76 Tips on Turning Instructional Design Challenges into Successes

Failures and mistakes aren’t necessarily bad things,especially if they happen when you’re trying something new. It’s how you reactto them that makes or breaks a project.

eLearning, mLearning, and other learning-relatedprojects are highly prone to mistakes and failures. Besides the inherent riskof trying new things, there are so many issues that can arise in learningprojects. You can take steps to avoid some of these issues, and to minimize theproject impact if they do happen, but some element of project failure is almostinevitable because so many factors are beyond your control.

While learning from your own mistakes and failures isvaluable, learning from others’ mistakes and failures can be both valuable andpainless. In this eBook, 13 learning professionals who have dealt with numerouslearning disasters and challenges give us their best tips for dealing withlearning-project mistakes, failures, and other challenges. Topics coveredinclude:

• Avoidingand resolving issues through effective communication
• Managingproject scope and expectations
• Planning
• Designing,developing, and delivering for success and improvement
• Thepeople factor
• Identifyingand developing resources
• Addressingand learning from mistakes and failures