201 Make Blended Learning Stickier with Science!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT Wednesday, June 12
L&D departments are always asked to do more. Stakeholders will give requirements without always knowing what is involved in their requests. Sometimes, they know specific criteria must be met and will pass that along to the L&D department. You probably have heard things like:
"Make it shorter, but still cover all the content."
"Training must be personalized but scalable for the entire organization and vendor network."
"Oh, there will be some delay between when participants take the training and when they use the information, so ensure the learners don't forget."
How do you create learning experiences that meet stakeholder and business needs, cover all the content, don't overload the learner, and increase retention? Thankfully, you can leverage learning science and the right blend of instructional elements to design for higher expectations. Equip yourself with the methodologies to transform your instructional design, elevate learning outcomes, and meet your stakeholders' expectations. We will showcase ways you can use research to inform your instructional design and improve outcomes.
In this session, we'll identify opportunities to:
- Design to encode, store, and retrieve information using a layered and spaced approach
- Create desirable difficulty in learning activities
- Move beyond regurgitation, and empower learners to reflect, elaborate, and generate new insights.
Karen Hyder
Online Event Producer and Speaker Coach
Kaleidoscope Training and Consulting
Karen Hyder, online event producer and speaker coach at Kaleidoscope Training and Consulting, has been teaching about technology since 1991, when she delivered instructor-led software courses for Logical Operations. She was promoted to director of trainer development, helping trainers improve skills and earn certifications. In 1999 she created a course for trainers using virtual classrooms, and helped launch The eLearning Guild Online Forums in 2004. She continues to host The Guild’s Best of DemoFest, and was honored with the Guild’s Guild Master Award. Currently, Karen provides coaching and production support for a series of online courses at Hearing First, a not-for-profit that serves audiology professionals earning CEUs.
Melissa Chambers
Online Instructional Specialist
MSC Consulting
Melissa Chambers is an online instructional specialist at MSC Consulting and a contract speaker coach/host for The Learning Guild's Online Forums and Guild Academy. Melissa has over 20 years' experience in creative media production, project and change management, online instructional design, and eLearning strategy development, and has been designing, producing, and coaching for synchronous online programs since 2002. She holds a master's degree in instructional design for online learning, and has spearheaded award-winning programs in eLearning, process improvement, and strategic development. Melissa has a passion for lifelong learning, technology, cultivating creativity, and having fun while working.