This document discusses using action mapping to plan an e-learning project. It recommends identifying goals, actions needed to achieve the goals, practice activities to support the actions, and essential information for the activities. An action map visually connects these elements and helps ensure the e-learning project stays focused on achieving measurable goals. The process provides reusable materials and realistic activities while avoiding irrelevant information.

1. Planning your journey into embedding e-learning practices With acknowledgement to the Design Lively Elearning with Action Mapping slides by Cathy Moore located on Slideshare 2009

2. 1. Identify your goals What educational change do you want to create with the e-learning practice? What e-learning tool/practice will provide the solution to your delivery issues?

3. Why care about the goal? A measurable goal helps you: Design relevant actions Identify essential content Evaluate the success of your project Show how your effort supports e-learning

4. Example Goals: Demonstrate how to explore e-learning tools Demonstrate how to implement e-learning initiatives Demonstrate how to embed e-learning practices

5. Put the goal in the middle of your map Write your goal here

6. E-learning Goal

7. Identify what people need to do List actions that people must take to reach the e-learning goal

8. Example Actions To understand the use and potentials for Web 2.0 tools To encourage and support others in the use of e-learning initiatives To fully accept and include e-learning in core business Explore and use an e-learning tool for a period of time Implement an e-learning project with a group Embed an e-learning practice into your everyday work

9. Put the actions round your goal

10. Design or locate practice activities For each action that learners must take in the e-learning experience, design or locate a practice activity:

11. Practice activities

12. Example Activities: Activities enabling practice in e-learning: Example 1: create & maintain a blog for 6 months Example 2: mentor a group in using blogs Example 3: add blogging as a weekly practice

13. Put the activities on your map Link each activity to the action it supports

14. Put the actions round your goal

15. Identify what people need to know Identify the information that the learners must have to complete each practice activity really, really

16. Identify what people need to know really, really

17. Example information: Information essential for the activities: How to create a blog How to involve a group in collaborative blogs How to encourage blogging on a weekly basis

18. Put the information on your map Link the information to each practice activity

19. Put the information on your map

20. The Action Mapping process! Identify the goal Identify what people need to do to reach the goal Design or locate activities that help people practice those actions Identify the minimum information people need to complete each activity

21. Everything supports the e-learning goal! Action that will help reach the goal Realistic practice activity for that action Only the essential information for that activity Measurable goal

22. Your Action Map 2. Action that will help reach the goal 3. Realistic practice activity for that action 4. Essential information for that activity 1. Measurable goal

23. Benefits of using the map as a development tool Tightly focussed and relevant process Re-useable materials Realistic compelling activities No irrelevant information More likely to have a measurable impact “ Our exploration, implementation and embedding did that!”

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