Short Sims

Instructional Design Workshops

for Organizations or Individuals

Clark Aldrich's

Many organizations will want to develop their internal employees or contractors on this methodology in a class. ​ In this organization workshop, designers will learn from Clark Aldrich how to create Short Sims, and end the workshop with their first Short Sim created. ​  

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The optional textbook is Short Sims: A Game Changer and the 5 class curricula is:

01

A Series of Interesting Decisions

• What are Short Sims?

• The Best Tools

• The Most Effective Topics

• The Secret of a Subject Matter Expert Interview

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Homework

• Identify the topic for your Short Sim

• Interview your Subject Matter Expert

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02

How to Make it Simple

• The Right Settings and Success through Simplicity

• Quickly Creating the Rough Draft

• The Elements of a Successful Interaction

• The Right Layout to Save Your Sanity

• Basic Decisions and Resolutions

• What the Coach Really Is 

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Homework:

• Create a working draft interaction

03

Invest your creativity in The Interface

• ​The Staggering Power of Consistency: Learning from Computer Games

• Eliciting Real World Behaviors in Multiple Choice

• Reviewing Work So Far ​

• Richer Graphics for Pedagogical Impact ​

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Homework:

• Finish the second draft of the Short Sim

04

Graphics & Feedback

• Getting the Right Feedback the Right Way

• Quick Turnarounds

• Tracking the Sims through Better Metrics ​

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Homework:

• Finish Short Sim

05

Advanced models

• Show and Discuss Final Short Sims

• Plan Next Short Sim

• Advanced Models

• Creating a Culture of Short Sims

• Short Sims as a Necessary Enabler of VR, AI, and Other Future Technologies