Instructional Design Consulting / Onsite Workshop

Rapid Instructional Design

Objectives: (Benefits to the Individual Participant)

• Eliminate or combine ID steps without sacrificing effectiveness
• Use templates and shells to speed up production of instructional materials
• Use electronic recording devices to speed up ID
• Use computer software to speed up different phases of ID
• Identify instructional resources in unexpected places
• Use coaching and team learning techniques to reduce development time
• Reduce interpersonal problems that slow down ID teams

• Reduce the training budget
• Reduce training development time
• Deliver quality instruction during tough economic times
• Avoid waste of training dollars
• Retrain instructional designers to cope with corporate realities

Outline:

While the Instructional Design workshop is customized for each client, the general outline is as follows:

• Rapid ID: Basic concepts
  • Use an ID model without stifling creativity
  • Integrate principles of adult learning, behavioral psychology, accelerated learning, and cognitive science into training design
• How to do rapid analysis
  • Select type of analysis to improve instruction and avoid bogging down
  • Assess whether training is the right solution
  • Analyze jobs, tasks, processes, and goals to derive instructional objectives
  • Match instructional design to corporate strategies, resources, and constraints
• How to do rapid design
  • Prepare a blueprint for the instruction
  • Design instruction for different objectives
  • Design instruction for different trainees
  • Design instruction for different media and methods
  • Prepare a prototype version of the instruction
• How to do rapid evaluation
  • Evaluate to ensure training quality and continuous improvement
  • Select the appropriate type of evaluation
  • Use expert review to improve training
  • Use field testing to improve training
  • Use informal cost-benefit analysis to assure bottom-line impact
• How to get beyond the basics
  • Plan implementation before you begin ID
  • Use project management to increase ID return on investment
  • Use team-building techniques to reduce conflicts during ID
  • Use a rapid approach to reduce cycle time for ID

Target Audience:

• New Instructional Designers who find that the theory they learned is irrelevant to corporate realities
• Experienced Training Designers who want to add more short-cut techniques to their toolkits
• Subject-Matter Experts who want to convert their lectures into interactive training that motivates learners
• Instructors who want to reduce their lesson preparation time
• Training Directors who need to speedily coordinate the production of instructional packages

To speak with an LSA Expert to learn about program customization and delivery options onsite at your company, please contact us.