Diversity and Inclusion scenarios
Hello everyone,
I've been asked to create a rise course on DEI but I am really struggling with creating branching scenarios that are acceptable.
Any ideas and suggestions would be extremely help...
Forum Discussion
Hi Sonam and welcome to the community!
If time is tight, Christy's idea to use several very short scenarios seems like an excellent option. You still get the benefits of an engaging story and critical thinking activities, but because they're shorter they're easier for you to develop than a long scenario and take up less training time for your learners.
As for what specific stories to use in these scenarios, could your SME tell you more about the particular aspects of inclusive language, unconscious bias, and allyship that your learners are currently struggling with? Those are rather broad topics, so if you can find out more about the specific challenges your audience is currently having with them—particularly in the case of topics you mentioned were already covered in previous initiatives—that can help you craft targeted scenarios that make a bigger impact in less time.
That conversation may also give you an opportunity to gently explore if you really need to repeat content that was covered previously. If you ask what aspects of that topic employees are still struggling with even after the previous initiative and your SME doesn't have any evidence the previous initiative wasn't effective, that's a good opening for discussing if it's the best use of learner time to repeat the content in your project.
That's the thing - there's nothing specific that we've dealt with or are dealing with in terms of employee inclusion. Happy to say that our organisation is very focused on inclusion and inclusive language already - so the course is more about establishing best practices as opposed to responding to any specific challenges that employees are facing.
Since we've just started using Articulate and they want to have a baseline course created on rise or storyline. The idea that there has to be something before it is improved and built on. But they also want to make it specific t the organisation so.. too many things in one.
Anyway, this is a long term project and I anticipate change of direction once this one is built. I'm new to the organisation so can't push too much but I will try :)
Thanks for much for the advice, Bianca! I really appreciate it.
Best,
Sonam
A related thought—since you need to cover general best practices, have you tried looking at the real content lessons and courses included in Rise 360? There's a bunch of great DEI content there that you can use as-is or completely alter for your needs. For instance, the "How to Be an Ally for Diversity and Inclusion" and "How to Recognize and Overcome Bias" courses sound like they touch on a lot of what you need to cover.
Many of those courses and lessons include scenarios, so it could be worth checking them out for inspiration. But you may also be able to use those courses as a jumping-off point and just tweak them as needed for your organization. That could be a great way to quickly get the content you need out to learners fast.
