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1. A Quick Guide to
Strategies in
Instructional Design

2. What is a Strategy?

3. GAME PLAN or a high level plan to
achieve one or more goals.
A STRATEGY is a…

4. What is an Instructional STRATEGY?
A high level approach of how we are going to
TEACH a subject.

5. What are the components of an
Instructional Strategy?

6. 1 Content Presentation
• Establishing visual patterns in the
content to enable ‘at a glance’
comprehension
• Revealing learning content in
progressive layers and building
the knowledge gained in the
earlier layer

7. 2 Visual
• GUI: Resembles the actual physical
environment of the course
• Illustrations: Depict scenarios,
characters, expressions, etc.
• Color: Colors and combinations are
really important

8. 3 Media
• Audio: Using audio in eLearning helps
acquire information more effectively
• Animations: Training content can be
explained better through animations
• Video Snippets: Hook learners to
your course

9. 4 Assessments
Set Formative and Summative
assessments to inculcate analytical
thinking and creative
problem-solving skills.

10. 5 Technical
• Functional Specifications
• Course Deployment
• Standards’ Compliance
• Client/Server Environment
• Development Tools/Technology

11. Types of Instructional Strategies

12. Logical
Presentation

13. Storytelling
(theme)

14. Guided
Learning

15. Case Study

16. Scenario-
based
Approach

17. How to
decide
on an
Instructional
Strategy?

18. Audience
• Children vs. Adults
• Computer Literate vs. Not so
comfortable with computers
• White collared vs. Blue collared
• Cultural Groups

19. Subject
All subjects cannot be
taught in the same
manner.

20. Learning
Environment
• In a computer lab
• At a workstation
• While travelling
• On different devices
• Self and Collaborative

21. Time
&
Cost
Parameters/Constraints
and…
Technical

23. Before we leave,
let’s quickly recap what we have learned.
Components of an ID Strategy
• Content
• Visual
• Media
• Assessments
• Technical
Types of Instructional Strategies
• Logical Presentation
• Storytelling (theme)
• Guided Learning (Avatars etc.)
• Case study
• Scenario-based