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I’ve been tweeting a daily idea to spark your instructional design creativity. To get your daily ID idea, follow me on Twitter. (I don’t say much!)

Some recent tweets in the series:

• Ask your SME, “What are the 3 most common mistakes people make?” Turn them into branching scenarios.
• Using a story? What challenge is your character facing? Make them suffer!
• Are you solving a performance problem, or are you just turning information into a course?
• What are you creating to support your course? Job aids? Guidance for managers? Follow-up discussion? Additional tips in emails?
• Teaching a complex procedure? Course: How to use the job aids. Job aids: Everything else.
• What compelling scenario can you use to start your course? P.S. “A new employee is wondering…” isn’t compelling.
• Have your learners finish an almost-completed problem, then take away support in stages until they’re flying solo.
• What do you really want? “Describe the Heimlich maneuver” or “Save lives?” Don’t stop at declarative knowledge.
• How can you turn a dos/don’ts list into something more memorable? Try short scenarios that show the results; have learners draw the conclusion.

I use the #IDideas hashtag, and other people sometimes chime in with their own ideas. You can see past ideas here.

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