London (UK), March 2008 - The world-renowned instructional design (ID) specialist Neil Lasher - who is also the President of the ASTD Global Network UK and a committee member of the eLearning Network (eLN) - is running his international two-day Masterclass on a modern approach to ID again at the RBS Williams Formula 1 (F1) Conference Centre, in Grove, Oxfordshire.
In addition to learning about the basics of instructional design, learning styles, emotional significance, creative advantage, and Lasher's Five A's of Learning (a model of ID that encapsulates the lessons of twenty years of designing eLearning and related materials to produce a model specifically relating to task-based and rapid or workflow eLearning), delegates receive a tour of the Conference Centre. This includes seeing all of Williams' F1 cars since 1977 and visiting the Williams F1 team's trophy museum.
Since Lasher's previous course at the Williams Centre was over-subscribed, Lasher - who also heads up Trainer1, one of the UK's leading independent eLearning specialists - is running another one at the same venue on 1st and 2nd April this year.
To coincide with the start of the Formula 1 season this weekend, Lasher announced that he will be running the first Advanced Instructional Design course - at the same location - on 15th May. This one-day programme involves delegates by going through a teambuilding exercise to become a 'pit crew' working on a real F1 car.
The advanced course is structured to provide highly memorable experiential learning that should remain in delegates' long-term memory. By the end of the course, the delegates will have dissected the training they have received, discussing among other things the ID models and 'learning cycles' used, as well as determining the optimal model and the ideal 'blend' of learning delivery methods.
"Instead of merely looking at and analysing pieces of eLearning, the delegates on the Advanced Instructional Design course will experience the effects of their efforts", Lasher said. "This should be highly memorable - after all, when was the last time you got the chance to change the tyres on a F1 car under timed conditions?"
For some time, Lasher has been running the 'More Than Instructional Design' (MID) course around the world - notably in the UK, USA, Russia and Canada.
"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", Lasher explained.
"We provide a process for structuring eLearning courseware to facilitate effective, performance-enhancing eLearning, taking you through the instructional design process", he added. "This course will benefit those responsible for assessing, designing, and producing eLearning and blended programmes or who need to know how to assess online learning materials."
"The MID course is a fast and furious two days that leave delegates invigorated, ready to create great eLearning, while the one-day advanced course enables participants to learn and experience something that is very special indeed", promised Lasher.
