Problem solving is one of the early themes in our upcoming soft skills curriculum, and one lesson includes what is now my favorite Articulate developed module! In this example, the learner must complete a challenge as part of his/her responsibility for planning a child’s birthday party. Anyone who has helped plan even the smallest event certainly knows how frustrating and chaotic it can be. While it is seems like a far-fetched for a corporate learning lesson, we wanted to steer clear of office-like examples. We expect the non-workplace scenario will help learners concentrate on problem solving principles instead of focusing on the specific problems he or she may face during work assignment. These problem solving skills can be easily applied to any situation, work related or not!
What makes this example so exciting from a developer’s perspective? Obviously, each grid on the interaction slide needs an answer, but this means there must also be states and variables based on correct AND incorrect answers for each grid. This is the first time I’ve used such detailed logic in a course, but I believe it produced a learning challenge that will require participants to think rationally and exercise his/her problem solving skills. Further, this development reminded me the possibilities in Articulate are near limitless!
to see the superhero birthday challenge.