- Interaction doesn't have to be lengthy. A simple poll, or asking what users think via the chat can add interaction and personalization into a session in a way that doesn't eat up time.
- Try new things! I tried a tool called Mentimeter for the first time and I really liked the way it allowed people to give their input in the session in an anonymous way and adjusted live to the responses.
- Write down your examples before you use them. I said an example learning objective on the fly, and while it was topical, I should have written it down so I expressed the example the best way instead of tripping over my words.
- Figure out your reports. My big lesson from this session is that the tool I used, Zoom, has reports to allow you to gather registrant information into one place. I intended to use this report to send a follow up email to participants, but when I pulled the report, the emails were blocked! I'm still working out what's going on, but I think it must be an organization-wide setting that blocks email addresses from being reported on.
I enjoyed giving this presentation and sharing a little bit about learning objectives, an integral part in the instructional design process. What did you think of the session? Do you use the ABCD model when you write learning objectives?