Instructional design/Strong Learning Checklist/RevAO
The Checklist for Strong Learning Design (SLD) |
Avoid Boring Training Ask Your Learners To Do Something Review Your Training Use the Strong Learning Design Checklist Assess Your Skills Go Forth! Create Great Training |
Action-Oriented Training[edit | edit source]What is Action-Oriented Training?[edit | edit source]Action-Oriented Training materials ask learners to DO something, or engages them in a way that respects their intellect and challenges their ability to think. In this section of the lesson, we present some examples of action-oriented materials that fit within the 4 categories of training materials assessed in the Checklist for Strong Learning Design. Action-Oriented Examples[edit | edit source]This section provides some examples of training materials that are action-oriented. Objectives[edit | edit source]The following objectives for a lesson on how to build a container garden are action oriented. Note that the learner is asked to be able to DO something at the conclusion of the lesson: Materials[edit | edit source]The following describes training materials that are action-oriented. Note that these materials ask the learner to DO something after viewing them:
Activities[edit | edit source]The following describes an activity associated with training materials that are action-oriented. Note that the activity provides the learner with a job aid to DO something at the conclusion of the lesson:
Tone and Esthetics[edit | edit source]When using illustrations in action-oriented materials, realistic photos are more powerful than cartoon drawings for showing how to DO something. For example, the following illustration is from a lesson on 4-mallet marimba technique: |