These days, not every e-learning course is designed by an instructional designer. This beginners' guide offers some basic tips to help training managers, subject matter experts, IT professionals and other non-instructional designers create e-learning that is engaging, relevant and effective.
These are my slides from a webinar I presented for the Institute of IT Training - they do lose something without the narrative but still provide some useful tips.
34. Get a second
opinion
Set testable,
behavioural
learning outcomes
Put yourself in the
learners’ shoes
Emulate the best
in classroom
training
Remember,
content is king
Be tough but fair
with questions
Include scenarios
for a hands-on
experience
Use questions to
drive the learning
Make it easy for
your learners
Speak the learners’
language
Top 10 tips for excellent
instructional design
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
35. What’s this got to do
with me?
What makes e-learning
excellent?
How can I do it myself?
36. How can I do it myself?
What makes e-learning
excellent?
What’s this got to do
with me?
37. Make your next e-learning
course engaging,
relevant and effective
39. References
From me
• Engaging, relevant and effective e-learning: http://bit.ly/csKlse
• The secret of good design: http://bit.ly/bxL1wS
• Classroom tips for engaging e-learning: http://bit.ly/9cx4bx
• 15 tips for energising your e-learning: http://bit.ly/9G1GMM
• Banishing the business speak: http://bit.ly/c9IYWX
• Quality worth waiting for: http://bit.ly/cc6qrb
Instructional design
• Action mapping™ (Cathy Moore): http://bit.ly/6DOV
• ‘Dump the drone’ (Cathy Moore): http://bit.ly/kF0v
• Question-writing mistakes (Cathy Moore): http://bit.ly/cHftw
• Bringing the learner into the design (Kineo): http://bit.ly/bKchpv
• ‘Don’t be tone deaf’ (Kineo): http://slidesha.re/aa8iFi
• Tips for effective questions (Saffron): http://bit.ly/9dDWcZ
Learning trends
• Towards Maturity 2010 benchmark report of preliminary
findings: http://bit.ly/ac0jyZ
• CIPD learning and talent development survey 2010
(reviewed by Towards Maturity): http://bit.ly/brjQx0