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Instructional Design & Development
Step #7: Outline Instruction Events
When presenting ANY type of content, instruction is most effective when it follows a predictable flow — a flow we call the events of instruction.
- Gain attention: It is important to capture the attention — and the minds — of your learners before learning can begin. A story, a relevant joke, a statistic, or a question are all good ways to capture the attention of your audience and get them engaged in the training that’s about to begin.
- State objective: Stating the objective allows the learner to prepare a mental map of what the training (or this section of the training) is going to cover.
- Link to previous learning: People learn by linking new information to existing information and mental models. Help them learn by linking this content to previously learned content.
- Present content: This is where you follow the learning sequence presented in Step #6: Create Learning Activities.
- Guide learning: This is where you follow the learning sequence presented in Step #6: Create Learning Activities.
- Have participants practice: This is where you follow the learning sequence presented in Step #6: Create Learning Activities.
- Provide feedback: This is where you follow the learning sequence presented in Step #6: Create Learning Activities.
- Assess performance: It is important to you and to the participants to determine if they’ve mastered the objective by providing some type of assessment.
- Enhance retention and transfer: Create job aids as appropriate. Job aids list the important steps, guidelines, contacts, and other information to help participants do their jobs. (Note: if speed and memorization are required on the job, job aids are not suggested — people must memorize the steps and/or information! You wouldn’t want the bus driver to pull out a job aid when sliding on ice!)
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