The Nuts & Bolts of Instructional Design: A Beginner’s Toolkit

For years, Jane Bozarth has regularly published a “Nuts &Bolts” column in Learning Solutions,where she highlighted quick tips and practical how-tos for instructionaldesigners. Over the past year, changes within the industry have generated renewedinterest in topics like virtual classrooms and online training.

Filled with rich content, TheNuts & Bolts of Instructional Design: A Beginner’s Toolkit is theperfect resource to have handy when jumping into the world of instructionaldesign. Included is a robust compilation of past “Nuts & Bolts” columns,updated to reflect on the struggles modern designers face and the solutionsthey use to conquer them. Created to be an easily-accessible resource foranyone interested in instructional design, this eBook dives into each step theADDIE project planning model, and covers tips for:

1. Analyzing what yourlearners need
2. Designing virtualsolutions, assessments, and learning experiences
3. Developinginstructional strategies, useful interactions, and strong learning communities
4. Implementing necessarymaterials for useful and engaging interactions
5. Evaluating commondesign metrics like learner performance and feedback