Human Resources: More instructional design secrets revealed

6-Sep-2007 - Neil Lasher, of Trainer1, the President of the ASTD Global Network UK, a committee member of the eLearning Network (eLN), the UK's foremost professional association for users and developers of e-learning and a world-renowned instructional design specialist, is facilitating two International two-day Masterclasses on a modern approach to instructional design.

Neil Lasher, of Trainer1, the President of the ASTD Global Network UK, a committee member of the eLearning Network (eLN), the UK's foremost professional association for users and developers of e-learning and a world-renowned instructional design specialist, is facilitating two International two-day Masterclasses on a modern approach to instructional design.

Called 'More than Instructional Design -- learn to think in colour', the Masterclasses take place on 4th/ 5th October at the Raddison Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, in the UK, and on 15th/16th October at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Centre, Atlanta, Georgia.

Each Masterclass includes: the basics of instructional design; learning styles; emotional significance, and creative advantage as well as Lasher's 'Five 'A's of Learning', a model of instructional design (ID) which encapsulates the lessons of 20 years of designing e-learning and related materials to produce a model for ID specifically relating to task-based and 'rapid' or 'workflow' e-learning.

"Delegates receive tips on how to isolate the learning requirements, create the right blend to address different groups and styles, design a course map, identify opportunities for interactivity, learn to consider the correct intervention and practice using creativity," said Lasher who, in recent months, has conducted these Masterclasses in the USA, the UK, across Europe, Canada and Russia.

"We provide a process for structuring e-learning courseware to facilitate effective, performance-enhancing e-learning, taking you through the instructional design process from Z to A," he added. "This course will benefit those responsible for assessing, designing and producing e-learning and blended programmes and/or who need to know how to assess online learning materials.

"It's a fast and furious two days which leaves delegates invigorated, ready to create great e-learning," promised Lasher.

To find out more about the Masterclass and to book a place, visit www.trainer1.com/atlanta.htm

For further details of Lasher's ID secrets email neil[at]trainer1.com or visit www.trainer1.com

Abount Trainer 1

Trainer1 is one of the UK's leading independent e-learning specialists, creating sophisticated courseware for learning. It works in a number of areas including:
• Creating custom-built e-learning solutions
• Supplying e-learning training and consultancy to make clients self-sufficient in servicing their e-learning needs - especially in terms of embedded and workflow learning
• Operating as a 'tools warehouse' for tools used in e-learning development

Trainer1 has lengthy experience in computer delivered learning. In particular, Trainer1 develops, supplies and supports:
• Authoring tools - for the creation of content, meeting all common standards.
• Learning and Knowledge Management tools - for the management and distribution of content, including accreditation and reporting of data within existing databases.
• Delivery systems for workflow learning - CSL™.
• Tools and libraries to create multimedia content, including image editors, easy to use Flash production tools, libraries of sound, graphics and animation.
• Specialised training events to assist trainers and instructional designers to become self sufficient in e-learning design and production.
• Development services in the creation and maintenance of learning content.

Trainer1's client list includes many international major corporations including ABN AMRO, Kraft Foods, Deutsche Post (DHL) and Mitsubishi Corporation, along with clients including DCLG (formerly the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) in the UK, the Department for International Development, and the UK's Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability, along with many municipal authorities.

Trainer1 is privately owned and remains a small, friendly company providing high quality product combined with personal service to Blue Chip Companies, as well as small and medium sized enterprises. Trainer1 is a member of many e-learning organisations, and Neil Lasher, of Trainer1 is a committee member of the eLN and President (from 2006) of the Global Network of ASTD UK. He also works with standards bodies to ensure technology is meeting the needs of users worldwide, as well as the guidelines determined by the governing groups in the e-learning industry.