Build the First Five Minutes
Sequence an opening that gains attention, orients goals, and activates recall.
Design pressure Elena is opening a 30-person virtual lesson on coaching questions. If the first five minutes are passive, half the room will multitask. The first design move changes every move after it. Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction Gagne's early events work because attention, objective clarity, and prior recall prepare the learner to encode the new skill. Choice 1 Node 1 What is the first move? Choice 2 Node 2 The lesson has moved forward; now the next design choice narrows or expands transfer. How do you state the goal? Choice 3 Node 3 How do you activate prior knowledge?…
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