Action Mapping
Action Mapping is a collaborative process in which instructional designers work with clients and subject matter experts to identify goals and place them on a ‘map’ (Moore, 2019). No actions get listed unless those actions directly tie to a business goal. Meaning, Action Mapping is not intended for use in academia because knowledge is not the focus, business outcomes are.
This model displays the lesson strategies on the right side of the screen.
While Adult Learning Theory is not big on assessments, assessments are still a way to gauge learning and can be useful in the proper context. Below are two assessments related to Adult Learning Theory.
Lesson One: Immediate Relevance
Essential Information: Watch a short clip about Marine Life.
Activity: Have each person create a page about their favorite creature of the sea on a team OneNote. Ask if they have any questions about today’s meeting (await the confused reactions and the ‘Why are we here?’).Wrap up conversation about Adult Learning needing to apply to their current situation.
Action to Accomplish: Appreciate the need for immediate relevance.
Application to 21st Century Teaching and Learning: Technology/Collaboration
Lesson Two: Inclusion for Planning and Evaluating Instruction
Essential Information: Discuss how often your opinion for learning needs/wants has been solicited
Activity: Create a survey that you would give to your adult learners asking for their needs/wants for training and distribute it to the members of your group to share surveys and collect honest answers
Action to Accomplish: Appreciate being included in the planning and evaluation of instruction
Application to 21st Century Teaching and Learning: Survey/Data/Collaboration
Lesson Three: Experience is Education
Essential Information: Reflect on right/wrong experiences in the department workflows
Activity: Hold a WebEx forum on best practices on an agreed upon task/procedure and allow an open flow of conversation for topic at hand
Action to Accomplish: Appreciate Experiences (and mistakes) being a platform for learning
Application to 21st Century Teaching and Learning: Collaboration on a virtual platform/sharing of ideas
Lesson Four: Problem-Centered Learning
Essential Information: Get out of the room (or something similar)
Activity: Escape Room based on job functions
Action to Accomplish: Appreciate the need to a problem-solving approach to learning
Application to 21st Century Teaching and Learning: