Rudderless Training?

The purpose of the training should be relevant, real, and applicable. A ship without a rudder can launch out on a journey but has little hope of reaching any specific destination.

The training objectives are the intended destiny for each participant or learner. The purpose of the training in this analogy is the rudder. To use the rudder the purpose must direct the activity and direction of the training. Although there may be many useful and exciting ports along the journey the instructional designer must use the training purposes to provide direction in the creation and execution of the training.

Although this sounds simple and logical; reality requires careful discipline and dedication to the purpose at hand to carry the participants on to the intended destination.