401 Reverse Instructional Design: Tighten and Strengthen your Existing Content Cathy Moore, Django Labs Produced by Converting Existing Course Content to e-learning
Reverse Instructional Design Tighten and Strengthen Your Existing Content Cathy Moore Django Labs 2 Page 1
3 Why does this happen? 4 Page 2
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7 The solution: design 8 Page 4
Do your clients understand the need for design? 9 http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/trng-materials/wp-violence/latenight/index.html 10 Page 5
Extent of Problem Job-related homicides in retail trades accounted for almost half of all workplace homicides in 1997 Homicides in convenience and other grocery stores, eating and drinking places, and gasoline service stations constituted the largest share of homicides in retail establishments Prevention Strategies Reduce the risk of robbery by: s increasing the effort that the perpetrator must expend s increasing the risks to the perpetrator s reducing the rewards to the perpetrator Page 6
OSHA s organization 1. Definitions, statistics re workplace violence 2. Risk factors 3. OSHA s role 4. Need for management & employee commitment 5. Analyzing the worksite 6. Controlling hazards 7. Responding to incidents 8. Evaluating your progress 13 OSHA s audience Store owners Ave. age 48 Practical, hands-on people Ave. years of schooling: 14 Most have owned their store at least 2 years Will get email that links to the course on OSHA s site 14 Page 7
What should we do first? 15 1. Identify the business goal What does OSHA want to accomplish? 16 Page 8
How should we word the goal? Please type your suggestions in the chat pod. 17 Why care so much about the goal? A clear, action-packed goal: Helps you design relevant activities Helps you identify the crucial content Shows how your work supports the business 18 Page 9
Goals that don t work well Feeling goals Staff will feel more confident when using the new system New hires will feel welcome and committed to our goals Ask: How will this affect business performance? 19 Goals that don t work well Understanding goals Staff will understand why we re changing our brand Learners will understand how the new phone system works Ask: How will this affect business performance? 20 Page 10
What should we do next? 21 2. Identify what people need to do 22 Page 11
Does knowledge always change behavior? 23 Use action words Consider writing performance goals rather than learning objectives. 24 Page 12
What does OSHA need people to do? Please type your suggestions in the chat pod. 25 Consider a concept map action needed to reach goal 26 Page 13
Next step? 1. Identify the business goal. 2. Identify what people need to do to reach that goal. 27 3. Identify practice activities activity that reinforces real-world behavior 28 Page 14
4. Identify the minimum information minimum info that the learner needs 29 Brain or job aid? What they must know on the job Everything else 30 Page 15
Where should the info go? Course (brain) Job aid 31 Delete everything else! blah blah blah 32 Page 16
How will our organization differ from this? 1. Definitions, statistics re workplace violence 2. Risk factors 3. OSHA s role 4. Need for management & employee commitment 5. Analyzing the worksite 6. Controlling hazards 7. Responding to incidents 8. Evaluating your progress 33 The process 1 goal 2 action 3 activity 4 info 34 Page 17
The process 1. Identify the business goal. 2. Identify what people need to do to reach that goal. 3. Design activities that help people practice that behavior. 4. Identify the minimum information people will need to complete the activities. 35 For more information Online tool that helps designers and SMEs: www.elearningblueprints.com More ideas for elearning design: http://blog.cathy-moore.com cathy@cathy-moore.com 36 Page 18