Instructional Design
Applying learning theory and design strategies to meet specific performance goals through the creation of instructional materials and formal learning experiences.
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 7/15/2024
This edition of Curated Content explores strategies for maximizing learning at events, leveraging AI for creativity, integrating empathy into leadership, enhancing virtual learning, and utilizing digital accessibility resources to create inclusive content.
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Course Mapping Your Way to Success: Navigate the Course Creation Process like a Pro!
As an L&D professional, you know the importance of awell-structured course that engages learners and achieves your desiredoutcomes. In this session, you’ll discover how the powerful Universal CourseMapping Template can be your key to unlocking instructional excellence and optimizingworkflows, giving you a strategic edge in course creation. One of themost difficult things to do when designing a course with Subject Matter Experts(SMEs) is to maintain an understanding of the project’s big picture and preventthe scope creep that usually happens with SMEs. The Universal Course Mappingtemplate can be used to keep SMEs on track during coursekickoff calls. The template can also…
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 7/1/2024
This edition of curated content explores the importance of skills-based hiring, habits that can help boost creativity, why representation matters in learning, and more.
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Embracing Technology-Based Creativity: Lessons from Glen Keane’s Keynote
Glen Keane’s keynote at DevLearn 2017 highlights the importance of creativity, overcoming fear, lifelong learning, and collaboration in creating impactful and engaging learning experiences for L&D professionals.
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Exploring the Opportunities of the New Learning Technology Landscape
In a world of rapidly evolving technologies, learning professionals face the constant challenge of staying ahead of the curve. This session empowers you to distinguish between transformative trends and fleeting fads in the learning technology landscape. Explore the shifting landscape, impactful technologies shaping organizational learning, and key characteristics of disruptive innovations.
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Drive Success by Blending Video, VR, Microlearning, and Accessibility
Join us for a webinar on creating a blendedlearning safe driving program for young adults and teenagers, addressing thechallenges of engagement, consistency, and accessibility. The award-winningPlan My Ride program features 7 eLearning modules, 3 360-degree interactivescenarios, and 4 microlearning booster modules, all built for its accessibilityfeatures and compliance with WCAG AA 2.2 and Section 508 standards. Thisprogram was designed with inclusivity in mind, ensuring accessibility forindividuals with disabilities. Learn about Universal Design for Learningprinciples, clear navigation, and simple language to enhance accessibility. Theprogram has won the 2023 LearnX Diamond Award for Best Accessibility and the2024 Learning Excellence Award for Design,…
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 6/3/2024
This edition of Curated Content explores insights on curiosity & learning, the potential that exists at the intersection of xAPI and AI, and more.
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Learning Through Travel, Curiosity, and Food: Lessons from Phil Rosenthal
Highlights from a discussion with Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond and Somebody Feed Phil, as he shares insights on curiosity, diversity, storytelling, humor, and adaptability in learning and development from his keynote at DevLearn 2023.
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Create Strategic Opportunities by Asking Powerful Questions
“We are not making our revenue numbers. I think the problemis with the sales force. They are not negotiating effectively. Do you have sometype of training that will improve their negotiating skills?” Sound familiar? This is a request for a learning solution.But how do we know that solution, by itself, is sufficient to solve theproblem? If you fulfill the request as presented, you could be using time,money, and other resources to deliver a solution that yields limited return. Ifyou push back, you could be viewed as non-supportive. When managers call to request learning (or some othersolution), learning practitioners need to…
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The Future-Focused ID: Your L&D Career In The Age of AI
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the field of instructional design, automating many routine tasks and opening up exciting new possibilities for personalized, adaptive learning experiences. But as AI takes on more of the heavy lifting, the role of the instructional designer is evolving. What skills and competencies will be most critical for IDs to thrive in an AI-powered world? In this forward-thinking session, Michelle and Ellen will explore the emerging skills landscape for instructional designers in the age of AI. They will share insights into how AI is transforming ID roles and the new opportunities it presents for L&D professionals to…