Sunday, June 1 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Instructional Design Institute

Monday, June 2, 2:00-3:00pm

Matching the Strategy to the Content: Appropriate Instructional Strategies for Teaching Declarative, Procedural, and Conceptual Knowledge
Karl Kapp

This session explores ways of applying appropriate instructional strategies for teaching declarative, procedural, and conceptual knowledge. Strategies for teaching problem solving and soft skills will also be addressed. Questions regarding what strategy works when will be answered.

Monday, June 2, 3:30-4:30pm

Instructional Design for the Real World: Tricks to Speed It Up, Make It Less Painless, and Amaze Your Friends
Jane Bozarth

This is a fast, fun tour of quick tools and tricks that will support rapid instructional design, cut to the heart of needs analysis, and improve communication with subject matter experts and managers and others requesting training solutions.

Tuesday, June 3, 10:30-11:30am

Five Critical Success Factors for Converting Instructor-led Training into E-learning
Susan Boyd

There are many critical success factors that need to be addressed for an organization to successfully transition its instructor-led training (ILT) into effective e-learning. This session will help you identify the reasons for making the transition, and how to measure its success. You will examine the repackaging of the content—what must be left in, what must be presented differently, and what should be presented asynchronously vs. synchronously.

Tuesday, June 3, 1:30-2:30pm

Compliance and Regulatory Training: Turn Boring into Engaging
Susan Boyd

Many companies are faced with the challenge of providing training on an annual basis to meet compliance and regulatory requirements. Using e-learning courses can be one way of meeting this requirement, but they won’t be effective if the learners won’t complete the courses. In this session, we will discuss the challenges and present design tips to make boring content more engaging and interactive for the learner.

Tuesday, June 3, 3:00-4:00pm

Unclog the Brain Bandwidth: Designing to Decrease Cognitive Load and Increase Efficiency in Learning
Jane Bozarth

Too often our training programs, materials, slide shows, and e-learning programs simply ask too much of our learners. Like Internet lines, learner brains have only so much "bandwidth.” Overloading them results in poor comprehension and retention. This session looks at ways of helping learners learn by providing content for maximum impact and retention, reducing overload, and increasing efficiency in learning. For those interested in e-learning, special attention will be paid to enhancing the effectiveness of multimedia learning approaches.