Introduction

Avoid Boring Training Ask Your Learners To Do Something

• Motivation for the SLD Checklist
• Overview of the SLD Checklist

Review Your Training Use the Strong Learning Design Checklist

• The SLD Checklist Structure
• Action-Oriented Training
• Information Dump Training
• Your Turn: Practice

Assess Your Skills

• Final Exam

Go Forth! Create Great Training

• Lesson Review
• References and Materials

Introduction

In this lesson, you will learn how to evaluate training materials using Cathy Moore’s “Checklist for Strong Learning Design.” Used with her permission, Cathy's Checklist will ensure that your training materials create powerful learning experiences that promote higher learner satisfaction and achievement. This goal is achieved by assessing various aspects of your materials to ensure that they are "action-oriented" vs. "information dumps."

After all, don't you want your learners to look like this.....................Instead of this?

Why Are You Here?

Are you an Instructional Designer who wants to design courses so that learners are immersed? You are at the right place. When you have completed this 20-minute lesson (we bet you can finish it in 15!) you'll be able to do the following:

• Given a sample of specific component from a set of training materials, correctly classify that component as either “action-oriented” or an “information dump” as defined in Cathy Moore’s “Checklist for Strong Learning Design.” You will be able to correctly classify 8 out of 10 examples.