Develop the four key competencies essential for a successful career in instructional design with this practical guide Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Grow your core competencies for a well-paying, flexible, and rewarding career in instructional design Discover expert tips on the key competencies needed to be successful in this field Learn practical tips for day-to-day learning projects through real-world...

Once Upon a Time, Storytelling Met Instructional Design From children to adults, everybody likes a good story. Stories are memorable, actionable, and emotional. We are constantly making sense of the world by forming stories, and that makes them perfect for instructional design. Instructional Story Design is a practical guide to writing and developing stories for training. It takes what you already know about a story's power to connect with people...

"Make your foray into successive approximations successful and as easy as possible. In the 2012 bestseller, Leaving ADDIE for SAM, learning professionals were introduced to the Successive Approximation Model (SAM) and the Savvy Start--the key to a successful project kick-off. Together, these concepts incorporate contemporary Agile processes that simplify design and development, yielding more energetic and effective learning experiences. This companion...

The classic guide to instructional design, fully updated for the new ways we learn Rapid Instructional Design is the industry standard guide to creating effective instructional materials, providing no-nonsense practicality rather than theory-driven text. Beginning with a look at what ""instructional design"" really means, readers are guided step-by-step through the ADDIE model to explore techniques for analysis, design, development, intervention,...

Knowledge representation is fundamental to the study of mind. All theories of psychological processing are rooted in assumptions about how information is stored. These assumptions, in turn, influence the explanatory power of theories. This book fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an overview of types of knowledge representation techniques and their use in cognitive models. Organized around types of representations, this book begins...

Launching and managing a successful e-learning project is much easier when you use the proven steps and strategies in this practical guide. Learn why e-learning projects often fail and how to avoid technical issues that can bring an e-learning project to a halt. Practical hands-on exercises and worksheets and a companion website with helpful downloads make it easier and quicker to improve a current project or plan future e-learning initiatives.