This session delivered at Learning DevCamp 2015, Salt Lake City, UT by Megan Torrance. Building on Gottfredson & Mosher’s Five Moments of Learning Need, Megan encourages instructional designers to make deliberate choices at 9 moments of need for learners.

1. Planning for
Nine Moments
of Learning Need
Learning DevCamp 2015 | Session S104
Megan Torrance
© TorranceLearning
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2. We’re letting learners down.
They’re not ready to learn.
They forget what we taught them.
We teach them too much anyway.

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It all started with 5
moments of learning
need.

4. Gottfredson &
Mosher’s
5 Moments of
Learning Need
(read the full article
online in Learning
Solutions Magazine)
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5. The realm of
formal training
• Elearning
• Books & reading
• Instructor-led
• Videos
• Lectures
• Micro-learning
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You’ll find these things in your learning management system.

6. Informal &
Performance
Support
• YouTube
• EPSS
• Job aids
• Social learning
• Mentoring
• The guy down the hall
who knows everything
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These things make great use cases for xAPI.

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And then we started
to think about
more...

8. If you like to read to
learn…

9. It’s kinda like
marketing.
• Movie trailers
& coming attractions
• Posters
• Word of mouth
• Cascading directives
• Edict from on high
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You can leverage your LMS & internal comms for this.

10. Getting ready for
learning
• High Impact Learning
Maps
• Pre-work
• Scouting assignments
• Self-assessments
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(High Impact Learning, Brinkerhoff & Apking)
Prepare

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Remember to do
it!
• Text reminders
• Posters
• Tip of the day
• Frequent exhortations
• Games & scoring
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Remember
(Anything Art Kohn does)

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Oh yeah …
teaching others.
(This is where your SME
lives.)
Before
Prepare
Remember
Teach

13. Using the n moments of need
When designing instruction & learning experiences
When defining scope for a project
When pitching a project to a client
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14. How can you use it?
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