Structure in Training Design

The Training Design Podcast

You've got your content together. But how do you structure it so that there's flow, and to maximise engagement and learning? It can be difficult to wrestle everything into place and decide how to cover each element. In this episode, we have a host of practical tips for you, based around Colin Rose's MASTER structure for training design.

This episode was recorded before the pandemic, so some of the references (e.g. recent face to face training!) may sound strange now, but we're confident all of the insights are still relevant to the world training designers find themselves in today.

00:42 This episode: at your request!

01:03 The big mistakes people make with structure

05:41 ADDIE is not structure

06:53 Colin Rose and the MASTER structure

07:39 An overview of MASTER

09:26 M is for Mindset

12:44 A is for Acquire the information

14:25 S is for Sift or Search for meaning

15:39 Going beyond Bloom to what it means to the individual

17:10 T is for Trigger the Memory

20:48 Story as a memory trigger

21:51 E is for Exhibit the learning

24:42 R is for Reflect

25:03 Sheridan's online course on MASTER

25:17 MASTER at Micro and Macro levels, and playing with the order of steps

27:33 Case study: A styles session

32:53 Mapping MASTER to Why, What and How

34:47 Following versus flexing the model

39:07 Terry's mini-topic: Book review - Actionable Gamification by Yu-Kai Chou

46:41 Summary

Resource Links

'MASTER it faster': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Master-Faster-Learn-Decisions-Creatively/dp/185835806X

Sheridan's online course including MASTER: https://trainingdesignersclub.co.uk/resources/?fbclid=IwAR07OGE-ugJBOzLaZFiM0jWghfLviFGzmYOhgZ1hT0UV9SLSGjPQvgxRHXA

Actionable Gamification by Yu-Kai Chou: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Actionable-Gamification-Beyond-Points-Leaderboards/dp/1511744049/

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