ELC 047: The Action Mapping Alternative

If you are frustrated with the limited models available for instructional design, then you’ll be interested in this conversation with Cathy Moore. She is the creator of Action Mapping and author of Map It, a model of training design that focuses on improving workplace performance. Cathy is a training designer, teacher, speaker and author. Her advice and designs have been used by many organizations and the U.S. government. She also teaches online workshops on scenario design.



Cathy has made it her mission to save the world from boring instruction. In this conversation, we discuss her book, Map It!. We also talk about the changing role of learning experience designers, measuring the effects of training, how to tell whether training is the solution to a performance problem, tracking practice activities (or not), creating prototypes and much more.



WE DISCUSS:



* Providing effective solutions that go beyond training

* Action Mapping process

* Using business metrics to measure performance improvement and behavior change

* How action mapping has evolved and changed over the years

* Criteria to determine whether a performance problem can be solved with training

* Action mapping as a method for practicing instructional design

* When to use and not use action mapping

* How to choose the tasks that require practice activities

* Advantages of branching scenarios

* Technical implementation of practice activities

* Prototyping guidelines



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TIME: 24 minutes



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RESOURCES:



* Map It by Cathy Moore

* Cathy's website

* Is training the answer? Use this flowchart

* Will Action Mapping work for my project? (interactive flowchart)

* Action Mapping

* Balsamiq (mockup tool)

* Twine (for telling branching stories)