As a Learning Designer, I use a combination of backward design, empathy maps, personas, and storyboards to create engaging and effective eLearning courses for adult learners. Here's how I go about it.
First, I start by defining the learning objectives and desired outcomes for the course. This helps me understand what the learners should be able to do after completing the course, and guides the overall design process.
Next, I create an empathy map for my learners to better understand their needs and perspective. This involves brainstorming and mapping out what the learners might be thinking, feeling, saying, doing, and experiencing during the course.
From there, I create a persona for my learners. A persona is a fictional character that represents the characteristics and needs of a specific group of learners. This helps me further tailor the course to the needs of the learners.
With the empathy map and persona in place, I can then create a storyboard for the course. A storyboard is a visual representation of the content, activities, and assessments that will be included in the course, and how they all fit together.
Using the storyboard as a guide, I use an eLearning authoring tool to build the course, incorporating the content, activities, and assessments in a logical and cohesive manner.
Finally, I analyze the course to assess its effectiveness and make any necessary refinements. I also evaluate the course with the client or subject matter expert to understand their insights and make any concluding adjustments before launching the course.
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