Practical Instructional Design

Practical Instructional Design is not a book on learning theories, tactics, or how people learn – there are plenty of books that already cover this. Instead, it provides a process, quality assurance methodology, and rigor that makes your training defensible, what most of us were not taught when we were told we are now instructional designers or trainers.

This process for creating training is based on decades of learning science and instructional design processes; it is the result of creating training in industries that are highly regulated. Highly regulated industries are concerned about direct and vicarious liability, which impacts every organization and employee. Using case law and precedence from public safety regarding training, issues found in corporate training can be immediately rectified, and case law supporting learning science can provide a foundation for perofrmance and training improvement.

The foundational principle of this book is creating a process that documents every step of creating training, what I call creating a “training chain of evidence.” When training is not making the impact expected, stakeholders and business leaders attack the course design and instructors who are typically creating training from their “background, training, and experience.” The days of “background, training, and experience” are over in the face of a science and research based learning industry. Instead, training needs to be based on “research, observation, and analysis.”

All the tools, documents, and templates to support a complete methodology for creating training,  are provided with explanations and activities to create a course s you work through the book. Every step of the process creates a piece of evidence of “why” the course delivers the content and assesses participant performance the way it does. It provides a path of why the training request resulted in the product produced.

486 pages of:

• • A process for creating defensible training using established and researched frameworks, methods, and concepts, and theories put to practice
  • Design and evaluation methods for measuring performance – of the course and the participants through time.
  • Templates, documents, examples, and activities to build a course while working through the book.
  • Options for maximizing your learning experience with free access to videos, links for creating a class, and the ability to get a certificate of completion by completing tasks and receiving feedback.

This is a pre-order! With your purchase you get:

• • A 20% discount on the paperback or eBook
    • $59.95 for the paperback
    • $43.95 for the electronic version
  • A folder of all the electronic files of all of the documents and templates in the book for free – a $50 savings
  • A free on-hour consultation – a $120 savings

Pre-order ends the November 25th.

All books are estimated to be delivered by Christmas.