The concept of Instructional Design. Models, theories, trends, pitfalls, and anything you need to know, written from our Instructional Design experts.
This article is directed at Instructional Designers and Learning Officers who see your function as being vital to the survival of your enterprise. Because it is.
In this article, I will discuss research from the field of Implementation Science that can be used in combination with Cathy Moore's action mapping to motivate your learners to apply what they have learned in practice.
As we discussed in the previous blog article in this series, there are 3 main steps in the memory process: encoding, storing, and retrieving. Here, we will take a closer look at the first step—encoding—and its role in learning.
People don't always know what they want but they can often reject what they don't want. This article discusses how rejection can be leveraged as a tool for Instructional Designers to complete projects.
Employee buy-in is one of the most important factors affecting the successful implementation of an organizational initiative. In this article, I will present 3 strategies to consider when developing training that will maximize employee buy-in for a new initiative.
There are plenty of learning methods you can use in your Instructional Design endeavors. If you spend a little more time and drill this topic down, I can bet that you will easily cross the line of 50 or even 100 methods. How to choose from the best ones from this pool?
This article aims to compare and clarify 2 of the major learning theories, Constructivism and Behaviorism as well as to find out how they can contribute to designing online learning programs.
Implementing instruction and collaborating with Subject Matters Experts aside, the early stages of planning and designing an effective learning experience are influenced greatly by the Instructional Design strategy employed.
Do workers learn best from experiences such as case studies, simulations, or scenarios? Or do they learn best from presentation of content with practice activities? What is the best way to teach people to handle workplace hazardous materials incidents, for instruction?
Here is what you need to know about using Agile tools for conducting a contextual analysis.
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Knowing how to apply what is being learned in the classroom to the real world is essential for college students. Situated cognition can help instructors approach their classrooms as communities of practice (CoP) and see their students as apprentices in new fields of learning.