Instructional Design – Multimedia Training (John Stormes)
Subscriber price: $160.00, Non-subscriber price: $200.00
Estimated total study time: 7 hours 9 minutes
The development of multimedia presentations calls for the efforts of people with many different talents. When such presentations are produced for training purposes, these creative efforts are most successfully engaged when controlled by the disciplined application of instructional design principles. This course helps you, as one of these talented contributors, the instructional designer, build the confidence needed to take on this leadership role.
The course explains the multimedia production process for both video and on-line instruction and shows you how to prepare a proposal for multimedia training.
You will study four major areas involved in developing multimedia for training:
- How to assess training requirements for possible multimedia applications
- How to write proposals for a multimedia training solution based on needs assessments
- What you need to know to develop scripts for multimedia training
- What production of multimedia material involves
The following text provides recommended reading for this course: Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard E. Mayer, e-Learning and the Science of Instruction. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2003.
The technical side of multimedia production is covered only briefly in this course. A good resource for production in a commercial or educational environment is the following:
Ray DiZazzo, Corporate Media Production. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann (Focal Press), 2000.
1. The Promise of Multimedia & the Reality of Training
This orientation lesson provides background on the development of the multimedia concept. It introduces a high-level framework for understanding the field as it applies to training.
(Estimated study time: 37 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Lesson 1. The Promise of Multimedia & the Reality of Training
- What Do We Mean by Multimedia Today?
- Definitions from the Past
- Definitions for This Course
- Goal and Overview of the Course
- The Evolution of Multimedia Training from Dream to Reality
- The Influence of Motion Pictures
- The Impact of World War II and Multimedia Training
- Significant Shifts in the Approach to Multimedia Research
- Frameworks for Studying Multimedia in Training
- The Linear Framework
- Information the Learner Needs
- Performing Procedures
- Applying Principles
- The Non-Linear Framework
- Review Exercises
- Summary of Course
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2. Multimedia Basics
Multimedia broaden the range of possibilities for presenting instruction. From handouts to videos, they can help learners see better, hear better, and respond better. The only limits are appropriateness for the instructional methods and the cost to produce. The professionalism multimedia contribute to instruction is obtained by selecting formats of presentation and production styles appropriate to the message. This lesson prepares you for writing a Program Needs Analysis, which is introduced in Lesson 4.
(Estimated study time: 53 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Lesson 2. Multimedia Basics
- Kinds of Media and Their Attributes
- Examples of Media and Their Attributes
- Program Formats for Video
- Program Styles for Video
- The Role of Visualization in Multimedia
- Pre-visualization
- Practice
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3. Principles of Multimedia Instruction
This lesson explains the six principles of multimedia described by Clark and Mayer. It discusses how the principles apply to e-learning and other media applications as well.
(Estimated study time: 1 hour 7 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Instructional Design for Multimedia Training
- Lesson 3. Principles of Multimedia Instruction
- Multimedia Principle
- Are the Graphics Relevant to Your Instructional Purpose?
- What Kinds of Graphics Are Best for Teaching Different Kinds of Knowledge?
- Animation
- Organizational Chart
- Interpretative Graphics
- Contiguity Principle
- Feedback Text
- Procedure Steps
- Modality Principle
- Redundancy Principle
- Redundancy Principle Part 1:
- Redundancy Principle Part 2:
- Coherence Principle
- Coherence Principle Part One:
- Coherence Principle Part Two:
- Coherence Principle Part Three:
- Summary
- Personalization Principle
- Personalization Principle Part One:
- Personalization Principle Part Two:
- Summary
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4. Developing the Multimedia Proposal
This lesson introduces the main parts of the multimedia proposal and the program needs assessment (PNA) the proposal is developed from. It describes the purpose of the PNA and the information that is developed for it.
(Estimated study time: 26 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Lesson 4. Developing the Multimedia Proposal
- Program Needs Assessment
- The Program Needs Assessment for a Multimedia Program
- Section 1. Client and Abbreviated Program Needs Analysis
- Section 2. Goals and Objectives
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5. Visualizing the Presentation: The Program Concept
Developing a program concept that most effectively introduces and supports a block of training content using multimedia material is a major challenge for an instructional designer. It should be a collaborative effort involving guidance from the client and the multimedia producer. The following are the major concerns:
- Instructional methods suitable for the learning objectives and goals
- Program format and style consistent with the audience and media choices
- Effectiveness and efficiency under the given conditions
(Estimated study time: 31 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Instructional Design for Multimedia Training
- Lesson 5. Visualizing the Presentation: The Program Concept
- Review of Standard Lesson
- Introduction Components
- Presentation Components
- Transfer Support
- Diagnosis and Remediation of Problems
- Review of Program Formats and Styles
- The Process of Creating the Program Concept
6. Script Writing for Multimedia Production
Script writing divides data collection and analysis from multimedia production activities. Great skill and care goes into selection, organization, visualization, and unambiguous writing so that the script becomes a clear plan to produce a successful communication or training program. This lesson explains the three principal steps: outline, treatment, and script, and has the primary objective to help you prepare a satisfactory script.
(Estimated study time: 1 hour 2 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Lesson 6. Script Writing for Multimedia Production
- Writing an Outline for a Script
- The Content Outline
- What We Learned in School about Outlines
- What Are Some Good Reasons for Outlines?
- Comparison of Outlining for Text and Outlining for Multimedia
- Main Sections of a Content Outline for a Multimedia Program
- Summary of Suggestions for an Outline
- Writing a Treatment
- Difference from Outline
- Treatment Organization
- Summary of Key Points
- Writing a Script
- Narration
- Dialogue
- Summary
- Script Formats
- The Two Column Format
- The Screenplay Format
- Requirements for the Scene Heading
- Requirements for the Scene Description
- Summary
- Summary of Things to Remember About Script Writing
- Storyboarding
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7. The Multimedia Production Process
A summary of the multimedia production process as it applies primarily to videos and slide-tape programs.
(Estimated study time: 1 hour 25 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Instructional Design for Multimedia Training
- Lesson 7. The Multimedia Production Process
- Script Terminology
- Camera Terms
- Other Production Terms
- Key Guidelines for Instructional Designer in Preparing a Multimedia Script
- Multimedia Production
- Preproduction
- Production
- Postproduction
- Designer's Concerns During Production
- Editing Basics
- Principles of Editing
- Special Effects
- Editing the Sound Track
8. Production of Online Multimedia Training
This lesson covers the production process of creating an on-line course. It summarizes the tasks that are performed and the skills the participants in a project need to develop.
(Estimated study time: 47 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Lesson 8. Production of Online Multimedia Training
- The Course Site Map – Organizing the Online Training Program
- Create an Outline
- The Course Site Map
- Creating Web Pages
- Applying the Principles of Multimedia to Online Training
- Summary: Recommendations for Including Practice Opportunities in Online Training
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9. Course Summary
Every program involving multimedia is likely to have unique requirements. Therefore, program development steps summarized in this lesson should be interpreted more as reminders than as instructions of what must be done to develop a program. They are intended to remind you of major ideas presented in the course you have completed, but the goals and content of a particular program should drive the choices you make.
(Estimated study time: 23 minutes)
- Lesson Overview
- Lesson 9. Course Summary: How to Develop a Multimedia Training Program
- Program Development Steps
- Program Needs Assessment
- Proposal
- Program Design & Scripting
- Production
- Implementation & Evaluation
- Underlying Guidelines and Themes
- Use of Research-Based Multimedia Principles
- Method & Media Selection
- Pre-visualization & Visualization
- Program Format, Program Style
- Media and Attributes