Quick Tips for a Lone Instructional Designer

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Recently one of my blog readers asked me a very interesting question:
Could you please elaborate on the questions/ information an ID should look for from the client/ the Project manager when he/she is the lone ID handling a project?
All of us are used to collaborative effort when [...]

April 22nd, 2009 | Category: Analysis and Design, Instructional Design, Needs Analysis, elearning | 7 comments

Needs Analysis in Instructional Design (Part III)

This is the continuation of my previous post.
#2 Conducting Audience Analysis
A thorough knowledge about the target audience (learners) is a must before you develop an e-learning course. After all it is for their benefit you make the course. If they gain no value from the course you develop, then there is no point in your [...]

March 2nd, 2007 | Category: Analysis and Design, Audience Analysis, Instructional Design, Needs Analysis | 2 comments

Needs Analysis in Instructional Design – An Introduction (Part II)

This is a continuation of my previous post.
#1 Finding out the Training Need and Course Goal
To find out why you need to develop an e-learning course, you need to get into talks with the client. During the discussion get as much details as possible about:

The current mode/method of training if any
The pitfalls in the [...]

March 1st, 2007 | Category: Analysis and Design, Instructional Design, Needs Analysis | 8 comments

Needs Analysis in Instructional Design- An Introduction (Part 1)

Needs Analysis indicates gathering the requirements for an e-learning course.
Most often Needs Analysis is done hurriedly or skipped due to various reasons such as:

Tight deadlines
Not sure what information to gather

In some other cases the Instructional Designers are not at all involved in Needs Analysis. They are just given some basic information and asked to Storyboard.
Let [...]

March 1st, 2007 | Category: Analysis and Design, Instructional Design, Needs Analysis | 2 comments