Blog Posts

When it comes to Instructional Design work, our minds immediately focus on the techniques and artifacts which will help us understand the learner, the contextual factors that affect the behavior of the learner, and the resulting learning solutions that will address an identified performance gap. However, the success of our ID projects also depends on a variety of other deliverables that may not immediately come to mind when planning and executing ID engagements. Check out this blog post to learn more about the artifacts beyond traditional ID deliverables which I've found helpful in my career.

As Instructional Designers, how do we know that what we deliver to our clients has truly closed the targeted performance gaps? How do our clients know that the money they've invested in engaging with an ID team has been worth it? Lastly, how do learners know that they've gained the right skills and knowledge after completing a training program? Check out this blog post to learn more about performance assessment instruments, which help address all 3 of the above.

After conducting thorough front-end analyses and building a solid understanding of the many factors which may impact your ID solutions, how do you make the jump from the analytical phase into the design and development phase? Read this blog post to learn more about making that leap through performance requirements, as well as a common and useful ID solution: job aids.

Two steps forward, one step back. Check out this blog post to take a ride with me as I embark on an ID project with two colleagues. Though we may have stumbled out of the gate initially, we leveraged our collaboration techniques to get clarity on our project engagement and make progress towards our ultimate goal: deliver valuable ID solutions for our client.

Without understanding the context in which our ID work will be implemented, the content we develop is not likely to succeed. Read this blog post to find out more about ID techniques, such as Training Requirement Analysis, Learner Analysis, and others, which help IDs uncover the contextual factors that may impact a given ID project.

Have you ever wondered what IDs (Instructional Designers) truly do? And why are more and more companies talking about PBT (Performance-Based Training)? Read this blog post to find out more!