Creating engaging elearning - workshop

About the course

This course has been designed for Instructional Designers who create elearning using rapid authoring tools. This is a practical course combining learning frameworks, how the brain works, scoping and storyboarding before using a cloud based authoring tool to create a branched elearning scenario.

Participants will be given templates to use immediately back at the workplace.

Audience

This course is designed for beginner to intermediate elearning Instructional Designers.

Session 1 Instructional Design frameworks - overview

Content includes;

• ADDIE - Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation

• Blooms Taxonomy - The three domains of learning and the levels within each

• Gagne’s nine levels of instruction

• Cathy Moore’s action mapping

• Adult learning principles and how to incorporate them to elearning

• Tips to reducing cognitive overload

Session 2 Scoping the elearning

Content includes;

• The scoping process

• Briefing meetings, what to ask and who needs to be involved

• The Savvy Start/Design workshops to speed up the design time by weeks

• Become a Trusted Advisor, not an order taker

Session 3 Designing storyboards

Content includes;

• Different methods of storyboarding in word, powerpoint and Storyline

• Graphic design basics

• Templates to start using immediately

Session 4 Designing branched scenarios

Content includes;

• The basics

• Three steps to creating branched scenarios

• Gamification - increasing learners’ engagement, desire for achievement, and motivation

• Great examples

Session 5 Development using Rapid authoring tools

Content includes developing a draft branched scenario using a cloud based authoring tool

Please bring:

• An internet capable device with keyboard, laptops preferred

• Style guides or brand books

• Any examples to use as review/recommendation

Feedback from previous eID workshops

"I really enjoyed the size and diversity of the course"
"Well done - time well spent - thank you!"
"Great workshop, covered a lot of areas that I did not know the background theory. For example Gagne we use some of the model but not all - now I can use all and it will make things a lot easier!"
"Very clearly delivered and all information was relevant"

Facilitator Rustica Lamb

Rustica is the director and of Bloom Learning Technologies. Rustica has 25+ years' experience as an L&D Manager, eLearning designer, senior instructional designer, capability advisor, SAP trainer, training advisor, trainer and facilitator.

She has worked internally and externally with a number of organisations, including: Westpac, ANZ, Ministry of Health, Contact Energy, Vodafone, Ministry of Justice, Mighty River Power, Telecom, Vodafone, Green Cross Health, Orion Health and Morgan & Banks. She held the position of Vice President for the New Zealand Association of Training and Development (NZATD) from 2012 to 2015, and was the NZATD Practitioner of the Year in 2012.