When Everything Is Important, Nothing Is: The Art of Making Trade-offs in Instructional Design
One of the most familiar challenges in instructional design begins with a perfectly reasonable request: “We need to cover all of this.”
The “this” in question could be a 200-page technical manual, several presentations, process documents, or years of accumulated organizational knowledge. And quite often, the expectation is to turn it all into an engaging, easy-to-understand learning experience. Preferably within 30 minutes.
