Breaking Boring: Moving Learning Beyond the Status Quo OLC14

Breaking Boring: Moving Learning Beyond the Status

Quo

Kelly PrinceChris Stadler

Encountering creative roadblocks?

Session Objectives

Assess your organization’s level of creativity tolerance

Develop strategies to partner with SMEs and share ideas

Create a business case for your approach

Use tools to guide and support SMEs and stakeholders.

What’s your company’s “creativity tolerance?”

Creativity= treatment + interactivity

InteractivityStories/ScenariosImmersive simulationsNon-linear learning paths

Higher-level learning

BudgetTimeResistance to changeWorried source content won’t translate to a more interactive format

Why would your SME object?

Tools for Success

Wireframing, prototypesEvolving content map Flow charting software Team and consult Pilots, focus groups

Partnering Strategies

CommunicateTeam and consult Ask for feedback Team and consult Start small

Making the Business Case

What is the benefit to the learner/business?

How can your approach meet those objectives?

Bring in the “experts”, reference the industry literature

Look back to look forwardMake the case for getting it right: the cost

for getting it wrong

Graphic Novel with Branching Scenarios:

Too much, too fast!

Lessons Learned

Lower fidelityLess learning paths but not wholly linearExploratory content presentationBuild trust through partnering