Instructional design/Strong Learning Checklist/RevAO

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Introduction

Avoid Boring Training Ask Your Learners To Do Something
 * Motivation for the SLD Checklist
 * Overview of the SLD Checklist

Review Your Training Use the Strong Learning Design Checklist
 * The SLD Checklist Structure
 * Action-Oriented Training
 * Information Dump Training
 * Your Turn: Practice

Assess Your Skills
 * Final Exam

Go Forth! Create Great Training
 * Lesson Review
 * References and Materials


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What is Action-Oriented Training?
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
This section provides some examples of training materials that are action-oriented.

Objectives
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
The following describes training materials that are action-oriented. Note that these materials ask the learner to DO something after viewing them:
 * You are learning to use a new software package. You access the product features page and find short videos that demonstrate the major feature of the software. In addition, you are presented with a scenario that asks you to use several features of the software. You complete an assignment and receive a "badge" for completing the tutorial.

Activities
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:
 * You have completed a course on Office Ergonomics that outlines the best setting for your office set-up. In the course, you learn how to set-up your work-desk, chair, keyboard, mouse, and monitor. At the end of the course, the final assessment requires you to change the set-up of your personal workstation based on the course content and a job aid.

Tone and Esthetics
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:
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