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Exploring three outlining approaches

Exploring three outlining approaches

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Exploring three outlining approaches

- Outlining the content is the part of the instructional design I enjoy the most. It's where the content become moldable clay you and your SME fashion into meaningful education. The creative challenge of it is addicting. There are three ways I work with SMEs to outline content. First, the SME outlines the content from their material. Then we edit it together. Second, I outline the content from background material and the SME gives that material to me. Then we edit that together. Third, I interview the SME to develop an outline on the fly as we're talking. Then we edit together at the end. Let's unpack each. In the first approach, the SME does the first pass outline of the content and then I take a look to check if it's instructionally sound, whether it makes sense for the audience, and if I see any glaring holes or issues. This approach works well with seasoned SMEs who can practically outline content in their sleep, SMEs who also have natural teaching ability, those who have a lot of…

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