7 Ate 9*: Do We Need More Steps of Design?

The 7 Steps of Design In my last post I debuted a Instructional Video for the Learning Design Canvas that outlined how I see the 7 Steps of Design fit together..... ....But as GLP Partner, Jeanette Romkema, commented the other day, it is a helpful to add some additional steps to consider how the learning will make a difference after the workshop. Drawing from Vella, Berardinelli & Burow's work on Learning Evaluation, (and also Kirkpatrick and Fitzgerald), I would frame these additional steps as: Step 8: SO THAT...Transfer: or how the learners will apply their learning in their life, organization or community. This often describes a change in the learner's behaviour. e.g. John applies his new skills in insulating his home. Step 9: SO WHAT... Impact, or the difference that applying the learning makes for their life, organization. This usually describes a change in condition. e.g. John's heating bills go down and his green house gas emissions go down.

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The 12-Fold Way of Wonderful Webinars: Part 1

Learning via Dialogue in Online Webinars Webinars offer a great alternative to holding face-to-face workshops as they save the costs and carbon associated with travel. However, unless you can afford a high-priced interactive video link, webinars can easily drift into a sleep-inducing monologue of a disembodied voice droning over a hypnotic barrage of PowerPoint slides. And with the anonymity provided by a remote connection, the learners may be tempted to check out, multi-task and/or count their chickens on Farmville. But I think that with a bit of creativity, we can improve the learning experience and even build in opportunities for meaningful learning through dialogue. Here is Part 1 of the 12-Fold Way of Wonderful Webinars. I'll post Part 2 another week.

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A Learning Design Canvas - Take 1!

Updated on Friday, February 11, 2011 at 9:06AM by dh

So often, I've just written my learning designs in a prose format in the classic order from "WHO to HOW", but never on a simple chart. What would it look like if we had a Learning Design Canvas that would lay out the key elements or Jane Vella's "7 Steps of Design" on one page? Much doodling ensued.... Here's a first draft: A Learning Design Canvas: Take One

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