What is a Learning Design System and Why Does it Matter?
The benefits of a Learning Design System extend far beyond the creation of individual courses. In today’s fast-paced educational environment, organizations must be agile and responsive to the needs of their learners. An LDS not only supports this agility but also empowers organizations to deliver high-quality, inclusive, and engaging learning experiences.
Learning Outcomes: Your Roadmap to Success in Instructional Design
Learning outcomes are like an itinerary for a road trip. Crafting strong and relevant learning outcomes ensures that you have a roadmap for your course. Learning outcomes outline the skills and knowledge that you expect learners to achieve, as well as the content that you expect to be covered in your course. Learn more about this essential tool for eLearning.
My Instructional Design Journey: Five Lessons Learned
I started in my role as a Junior Instructional Designer (ID) with KnowledgeNow, eager to learn about the role. Fast forward two years later, I have been promoted to the role of Senior Instructional Designer, and I want to share with you the top five things that I’ve learned in my first two years as an instructional designer.
Let’s Talk About ADDIE
ADDIE stands for Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate—a model of actions that guide a learning designer through the steps of course creation. Some critics say it is too old or too inflexible. However, as a leader who continues to grow a successful eLearning business using this model, I say that it is quite the opposite. Let’s look at this model in a few different ways.
The Importance of Buy-In in Instructional Design
Starting a cool new course design, excited to jump into the process, and we are met with resistance, lack of interest, or - my personal favourite - that glazed over look in their eyes. As instructional designers, we know how important each step of the process is when designing learning experiences, and no matter how much we may wish we could change this sometimes - the quality of the final product is highly dependent on our relationship with the Subject Matter Expert (SME).