Our industry is still plagued with eLearning designs that focus too much on content when eLearning instructional design should focus on what the learner needs to do and not just know. And don’t we all long for an efficient and more collaborative development process—one that not only fosters creativity, but that is practical too? In this session Richard Sites will lay the foundation for success when designing and developing performance-based learning on time, within budget, and that will leave your learners engaged and clients happy! Walk away with the design and development principles that will allow you to spread your creative wings and soar through 2016. You’ll get a learning design blueprint that focuses on the learner’s performance through a collaborative and agile process that reduces common development pain points.

1. The Design Blueprint
for Creating
Performance-Driven
Learning
Richard H. Sites, Ed.D.
VP – Training & Marketing, Allen Interactions Inc.
Co-Author – Leaving ADDIE for SAM and Leaving ADDIE for SAM Field Guide

2. Design Blueprint for
Performance Driven
Learning
• Design The Performance First.
• Iterate for Success.
• Test Your Design.
• Define Quality.

3. ID Definition
The selection & development
of
information and events
which will activate new
behaviors.Richard Sites, June 2015

4. Applying SAM &
Our Design Principles
Meaningful, Memorable,
Motivational learning
experiences.
CCAF
MMM
7 Magic Keys
PRINCIPLES
An agile, iterative
design and
development process.
SAM
PROCESS
Activities and artifacts
used in the execution
of the process.
Design Documents
Weekly Updates
Content Grids
Project Plans
PRACTICES

6. Blueprint Principle #1
Design The
Performance
First!

7. Describe the Context
In Which the
Performance Will
Occur.
This is the real performance, not the instructional
event.

8. So what’s happening
here?

9. Design Principles
ENGAGING
LEARNING
EXPERIENC
ES

10. Design Is Not…
The collection,
selection and
presentation of
content.

11. Blueprint Principle #2
Iterate for
Success!

12. Iterate towards the
final product.
Demonstrate the final product early (and often)!

13. SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION
MODEL (SAM)

14. Build In An Iterative
Process

15. Build In An Iterative
Process

16. Build With
Iterations Design
Proof
Prototype
Alpha Beta/ Gold

17. Blueprint Principle #3
Test Your
Design

18. Design – Prototype –
Evaluate to
determine best
design.
Evaluating within the project increases the quality of
the product.

19. Evaluating Your Design
WHY?
HOW?

20. Evaluating Your Design
Correlation
Opportunity

21. Evaluating Design
Effectively
• Allows for adjustments prior
to implementation
• Tests the team’s notions of
quality
• Increases product quality
with minimal burden
• Addresses stakeholder
concerns

22. Evaluation through
Prototypes

23. Blueprint Principle #4
Define Quality

24. Collaborate with
participants to
determine what is
quality.
All aspects of quality do not exist before the project
starts.

25. Team
Desires
Learner
Needs
Instructional
Design Principles
Organizational
Demands
Defining Quality

26. Success Formula

27. #trgcon
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28. Tuesday, September 20
CHICAGO
Co-located with Training magazine’s Online Learning Conference