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What Is Instructional Design

Instructional design is a systematic approach which aims at developing effective instructional materials. Our Instructional Design Course is designed to empower you with the skills to develop compelling learning solutions. With an understanding of the instructional design principles, learners can create engaging experiences for their audience. If you wish to extend your capabilities, our instructional design training is ideal for you. The course equips you to skilfully meet instructional design challenges in any industry. Apart from the methodology, techniques and skills you also get to learn about robust learning management systems to create powerful learning solutions.

Benefits of Instructional Design Courses

With the development of educational technology, there is an increasing demand for blended learning solutions. The concept of blended learning integrates traditional methods and the new technologies with the aim that the benefits of both the methods are attained. With a powerful blended learning course design, it is possible to enhance a student’s learning outcome. Our course introduces you to the principles of blended learning models and discusses ways to create successful blended learning programs. You get to learn about instructional design practices for a blended classroom course. Our blended training is perfect for individuals involved in developing and designing learning solutions.

Discover Ways to Develop Engaging Learning Materials

Are you looking for an LMS training to create structured and professional courses? If you want to develop enhanced learning opportunities with the latest techniques, our course will be of immense help. This course is ideal for you if at least three of the following statements apply:

  • You are relatively new to Instructional Design
  • You would like to know the shortcuts the expert Instructional Designers use
  • You would like to speed up the Instructional Design process
  • You would like to understand audience engagement drivers
  • You would like to learn about tailoring courses to meet audience expectations

Note: This course is not suitable if you are already an experienced Instructional Designer Preferred Training Networks delivers more than 13,000 learning packages every year. Now you can learn from the specialists. There is also a demonstration on how to convert a workbook to an e-learning course; however, the Master Class is not an e-learning course. At the conclusion of the Master Class, successful participants will receive a Certificate of Accomplishment. Our Instructional Design customers include: IP Australia, Royal Women’s, Campaspe Shire, Eye and Ear Hospital, Arup, Alfred Health, Vline, Community Housing, Parkes Shire, Bolton Clarke

3 Reasons You Should Join Our Instructional Design Class

  • Improve the quality of your learning materials
  • Establish instructional design standards for your department
  • Make your materials in line with industry best practice

The Course Includes:

  • Analysis
    • Identifying and validating performance gaps
    • Determining goals of training
    • Identifying and managing stakeholders and SMEs
    • Learner profiling, including learning styles theories
    • Identifying learning resources to meet needs
  • Design
    • Designing paper-based learning resources
    • Adult learning theories
    • Preparing learning objectives
    • Training methodologies
    • Grouping and sequencing content to support learning
    • Preparing a design strategy
    • E-learning storyboarding
  • Development
    • Developing learning resources
    • Characteristics of effective learning resources
    • Developing effective activities
    • Training aids
    • Copyright
    • ADDIE is covered in our “Advanced Facilitation Course”
  • Evaluation
    • Program evaluation and review
    • Determining measures of success of a training program
    • Developing evaluation instruments

Complementary and Aligned Skills Courses and Programs Include:

  • Management Skills Workshop
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making Training
  • Business Management Workshops
  • Staff Development and Training

Facilitation is a trusted tool for sharing ideas, delivering messages and collaborating with others. Formal facilitation methods became more structured in the late 60s and early 70s as a means of removing dysfunctions in the workplace. In many organisations, the use of a neutral third party to manage and improve meetings, presentations and learning sessions has become a valuable tool. Normally, the person who manages these interactions does not influence the outcome of the discussion. This facilitator training course for facilitators helps them orchestrate a steady flow of ideas and concepts and direct the conversation towards mutually beneficial outcomes.

Train the Facilitator In-House Program Details

  • Group Size: An ideal group size is 6–10 participants.
  • Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your offices. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.
  • Duration: Each course can be conducted as a one-day program.
  • Cost: Upon request.

If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.

Train the Facilitator 4.3 out of 5 based on 47 user ratings.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is facilitation skills training and who is it for?

