Trainer's Guide To Designing Next Level Learning

What it's about

Key chapters

• The Many Hats of the Instructional Designer

  An Introduction From ATD Facilitator Nikki O’Keefe.

• 7 Tips to Strengthen Instructional Design Skills

  As instructional designers move forward in this evolving industry, what follows are some tips to strengthen ID skills.

• 11 Steps to Take to Influence Subject Matter Experts

  As instructional designers, we are tasked with creating engaging, effective learning materials using our instructional design training to do so. Meanwhile, we rely heavily on our subject matter experts so that our content is sound. Often, SMEs are colleagues from other departments or contacts from other organizations, and usually, they do not report to us. This working relationship can pose a challenge, because most times SMEs aren’t held accountable to our same deadlines and goals.

• Check Your Work: Checklist for Designing Learning

  Reviews are an essential part of the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) model. I recommend you use peer and subject matter expert (SME) reviews for analysis documents, design storyboards, narration scripts, and drafts of your e-learning courses. Then use final test reviews upon implementation and provide a survey for learner reviews for evaluation.