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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Four Steps to Improve Retention with Schema Theory
Schemas are mental models stored in long-term memory to organize information. Learners connect new information to the models with four simple strategies.
By Hannah Hunter • -
Storytelling for Learning Leaders
What you’ve learned from your experiences continues to shapeyour life and influence your decisions. By sharing what you’ve learned, youenable others to gain insight into who you are and how you lead. But how do youcreate a compelling story out of a few memories and anecdotes? In this session, you’ll learn to mine your memories forexperiences that represent meaningful lessons and identify how they can benefitothers, as well as how to construct a story that will reveal how yourexperiences shaped you and inspire others to take action. We’ll explore theprocess of applying storytelling strategies to transform an experience into alesson,…
By Hadiya Nuriddin • -
How to Help Experts Become Content Creators
Often, learning leaders lack sufficient instructional designand content production staff. At the same time, many subject matter experts (SMEs)struggle to express their knowledge and skills in a suitable learning format.What if learning leaders could motivate and enable SMEs to become contentcreators? This session explores the tools and processes that couldsmooth the path from expert knowledge to valuable learning content through thestory of a successful transformation of SMEs into learning content creators.The session explores key factors, including fundamentals of instructionaldesign, building support into the tools the SMEs will use, and best practicesand guidelines, along with examples. This session will demonstrate that,despite…
By Marjan Bradeško • -
Learning Data in Action: A Pathway Forward
With xAPI adoption increasing and organizations moving todata-driven decision making across many functions, L&D professionals mayfind themselves playing catch-up. Many of today’s learning ecosystems havelimited, disconnected data streams. But, as platforms and data standardsadvance rapidly and organizations call for more rich insights about learningexperiences, we have an opportunity to level up our skills and our impact. In this session, Megan Torrance shares insights and storiesabout organizations that are successfully using learning data to driveperformance at multiple levels. We’ll begin with a framework to organize themany uses of data in the learning function, from evaluation and analytics topersonalization, recommendations, and business…
By Megan Torrance • -
Panel: How to Enhance Collaboration in Virtual Learning
When the world shut down and all work suddenly went remote, virtual learning stepped into the spotlight. Supporting remote workers will continue to be a larger part of the L&D landscape as we move past the pandemic, and it will be critical for us to engage and support these remote workers as well as those that are back in the office. In this panel discussion, our panel of experts will explore how we can enhance engagement and collaboration within our virtual learning strategies.
By Jo Cook, karen-hyder, David Smith, Cindy Huggett • -
What I Learned: Training Can’t Make You Funny, But It Helps
Design learning experiences from the outside in. People must understand the context of their work and how their roles fit within the larger story.
By JD Dillon • -
Make Basic Video Production Workflow Checklists
Here is Jonathan Hall’s “8-Step Checklist For Producing Engaging Instructional Video” tips and workflow, presented in a Todoist task management template.
By Bill Brandon • -
New to Instructional Design? This Guide is for You.
This eBook includes a compilation of Jane Bozarth’s “Nuts & Bolts” columns, organized using the ADDIE model to provide you with tips for every step in your ID project planning process.
By Christine Shaw • -
The Nuts & Bolts of Instructional Design: A Beginner’s Toolkit
This eBook includes a compilation of “Nuts & Bolts” articles to emphasize good ID practices for analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating learning solutions.
By Jane Bozarth • -
What I Learned: 4 Things L&D Should Borrow from Peloton
The way Peloton engages people is how we can engage learners. Read the story to find out!
By JD Dillon •








