Instructional design is often overlooked. Creating a useful learning experience – one where the students learn and are able to use that knowledge – isn’t about flash videos or bulleted slides with 3D charts in rainbow colors. Instructional design is a necessary first step; it must come before building the training pieces.

You can jump right in and start creating content (many people do)…but you’ll have a better product in less time if you start with “What would I like to teach?”, “Why?”, “How will I teach it?”, “What other content and skills do I need?”, and “Do I have the time to do it?”.

So, before we build your courses, we’ll want to know:

• Who is this training for? Who are the students?
• What do you want them to learn?
• What do you want them to do with that knowledge?
• How do they learn?
• What resources do they have?

We’ll work with you to determine your objectives, goals, and constraints for your training initiative. We’ll design the Perfect Mix of…

• Online, Face-to-Face, & Offline (books, for instance)
• Synchronous (everyone at the same time) & Asynchronous (self-paced, at any time)
• Multi-media usage (audio, video, props)
• Team & Individual efforts
• Teacher-involved or not
• Classroom, Lab, & Field

…to fit your audience, your budget, and your objectives.