SKA / DIF
An acronym used in Instructional Design as a shorthand reminder of types of potential learning content and considerations for how to identify what content is most essential if time and resources are limited.
The first three letters identify types of content:
S - Skills = things you can do: procedures, techniques, methods
K - Knowledge = things you know: facts, concepts, principles
A - Attitudes = Feelings or general orientation toward something
The second three letters are key considerations related to where different content ranks if you have to pick what to teach:
D - Difficult: Hard to understand, hard to do, requires major attitude adjustment. This content will give the most trouble, so is good to teach
I - Important - Key content. If you don't understand these things or can't do them, you can't be considered to have basic competency
F - Frequent - Regardless of difficulty, this is content that will come up in practical application on a regular basis on the job and needs to be addressed.
