ISD for the SME Certificate Program

Instructional Systems Design for the Subject Matter Expert

To reduce costs and get business-critical data to the workforce more quickly, organizations are finding it more expedient to use business experts in the design and delivery of training. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that these subject matter experts understand how effective workplace training is constructed and carried out. But don’t just take our word for it….

Thanks so much for the Design class. I can’t adequately tell you how much I learned and how useful it will be. Being brand new and very skeptical about synchronous learning (not to mention design), you have completely turned me around.

Bronwyn Jones
LandAmerica Financial Group

This is a great class that I would recommend to more than just SME’s.

Kelly James-Piccolo
Hospira

The intersession work was great to reinforce the concepts covered in that week’s session. It was also important to review the results at the start of each class the next week. The intersession work also helped me in starting to complete my final project because it forced me to start to look at how I was really going to set up this potential training session and why.

June Bronnert
AHIMA

A common occurrence when using business / subject matter experts to design training is that they get buried in the detail and focus on delivering data instead of facilitating knowledge transfer. By applying a few basic, but critical, instructional design principles, they can focus on the essential outcomes that are necessary and practical for the organization

The sheer amount of knowledge that needs to be transferred, short development cycles, small audience sizes, and minimal program shelf life all validate the need for knowledge about instructional design skills throughout the organization.

Certificate Overview

The instructional design certificate provides 8 hours of live online training blended with self directed exercises and assignments and a final project. At the conclusion of this certificate series, the participant will be able to quickly create well-designed training programs that effectively transfer expertise to the workforce.

The course is limited to 8 individuals. All sessions are held via a synchronous delivery platform (i.e. Elluminate, WebEx, Centra, etc.*) allowing an individual to attend from anywhere he/she has an internet connection. All sessions are 2 hours; the certificate includes:

• Introduction to the ISD Process
• Conducting the Needs Analysis/Setting Objectives
• Design of the Training and Development of Training Materials
• Evaluations
• Final Assignment

Delivered by the Instructional Design experts of The Training Doctor, LLC.

Introduction to the ISD Process

This session introduces the role of the instructional design process, briefly discussing each step of the ADDIE model and its importance in the development of sound training. In addition to an overview of each of the modules, this session also orients the attendee to the online learning environment.

This program introduces the ISD process that can be applied to any learning environment: Traditional Classroom, Online, Self Directed, etc.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Be a successful participant in the online learning environment
• Explain the ADDIE model of instructional design

Conducting the Needs Analysis/Setting Objectives

Understanding the underlying need for training is a pre-requisite for setting objectives. The needs analysis identifies whether or not there is a true training need, what the extent of the need is, and what the present knowledge and skill level of the trainee-group is. The first half of this session will assist participants in:

• Identifying and separating symptoms from problems
• Isolating outside influences and contributors to the problem
• Determining the most effective and efficient method of remedying the problem (which may NOT be a training solution)

This session will conclude by discussing objectives, which are one of the most crucial aspects of training. They are the blueprint to follow when designing training courses. Attendees will learn to:

• Define the learning that needs to occur and the type of training necessary to get people there (skills or knowledge)
• Identify the level of training involved (familiarity or mastery)
• Identify any criteria or conditions that need to be incorporated into the training

Design of the Training and Development of Training Materials

No learning will take place if your training isn’t designed for the right audience or created according to sound instructional principles. At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify knowledge and skills items
• Design training via logical “chunking” of topics and the hierarchies of learning (known to unknown; simple to complex)
• Identify appropriate training methodologies (classroom, self-study, job aids, tutorials, e-learning, etc) given the topic, the audience, and the learning objectives.

Evaluations

Evaluations are used to determine if your training has worked, what level of mastery the trainees have attained, and whether the training was worth the time and investment for the organization. Evaluations are also used to make good training better and to get bad training out of the curriculum.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Define Evaluation Levels 1 - 5 and their importance in evaluating curriculum
• Identify the best method for evaluating various types of training programs and learner performance
• Discuss the role of the pilot and ongoing evaluation of training programs

Final Assignment

The final assignment includes two deliverables:

1. A complete training program – from all perspectives – including instructor materials, participant materials and/or any supporting materials necessary (slides, videos, job aids, etc).
2. A 3-5 page written paper discussing what the participant learned through the ISD for the SME course and how their training design was influenced by this learning.

The final assignments are due 3 weeks after the final, live session (weekly assignments will assist them in achieving the first deliverable).

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Course Materials and Requirements

Pre-work is not required.

A 43 page Participant Workbook will be distributed via email to all participants approximately 3 – 5 days before the first class. The workbook includes instructions for a tech-check which is required of all participants to ensure that they are able to successfully log-in to the online classroom (forestalling firewall and security issues at individual’s locations).

A reminder email will be issued to all participants the day before each live session which will include a link to the online classroom.

Participants will receive two e-books:

• Designing Training Manuals
• Instructional Design 101

at the end of the sessions in which these two publications are appropriately linked.

ISD for the SME Certificate Program
Instructional Systems Design for the Subject Matter Expert

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Cost: $399.

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* Public sessions are delivered via WebEx

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