ASTD Education Programs

Essentials of Experiential Learning and Simulations

Join Ken Spero in the exploration of experiential learning and simulations and learn how to train participants in new ways and on a restricted budget. More »

Essentials of Flash for E-Learning Designers

Adobe Flash has two distinct audiences: the hardcoreprogrammer/developer and the creative designers. As aninstructional designer or e-learning designer, where does thatplace you? Rapid E-Learning software relies on Flash and Flashelements to add interactivity, but most high-quality e-learningcourses are built entirely in Flash. Where do you begin learning?This online workshop covers creating and animating graphics,buttons and movie symbols; designing a custom interface using toolsavailable within Flash; programming foundation ActionScript 3.0 tocreate interactions, navigation and communication elements; andcreating a Flash-based online learning course using both design andprogramming best practices. More »

Essentials of Game Design

This interactive online workshop will break the process of game design into basic steps that make it easy to add interest to your workshops. More »

Essentials of Graphics for Learning

Are your e-learning visuals eye candy or do they promote learning? What does the latest evidence tell us about how and when to use visuals to represent content and to show content relationships? This workshop offers the latest evidence and guidelines for how to design and develop visuals for e-learning. Whether you are an experienced graphic designer or a visual neophyte, you will benefit from the updates to the latest evidence and methods for visuals in e-learning design. More »

Essentials of HTML5

In three 90-minute sessions we’ll consider what HTML5 means to you as an e-learning designer, examples of its capabilities and shortcomings, how you can prepare yourself to deliver to HTML5, and how to start delivering HTML5-based courses today using tools you already have. More »

Essentials of Podcasts, Video and Writing for the Web

Essentials of Podcasts, Video, and Writing for the Web covers thethree key media that can be used to easily develop to enhanceonline learning products. More »

Essentials of Scenario-Based E-Learning

This interactive online workshop will cover the features of SBeLand the tasks and learners that benefit most from SBeL.Participants will also have the opportunity to use their owncontent to design a SBeL e-learning lesson, including draftingstoryboards. More »

Essentials of Social Media for Learning

Join Dr. Jane Bozarth for a tour of real-world, concrete ideas forincorporating social media tools into your training programs. Thisinteractive online workshop comprised of three sessions will takein-depth look at Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, wikis, and microblogs(Twitter), among other technologies. Along the way we will examinespecific strategies for leveraging the strengths of each, andchoosing which to use when. More »

Essentials of Writing Effective E-Learning Voiceover Scripts

In this interactive one-day six-hour program you will learn to define the appropriate voice and tone for a narrative text and take specific steps to create the engaging and personable writing style that voiceover narratives require. You may practice writing narratives with our planned examples, or if you choose, work with an actual project of your own. Direct feedback on your work will be provided as time allows. More »

Facilitating Synchronous Learning Certificate

Consisting of five live instructor-led 120-minute online sessions,this course is for professionals who want to build their skills indelivering effective and engaging synchronous (live and online)training, including engaging remote participants and techniques totake your online training sessions to the next level. More »