to achieve behavior change and targeted performance levels.
A laptop computer (or other device that is able to play Adobe Flash files) is required for the purpose of reviewing demonstration e-learning examples and participating in interactive learning activities. The laptop or device must also have wifi capability, and the latest version of Adobe Flash Player must be downloaded on your laptop or other device and brought with you to the workshop. Please do not bring iOS devices (iPhones, iPads, Tablets, etc.), as the program materials will not function properly on these devices. There will be no computers available on-site for participants. It may be helpful to bring headphones or earbuds with you to the program for audio purposes, though these items are not required.
- Face-to-Face2 days
- Online6 sessions, 12 hours total
- On-SiteFlexible dates & duration
Program Overview
In some ways, instructional design missed the boat. Powerful authoring tools coupled with the Internet and low cost, media-capable computers and mobile devices expanded the sea of instructional possibilities dramatically and did so almost in an instant. Experienced instructional designers now find guidance lacking in classical literature and design principles, while inexperienced designers are drowning in alluring capabilities.
Advanced E-Learning Instructional Design applies the science of behavior change while redirecting and narrowing the focus of instructional design to those things that matter most in creating successful e-learning applications. Participants will find not only effective ways to design meaningful, memorable, and motivational experiences, but also a blending of successful behavioral change principles. Based on dozens of research studies, these principles will help you design learning events that go far beyond the transmission of information to achieve behavioral change and targeted performance levels.
The content of the workshop is based on the second book in Michael Allen’s e-learning library—Designing Successful E-Learning: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting.
ASTD Certificate Programs are learning events and a certificate is awarded to participants upon successful completion of the program. No test is given and participants are not certified. Certification is a testing event that confirms that skills, knowledge, or competencies have been acquired. Please click here for more information on the ASTD Certification Institute’s credential, the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance™ (CPLP™).
Learning Objectives
After the program, participants will be able to:
- Counter behavioral change inhibitors.
- Create behavioral change campaigns.
- Design pre-instructional events.
- Blend formal and informal learning.
- Use self-reevaluation, social liberation, emotional stimulation, and other techniques to facilitate performance change.
- Create post-instruction performance aids.
- Space learning events for optimal impact.
Topics
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Topic 1 - Forget What You Know About Instructional Design
Topic 1 - Forget What You Know About Instructional Design
- What is Instructional Design?
- Knowing v. Doing
- Instructional Design Challenges
- Activity: What Are Your Core Design Principles
- Instructional Interactivity
- Activity: What Are Your Core Design Principles
- Meaningful + Memorable + Motivational = Measurable Results
- CCAF: Context, Challenge, Activity, Feedback as a Design Tool
- Seven Magic Keys
- Some tools for e-Learning
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Topic 2 - Do Something Different
Topic 2 - Do Something Different
- Theoretical Approaches
- Some Good Things to Know about How Brains Work.
- The Designer’s Objective: Create Lasting Beneficial Experiences
- Human Memory System
- Types of Learning.
- Games and E-Learning Design
- 1st Apply What We Know
- 2nd Get Serious About Change
- How Does This Effect Design?
Who Should Attend
This workshop is appropriate for a multitude of professional backgrounds, but is primarily designed for those experienced in training and performance who want to deepen their skills in e-learning instructional design: managers, developers, designers, instructors, and courseware producers.
Credits & Attendance
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Earn 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) upon successfully completing this program. Learn More
CPLP© Recertification Points
This program may be eligible for up to 14 CPLP recertification points. Learn more at astd.org/recertification.
HRCI Recertification Credits
This program has been pre-approved for 14 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
Attendance Policy
Face-to-Face Courses
Participation in all originally scheduled days of the program is mandatory in order to receive the certificate of completion and 1.4 CEUs. Participants who miss more than two hours of the entire program will not be eligible to receive the certificate. Participants who fulfill the attendance requirement will receive a certificate at the end of the program.
Online Courses
Participation in all 6 online sessions at their originally scheduled day and time is mandatory in order to receive a completion certificate and 1.4 CEUs. All sessions will be recorded and available for participants to review throughout the course of the program. One missed live session can be made up by listening to the session recording in full. Participants who miss more than one live session will not be eligible to receive the certificate. If you find you need to miss/have missed a session, you do not need to notify ASTD. Simply view the recording for the content you missed. If you meet the eligibility requirements ASTD will mail you the completion certificate within two weeks of the last session.
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