Special Event with Dick Handshaw: Instructional Design Workshop

Hands-On Workshop with Dick Handshaw:

Three Core Principles of Instructional Design

Event Description

I know, instructional designers get pressed to do things in a hurry. No one calls an outside vendor when they have plenty of time, and I’ve been in that role for thirty years. I also learned through sometimes bitter experience which things will make a project take longer and which ones will make it go more smoothly. In this workshop, you will get hands-on practice using examples from your own work to master what I consider to be the three core principles of instructional design. These are the steps you don’t want to leave out, no matter how big a hurry you’re in. They each have the potential to actually save you from rework.

1. Task Analysis – How can you begin designing training unless you know exactly what is required of your learners when they have completed the training? This type of task analysis won’t take long. Learn about the high-tech tool that makes this step easy.
   
2. Performance Objectives/Measurement - A lot of designers write these, but not many designers get the most use out of them. Good objectives make creating good measurement of objectives easy.
   
3. Prototype/Learner Tryout - You have to build some part of that course first, pick the most critical piece and develop a prototype. This takes no extra time. The Learner Tryout of your prototype is the step most of our clients tell me they don’t have time for. But this step saves much more time than it takes to conduct. I promise.

So bring a few other members of your instructional design team, or if you are a one person shop, just bring a project to work on. We’ll help you get a good head start.

Session Objectives

• Conduct a task analysis that is useful in course design and doesn’t take too long or cost too much.
  
• Write performance objectives that actually define criteria to measure against.
  
• Use design of measurement instruments as a way to improve learning design.
• Identify the correct testing instrument based on the performance objective and required level of learned capability.
• Apply Handshaw’s “Principles of Test Construction” to be able to write better test questions that are both valid and reliable.
• Prepare for, conduct and analyze the results for a Learner Tryout.

• Instructional Design
• Performance Improvement

Dick Handshaw is an author, speaker, consultant and champion for innovation and quality in instructional design.  Dick completed his Master’s Degree in Instructional Design at Indiana University in 1979, and quickly established himself as is a pioneer the field.  He was one of the first to create computer-based training with software simulation and interactive video in 1980, a program that was successfully delivered to over 100 large bank branches. Dick founded Handshaw, Inc., in 1985 to deliver corporate training programs and provide performance consulting services to corporate clients, where he continues to serve as Chairman.  With 35 years of experience as a learning and performance improvement professional, Dick and the Handshaw team developed and continue to utilize the Handshaw Instructional Design Model with many organizations, helping them establish and sustain a results-based training practice.

Dick has served in local politics and held positions on the boards of two banks. He served on the Charlotte ATD Chapter board six times and was the founding president of the Charlotte ISPI Chapter in 2009. Dick has presented at various international conferences such as Training Magazine, American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). His new book, Training That Delivers Results: Instructional Design that Aligns with Business Goals, is available now. Please visit his website for details.

About the Venue

The meeting will be held at the Goodwill Lifsey Training Center, located at 937 Herman Street, Nashville, TN 37208. Goodwill has generously offered us the use of their space at no cost to our chapter, allowing us to offer this workshop at an very affordable rate.

Goodwill always appreciates donations of gently used items.  Your donations help to offset the operating expenses of this facility and help Goodwill provide the training and placement assistance their clients need. In the main lobby area of the Training Center there is a donation receptacle for your convenience.

To see the impact of your donations, visit the Goodwill website.

Registration and Pricing Details

The workshop will begin at 9:00 am and conclude at 3:30 pm.  There will be a half-hour break for lunch, which is included in the cost of your registration and will be provided.  We will also provide light refreshments throughout the day, including coffee and bagels in the morning. Please let us know in the registration form if you have any dietary restrictions or allergies. 

Please consider also attending our chapter meeting after the workshop. We've scheduled them both in the same location to make it convenient for participants to attend both events. Find out more and register for the meeting here. 

• Discounted Early Registration Rates (if registered on or before January 30, 2015): $99 for members, $125 for non-members
• Regular Registration Rates (if registered after January 30, 2015): $115 for members, $140 for non-members
  

Please register by February 17th, 2015. Registration will be closed one day prior to the event so we can finalize our catering order and be prepared for the correct number of participants.

Not an ATD Nashville member yet?  We've got a deal for you!

Non-members can pay $160 (the same amount you would pay for regular registrations for both the workshop and chapter meeting), and get a 1-year chapter membership FREE!  Click here to take advantage of this limited-time, "bundle" deal!