Facilitation Skills Training helps participants learn how to guide group discussions, run effective workshops, and engage audiences. It is ideal for trainers, managers, team leaders, and anyone responsible for leading meetings or group sessions.

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What facilitation skills will participants develop in this course?

Participants learn how to structure sessions, manage group dynamics, encourage participation, ask effective questions, and guide discussions toward clear outcomes.

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Will this course help manage difficult participants during sessions?

Yes. This Facilitation Skills Training includes practical techniques to handle challenging participants, manage disruptions, and maintain control of the session while keeping it engaging and productive.

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Recruit Recruit Recruit!

Recruitment is a process. Follow the steps, and you’re far more likely to hire an excellent candidate. A dud can be a disaster, so improve your processes and stop hiring them. For goodness’s sake, even if you don’t attend this course, can you make it mandatory that references are checked and verified. It’s an eye watering recurring error, the interviewer gets confidence that the candidate is “perfect” and then doesn’t really want to check the references in case they tell a different story – crazy.

Recruiting Skills 101 In-House Program Details

For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.

Ideal group size: 4–9 participants.

Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your business premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.

Duration: This program can be adapted to meet your requirements.

Cost: Price on request.

Target Audience: Existing employees who negotiate deals of more than $50,000 & who have previous negotiating experience and are aware of negotiating fundamentals.

If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.

Advanced Negotiating Skills was rated 4.3 out of 5 based on 79 user ratings.

Step by Step Induction Training Redesign Workshop Outline

The step-by-step process below works very well. We become immersed in your induction training and can analyse your induction training at a meta level.

Step 1 Our instructional designer(s) attends your next induction program.
Step 2 Two weeks later, we will send you a report with recommendations.
Step 3 Working collaboratively with you, we’ll prioritise the order of what needs to be fixed/changed.
Step 4 We will spend 2–3 days on site helping you redesign your current induction program. After 2–3 days, you’ll have enough ID skills to continue the redesign of your induction program. We will also help schedule your redesign aspirations.
Step 5 Touchpoints: We’ll agree on some touchpoints to check in on your progress. These touchpoints will help you keep the project moving. Redesigning an induction program is a big undertaking, and your people will look forward to these touchpoints.

Where to from here?

Let’s have an obligation free meeting. We can share ideas on what your induction training could look like. It‘s also an opportunity to review what’s working well and what’s not.

If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.

Why choose Preferred Training Networks?

If you Google “Instructional Design Training” you’ll find us at the top. In a nutshell, we help organisations design or redesign all aspects of organisational learning. Our customers include NDIA, TAC, Western Health, Dept of Communities, Dept of Education QLD Hobson’s Bay City Council, Child Safety and Disability Services QLD, , NSW Police, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Fairfax Media, Fortescue Metals, Newcrest Mining, Royal Children’s Hospital, Balonne Shire Council, ANZ & IP Australia.

This workshop will provide your managers with the skills and knowledge to implement coaching to improve performance, address issues and build better relationships with their staff.

This program can be conducted as in house training at your offices.

Group Size: An ideal group size is 6 – 10 participants.

Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your offices. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.

Duration: Each course can be tailored to your timeframe.

Cost: Upon request.

Target Audience: The course can be tailored for Leaders, Managers and Coaches.

Would you like to feel confident having courageous conversations when coaching your people?

HOW GOOD ARE YOUR INTERVIEW AND SELECTION SKILLS?

Ask yourself the following:

1. I know the importance of the job description and how it attracts specific candidates.
2. I know what to write and where to advertise.
3. I maintain focus on the job description when screening applicants.
4. I can identify the criteria to match the correct applicants to the role.
5. I recognise legal implications during the recruitment process.
6. I plan and prepare for a selection interview.
7. I recognise the best selection techniques.
8. I know how to structure an interview.
9. I use behavioural interviewing techniques to address selection criteria.
10. I evaluate candidates in an interview accurately.
11. I create a calm environment during the interview to promote conversation.
12. I project a professional demeanour during interviews to calm the candidate.
13. I use effective questioning techniques to get information from the candidate.
14. I give constructive feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
15. I recognise the need to check up on referees.

