Agile Instructional Design

Course details

Many instructional design and development processes produce ineffective products, often accompanied by delayed timelines and cost overruns. Agile instructional design applies the SAM (Success Approximation Model) principles to training development, which results in meaningful and effective learning experiences that help the learner as well as meet the needs of stakeholders. In this course, Richard Sites explores how to apply an agile process to instructional design. Learn how to start savvy, document your ideas, prototype course content, build your design, and review your instruction for any missed opportunities. Dr. Sites also shows how to align your current process with SAM and become an effective leader of agile and iterative training and development projects.

Learning objectives
Using SAM to create engaging learning experiences
Running a Savvy Start brainstorming or prototyping session
Documenting your ideas
Evaluating the design
Building a design proof
Aligning your process to SAM

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. How to Develop the Best Learning Experiences

02 - Use SAM to create engaging learning
03 - Anatomy of effective learning events
04 - Overview of SAM

2. How to Brainstorm, Sketch & Prototype

05 - How to prepare for the Savvy Start
06 - How to run a Savvy Start
07 - Functional prototyping

3. How to Test Your Design Ideas

08 - Document the project and project plan
09 - Write the course content
10 - Create additional prototypes
11 - Evaluate your design

4. How to Build on the Right Path (Stay the Course)

12 - Build the design proof
13 - Review deliverables
14 - Alpha review
15 - Beta & gold reviews

5. How to Empower Your ID Success

16 - Align your process to SAM
17 - Be a SAM leader

Conclusion

18 - Next steps

Agile Instructional Design

Authors

Richard Sites