This program is for experienced Instructional Designers who want to take their learning designs to the next level.

Workshop description:

Let’s just admit it: our learning designs can be, quite frankly, boring! We aren’t always delivering on the promise of learning experience design. How come? 

We propose that learning experience design is the elegant integration of learning science with engagement. However, do we have good frameworks for both elements? While there’s good guidance on learning science, the support for comprehending the engagement side, the ‘emotional’ component, is lacking. 

To truly tackle moving from instruction to transformation, we need to have a systematic approach to designing experiences that motivate, keep anxiety under control, and build confidence in an ability to ‘do’.

This workshop will explore the elements that contribute to emotional engagement. Drawing upon a synthesis of influences—across games, drama, comedy, amusement parks, and more—we’ll work through the necessary considerations for initially hooking the learner’s interest and then maintaining their engagement to a transformative conclusion. 

We’ll look at the tips and tricks that have proven useful before applying them to learning elements. We’ll finish off by developing a design process that unpacks the necessary information and applies it systematically to create experiences that elegantly integrate instructional effectiveness with engaging experiences: 

Session 1: Intro and the ‘hook’

Session 2: ‘Landing’ the learning, maintaining engagement through the experience

Session 3: Implications for the elements of learning

Session 4: A design process that integrates engagement with effectiveness

You’ll leave with the complementary knowledge to learning science that will allow you to design experiences that can be truly transformational!

Bonus: Receive a copy (ebook) of Clark’s book “Make it Meaningful” when you register! 

Session dates: November 14, 21, 28, and December 5  from 12h00 to 14h00 ET 

All sessions will be recorded and available on the workshop dedicated resource page!