The document discusses strategies for moving learning beyond the status quo through increased creativity and interactivity. It provides objectives around assessing an organization's tolerance for creativity, developing strategies to partner with subject matter experts, and creating a business case for a more interactive approach. Tools are presented to guide stakeholders and support moving from static treatment of content to more immersive simulations and non-linear learning paths. Partnering strategies and making the case for benefits to learners and businesses are also addressed.

1. Breaking Boring: Moving
Learning Beyond the Status Quo
Kelly Prince
Chris Stadler

2. Encountering creative
roadblocks?

3. Session Objectives
 Assess your organization’s level of
creativity tolerance
 Develop strategies to partner with
SMEs and share ideas
 Create a business case for your
approach
 Use tools to guide and support SMEs
and stakeholders.

4. What’s your
company’s
“creativity
tolerance?”

5. Creativity= treatment + interactivity

6.  Interactivity
Stories/Scenarios
Immersive simulations
Non-linear learning paths
Higher-level learning

7. Why would your SME object?
Budget
Time
Resistance to change
Worried source content
won’t translate to a more
interactive format

8. Tools for Success
 Wireframing, prototypes
 Evolving content map
 Flow charting software
 Team and consult
 Pilots, focus groups

9. Partnering
Strategies
 Communicate
 Team and consult
 Ask for feedback
 Team and consult
 Start small

11. Making the
Business Case
What is the benefit to the learner/business?
How can your approach meet those
objectives?
Bring in the “experts”, reference the
industry literature
Look back to look forward
Make the case for getting it right: the cost
for getting it wrong

12. Graphic Novel with Branching
Scenarios:
Too much, too fast!

13. Lessons Learned
 Lower fidelity
 Less learning paths but not wholly linear
 Exploratory content presentation
 Build trust through partnering