A Series of 3 Online Sessions

Scenario-Based eLearning (SBL) is a highly-interactive and high-discovery method of learning that puts the learner on the spot. They have proven to help learners learn in areas where the subjects involve risks; emotional experience; behavioral changes; decision making and judgment; in-depth technical skills; and social learning. Unfortunately, many approaches in SBL development tend to overkill SBL design – increasing costs and development time. In this session, you will learn the steps of constructing an SBL successfully, while keeping a lid on budget and time.
This program will help you implement engaging SBLs. Conducted entirely online, this certificate program focuses on effective and cost-effective design and development - practical and useful, not theories or software use.

In this certificate you will learn to:

• Understand the heart of a truly engaging SBL.
• Identify where SBLs work the best in job-related learning demands.
• Create SBLs highly discovery process.
• Understand models of SBLs.
• Build powerful, engaging, and provocative stories and scenarios.
• Create SBLs that create impacts on the job performance.
• Pick the characters that match your content and context.
• Create characters to deliver the learning points.
• Construct step-by-step SBL architecture with nodes, events, conflicts, challenges.
• Construct mini-SBLs, snippets, nuggets, or vignettes.
• Determine what different types of stories to match your SBLs.
• Understand what software supports SBL development.
• Extend SBLs from simulated events to real-life applications.
• Manage costs, create a budget and plan, a documentation that becomes your storyboard and worksheet that serve as guide for the interactive and software developers.
• Make SBLs powerfully engaging, without increasing costs; making SBLs affordable.
• Select the right software for implementation.

The Microlearning for Disruptive Results - An Action-Driven Online Workshop is a novel approach in blended learning. Instead of an instruction- or teaching-oriented method, the workshop is focused on “doing and application.” It provides experience, skill development and real-life application of Microlearning. At the end of the workshop, participants would have experienced Microlearning implementation, not just its theory.

Key Elements of the Workshop Method

• The workshop topics are spread out over four sessions.
• Participants will access a secure website for all workshop activities.
• For each session, participants will study Microlearning subjects
• Each subject contains all must-do and must-learn on the topic. Knowledge bases are provided for mastery and further detailed study before, during and up to six months after the workshop.
• Each Microlearning subject contains micro-lessons, activities, mini-projects, references and tips.
• Participants can do self-driven study on a daily basis to review the Microlearning subjects.
• Participants may also choose to do advance previews of all 20 subjects as their time will allow.
• Mentors and facilitators are available for consultation at a specified time daily.
• Participants are required to showcase their projects as part of the knowledge-sharing activities. Confidential content may be confined to facilitator’s viewing.
• Mentors and facilitators are available to provide immediate feedback to mini-projects through chat and discussion rooms or, if needed, by phone, Skype, Join.me or other alternatives.
• A one hour and a half webinar is scheduled for each session focused on answering questions and providing guidance and feedback. Webinars will use Adobe Connect.
• Participants will have individual and team progress analytics for self-learning management and feedback to mentors and facilitators.
• It is recommended, although not required, that the participant has one or two peers from his/her company or personal contacts to be peer reviewers and collaborators. They will interact and provide feedback and review of the participant’s mini-projects. This allows the participant to experience how to work with a team.