Book description
Don’t create boring e-learning!
Cammy Bean presents a fresh, modern take on instructional design for e-learning. Filled with her personal insights and tips, The Accidental Instructional Designer covers nearly every aspect of the e-learning design process, including understanding instructional design, creating scenarios, building interactivity, designing visuals, and working with SMEs. You’ll learn all about the CBT Lady and how to avoid her instructional design mistakes. Along the way, you’ll hear from a few other accidental instructional designers, get ideas for your own projects, and find resources and references to take your own practice to the next level.
The Accidental Instructional Designer is perfect for the learning professional or instructional designer who is just getting started with e-learning—or the more experienced practitioner looking for new ideas. In addition to sharing proven techniques and strategies, this book:
covers best practices and what to avoid when designing an e-learning program
presents e-learning in action through various case studies
shows how you can go from being an accidental instructional designer to an intentional one.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Once Upon a Time
- Part I
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Part II
- Chapter 3. Working With Subject Matter Experts
- Chapter 4. What’s Your Design Approach?
- Chapter 5. Finding Your Hook
- Chapter 6. Interactivity That Counts
- Chapter 7. Writing Better E-Learning
- Chapter 8. It’s All in the Story
- Chapter 9. Looking Good: On Visual Design
- Chapter 10. Mixing It Up: New Blends and Marketing Strategies
- Chapter 11. Secret Handshakes
- Part III
- My Favorite Resources
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Accidental Instructional Designer: Learning Design for the Digital Age
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2014
- Publisher(s): Association for Talent Development
- ISBN: 9781607284079
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