Distance instructional design: a new business opportunity for the modern trainer
Distance instructional design is one of the most insidious challenges for the modern trainer, but at the same time it allows to create an important business opportunity: in this article we will try to provide some guidelines on how to use an authoring tool to create new possibilities and differentiate the trainer’s market.
E-LEARNING AND DISTANCE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN: THE NEW WORLD OF EDUCATION
The modern trainer , in the last year and a half, has certainly reviewed the methods of providing his/her lessons and courses, finding a very important opportunity in the digital environment , although there are trainers who still resist.Consequently, distance instructional design requires more different guidelines than the canonical lessons to which everyone was used to.
E-learning offers solutions of big importance: the use of authoring toolss and LMS now allows the trainer to follow the training path of their students step by step, as well as providing high quality and interactive learning material . But what can be the best method for using e-learning content? One of the most used instructional strategies, it would seem with good success, in distance learning is micro-learning.
MICRO-LEARNING IN DISTANCE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN: THE CONCEPT OF FRAME
Micro-learning , from a certain point of view, represents a real revolution in the world of training. The trainer, in the creation of his/her lessons or courses, must take into account the level of attention of his students, which tends to drop especially among digital natives: all the information that allows the user to acquire new knowledge must therefore be divided, according to the predetermined educational objectives , in self-contained micro-pills.
It is a training method that aims at distributing the training content in reduced sequences. These micro-pills combine contents which are then divided into frames, which represent a further subdivision into micro-units. In the frame the trainer will insert, therefore, various information on a given topic, from which the student will draw and learn in a proactive way, thanks to the interaction potential offered by the SCORM standard.
Ultimately, the trainer, in the planning and instructional design phase of his/her own course, should absolutely not underestimate micro-learning so that the student is put in a position to learn independently and does not receive too much information without having time to assimilate it.
DISTANCE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN WITH QUIDDIS MAKE: A NEW BUSINESS FOR THE MODERN TRAINER
The new authoring tool Quiddis Make fits into this framework. With an authoring tool, the modern trainer would have enormous potential to exploit for the adoption of micro-learning and the creation of their own training micro-pills. Quiddis Make allows you to create continuity between the information to be transmitted, avoiding learning by “compartmentalization”, through a storytelling based on objectives and frames that allow a high level of interaction with the educational material.
Furthermore, to facilitate the memorization of the concepts expressed in the micro-pills, the trainer can consider inserting forced pauses in their contents. The pause in an excessively long lesson, in fact, allows the student to better memorize the information acquired, especially if it is truly interactive content and not simple text on the screen, as in a pdf or in a simple slide.
Ultimately, Quiddis Make can be the most suitable tool for trainers who are thinking of turning to the web and distance learning, especially if combined with effective distance instructional design. Sign up for our newsletter to stay tuned on the latest news from Quiddis world.You can request a free demo of the introductory course to use Quiddis Make or become a beta tester of the new Quiddis Make Easy by filling in the dedicated form.
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