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Online Forum | May 17 & 18

eLearning Instructional Design: Advanced and Breakthrough Techniques

How can you take your instructional-design skills and techniques to the next level? What are some of the newest innovations in instructional design? What does the research tell us about which design techniques really work and which ones don’t? If you want to design increasingly compelling online learning experiences, or just need some fresh ideas, this Online Forum is for you.

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Schedule

Day 1: Thursday, May 17

All Times Listed in Pacific Time

Opening Session

8:30am to 9:45am
Handshaw
101 - Instructional Design: Demonstrating Value through Results, Dick Handshaw, Handshaw, Inc.

Advanced Design Techniques

Breakthrough Design Techniques

10:15am to 11:30am
 
Unrein
201 - How Rapid Development Tools Influence Your Design, and How to Not Let Them, Judy Unrein, Nike, Inc.
Hoffman, Costelllo & Ha 202 - Library as Catalyst to Collaborative Instructional-Design Initiatives, Michelle Costello, Kimberly Davies-Hoffman & Corey Ha, Milne Library, SUNY Geneseo
12:00pm to 1:15pm
Jones 301 - Flash and Beyond: Making eLearning Accessible, Charles Jones, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Marrapodi 302 - Chiropractic ID: Adjusting for Alignment, Jean Marrapodi, Applestar Productions

Day 2: Friday, May 18

All Times Listed in Pacific Time

Advanced Design Techniques

Breakthrough Design Techniques

8:30am to 9:45am

 

Peterson & Cote 401 - What's Your Story? Using Personas to Focus your Instructional Design, Brendan Peterson & Jennifer Cote, Salesforce.com Dirksen 402 - Designing for Flow: Creating Compelling User Experiences for Learning, Julie Dirksen, Usable Learning, LLC
10:15am to 11:30am
de Waard 501 - The Advantages of MOOCs for an International Learning Audience, Inge de Waard, Institute of Tropical Medicine
Richter 502 - Beyond Clicks: Instructional Strategies that Facilitate Cognitive Processes, Gina Richter, Ph.D., First Data, Inc.

Closing Session

12:00pm to 1:15pm
Metcalf & Ripin 601 - The Evolving Possibilities for eLearning Design, David Metcalf, Ph.D., University of Central Florida, and A.J. Ripin, Moving Knowledge, Inc.
 

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 Quotes

"The collaborative format really helped me take the concepts of the content and apply them to ideas for my own training program."

Kate Lawless, Training Documentation Specialist, University Physicians, Inc.