Targeting Talent & Selection Skills In-House Program Details

For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.

Ideal group size: 4–12 participants

Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your business premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.

Duration: Your Interviewing and Selection Skills Course can be modified to fit inside your timeframe.

Cost: Price on request.

Target Audience: Any managers that conduct interviewing and selection for their organisation.

This fundamental ‘Designing a Training Manual’ workshop will provide you with a proven step-by-step process to design such a workbook in one day.

‘Designing a Training Manual’ Workshop Action Plan

  • To make the target audience’s experience more interesting and lively
  • To gain tips the professionals use to add value to the workbook
  • To build experiential learning activities into your program
  • To build creative breaks and challenges into the day
  • To manage the course design process to avoid last minute crises
  • To avail of time saving strategies when sorting through information
  • To utilise the internet when searching for content
  • To increase the speed and effectiveness of learning
  • To tap into resources, methods, materials and designs
  • To reflect the requirements expressed by the ‘client’

If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.

Action Plan

  • How to conduct a training needs analysis
  • How to develop program objectives
  • How to build in practical case studies
  • How to factor in stakeholder concerns
  • Design the material
  • How to anticipate the audience
  • How to engage the audience
  • Develop the structure and content to train your trainers
  • Apply practical tips for training delivery

Who Should Attend

This program is aimed at human resources teams, design teams, trainers, facilitators who are inexperienced and instructional designers who are not overly experienced in putting together a Training Needs Analysis (TNA).

Training Areas and Learning Outcomes

Understand the business – job analysis before getting started

  • List approaches to conduct job analysis
  • List the major duties, tasks and sub-tasks for an identified workplace role
  • Explain the purpose of a skills audit
  • Describe the elements which assist in the selection of TNA methods
  • Describe the relationships between job analysis, skills analysis and training needs analysis

Get started

  • Conduct needs assessment in a systematic manner
  • Discover the gaps between the current situation and the desired or necessary situation
  • Discovering the current situation includes determining the present state of skills, knowledge and abilities
  • Distinguish between actual needs and the perceived needs or wants
  • Practical application, interactive presentation and discussion

Process, needs and roles

  • Differentiate among learning theory, instructional theory and design plans
  • Identify the elements of the instructional design process
  • Utilise the ADDIE strategy for design
  • Define the role of the instructional designer
  • Practical application, interactive presentation and discussion

Design the program

  • Utilise the ADDIE strategy for design
  • Break down tasks into separate steps
  • Identify appropriate content for learning
  • Pitch content appropriately at the level of learners
  • Practical application and discussion

Design the workbook

  • Determine the best sequence for the content
  • Sequence content to improve the learner’s understanding of the material
  • Teach a fact, concept, rule, procedure, interpersonal skill and attitude
  • Present the content in a way so that each learner will master the objectives
  • Implement instructional strategies
  • Use text and pictures within the content
  • Computer coaching, internet searching and tips for practical shortcuts

Design PowerPoint and visuals

  • The purpose of presentations
  • Set up your presentation
  • Determine content and structure
  • Organise your presentation
  • PowerPoint design rules
  • Practical application and discussion

30 minute makeover

  • Set aside the last 30 minutes for the makeover
  • Last tips to add value to the workbook
  • Let go – even Rembrandt had to finish
  • Practical speed exercise

Benchmark and provide evidence of the quality of the design

  • Did the design meet the training needs?
  • What improvements could be made?
  • How to separate lone remarks from statistically signifi cant feedback
  • Practical application and discussion

Present your Program

  • Present effectively
  • Engaging the audience
  • Apply methodologies to deliver time efficient training with impact
  • Rehearse your presentation
  • Handle questions
  • Practical application and discussion
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