Do you use templates? Are you a purist and despise templates? Personally, I don't like to take a hard line on this topic.
I like to think of all templates as time-savers and as such they become productivity tools. They don't impact my instructional design. Unless a certain template is requested or mandated, finding a template also serves as inspiration. And quite frankly every custom project you do should also be considered a template for any other similar project that appears in the future. It has nothing to do with being lazy, but has everything to do with being productive and getting better at what you do.
Consider all of the things you were NOT able to do with the first project. When a similar project starts you now have much of the work completed and you can use your development time to add, or improve the parts of the "template" that you now have time for.
Also consider a customer asking you to do work within an unreasonably short timeframe. Instead of not being able to do the job, you could inquire if a pre-designed template solution would be okay. I think its always worth asking.
The internet provides an endless supply of templates for SO many different projects. I'll share this one I just discovered from LOVE vs DESIGN. Baked Goods Gift Tags.
Download Template here
But if you're looking for eLearning Templates a Google search will turn up many, but I'd recommend starting with the eLearning Brothers at elearningtemplates.com
I like to think of all templates as time-savers and as such they become productivity tools. They don't impact my instructional design. Unless a certain template is requested or mandated, finding a template also serves as inspiration. And quite frankly every custom project you do should also be considered a template for any other similar project that appears in the future. It has nothing to do with being lazy, but has everything to do with being productive and getting better at what you do.
Consider all of the things you were NOT able to do with the first project. When a similar project starts you now have much of the work completed and you can use your development time to add, or improve the parts of the "template" that you now have time for.
Also consider a customer asking you to do work within an unreasonably short timeframe. Instead of not being able to do the job, you could inquire if a pre-designed template solution would be okay. I think its always worth asking.
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| Baked Goods Gift Tags |
Download Template here
But if you're looking for eLearning Templates a Google search will turn up many, but I'd recommend starting with the eLearning Brothers at elearningtemplates.com
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