Based on the industry-leading ideas from Michael Allen’s Guide to e-Learning, this course will fundamentally change the way you perceive the design and development of digital training. Learn the core design principles of Learner-Centered Design, Instructional Interactivity (CCAF), the Three Success Factors (M&Ms), and the Magic Keys to enhancing motivation. Includes a brief introduction to and practice in iterative rapid design with sketching.

This course is a foundation course for all Allen Academy Programs. 

In this course you will:

• Create meaningful, instructional context
• Manipulate risk and consequences to challenge learners
• Focus design on meaningful behavioral outcomes
• Employ feedback as a crucial teaching vehicle
• Apply simple design elements to transform learner motivation
• Develop interactivity design ideas through sketching and prototyping
• Receive guided practice material
• Participate in peer networking support

Prerequisites: None

Experience level: Any

Format: Virtual instructor-led (webinar series)

Duration: 12 hours total (6 x 2-hour instructor-led sessions)

Instructor:  Dr. Nan Thornton

Technical requirements:  Online instructor-led sessions are conducted via webinar on the Zoom platform. (View Zoom's system requirements here.) You will need a good enough internet connection to view your instructor's shared screen and to access examples of online interactivity.