Planet’s Pick of the Week Ending Jan 25, 09 January 25, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Announcements, Planet's Pick , add a commentIts our pleasure to announce the ‘Planet’s Pick of the Week’ (January 18, 2009 to January 25, 2009).
The ‘Blogger of the Week’ is Mike Bogle, who owns the blog, http://techticker.net/
The ‘Blog Post of the Week’ is ‘ Challenges and solutions to technical software product training: Gathering Information‘ by Sreya Dutta, who owns the blog, http://road-to-learning.blogspot.com/
We select the ‘Blogger of the Week’ based on the following parameters:
- The number of informative, innovative, and self blog posts in a week
- The number of positive comments from visitors
We select the ‘Blog Post of the Week’ when a post meets one or more of the following parameters:
- Includes useful information on developing an e-learning course with trenchant instructional design strategies
- Provides information on the latest technology, news, and events in the e-learning industry
- Includes information that is useful and neutral to all e-learning professionals
Tips for Gathering Source Contents from SMEs_Part 2 January 22, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Instructional Design, Useful Resources , 1 comment so farThis post is the continuation of my earlier post, Tips for Gathering Source Contents from SMEs_Part 1.
Here are the different challenges, which an Instructional Designer (ID) might face when gathering source contents from the Subject Matter Expert (SME), and the best practices for effectively managing those challenges:
Challenge 1
The SME may be located in other countries or remote locations.
Here are the best practices for managing challenge 1:
- An ID must establish a good rapport with the SME before stepping into the input gathering phase.
- The ID and the SME, who are based in the same office location, can arrange for a face-to-face introductory session. If the SME is based in remote office location, the ID can arrange for a one-to-one introductory session with the SME through teleconference or video conference.
- The introductory session must be supported with a presentation that emphasizes on how the SME and his/her source contents play a vital role to the success of an e-learning course.
- The presentation must also include essential information such as the roles and responsibilities of the SME, and the modes of communication with the ID.
Challenge 2
The ID receives a number of documents, links, and presentations from the SME, especially for courses on software applications.
Here is the best practice for managing chellenge 2:
- It is the best practice to convey details such as the word count for a particular topic or page in an e-learning course template to the SME. Thus, the probability of receiving extensive source contents for a particular topic from the SME is less. This approach will also reduce the additional efforts of an ID for analyzing and comprehending all the supporting documents and presentations.
Challenge 3
The SME, especially for engineering and complex subjects, seldom has documents and presentations related to the course. Therefore, an ID needs to have a separate teleconference session or other interactive sessions with the SME for gathering required source contents.
Here are the best practice for managing challenge 3:
- The ID can establish an interactive session with the SME to develop the training plan of an e-learning course. This traning plan should include the following essential details:
- Training objectives
- Target audience profile
- Prerequisite knowledge of the learner
- Titles of the topics to be included in the course
- Key points or key content areas to be included in each topic.
- The ID can then request the SME to provide source contents that map to the traning plan.
These are some of the essential best practices for effectively managing challenges that occur when gathering source contents from the SME. This brings to the end of this post. In my next post related to this topic, I will share information on tools that an ID can use to dynamically gather source contents from the SME. Watch out the ‘Blog’ section frequently!
Planet’s Pick of the Week Ending Jan 18, 09 January 18, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Announcements, Planet's Pick , add a commentIts our pleasure to announce the ‘Planet’s Pick of the Week’ (January 11, 2009 to January 18, 2009).
The ‘Blogger of the Week’ is Karl Kapp, who owns the blog, http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/
The ‘Blog Post of the Week’ is ‘Quickly Turn Your Podcast into an Elearning Course‘ by Tom Kuhlmann who owns the blog, http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/
We select the ‘Blogger of the Week’ based on the following parameters:
- The number of informative, innovative, and self blog posts in a week
- The number of positive comments from visitors
We select the ‘Blog Post of the Week’ when a post meets one or more of the following parameters:
- Includes useful information on developing an e-learning course with trenchant instructional design strategies
- Provides information on the latest technology, news, and events in the e-learning industry
- Includes information that is useful and neutral to all e-learning professionals
Tips for Gathering Source Contents from SMEs_Part 1 January 14, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Instructional Design, Useful Resources , add a commentGathering effective and precise source contents from Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) has always been a challenging task for Instructional Designers (IDs). Majority of SMEs provide good source content. Rarely, IDs face one or more of the following challenges when gathering the source contents from SMEs:
- SMEs, especially for engineering and complex subjects, seldom have documents and presentations related to the course. Therefore, IDs need to have a separate teleconference session or other interactive sessions with SMEs for gathering required source contents.
- IDs receive a number of documents, links, and presentations from SMEs, especially for courses on software applications.
- SMEs may be located in other countries or remote locations.
Thus, IDs put in additional efforts for attending unplanned sessions, analyzing, and comprehending all the supporting documents and presentations. As a result, there is a considerable impact on the budget and planned efforts for developing an e-learning course.
I am going to share the best practices for overcoming the aforementioned challenges. Keep visiting the ‘Blog’ section for a series of posts related to gathering the source contents from SMEs efficiently.
Planet’s Pick of the Week Ending Jan 11, 09 January 11, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Announcements, Planet's Pick , add a commentWe are glad to announce the ‘Planet’s Pick of the Week’ (January 4, 2009 to January 11, 2009).
The ‘Blogger of the Week’ is Tony Karrer who owns the blog, http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/
The ‘Blog Post of the Week’ is Quick Tips to Create Software Product Tutorials by Rupa Rajagopalan who owns the blog, http://thewritersgateway.com/
We select the ‘Blogger of the Week’ based on the following parameters:
- The number of informative, innovative, and self blog posts in a week
- The number of positive comments from visitors
We select the ‘Blog Post of the Week’ when a post meets one or more of the following parameters:
- Includes useful information on developing an e-learning course with trenchant instructional design strategies
- Provides information on the latest technology, news, and events in the e-learning industry
- Includes information that is useful and neutral to all e-learning professionals
Thanks for Initial Support January 10, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : About this blog , add a commentHello all,
elearningplanet.com was launched yesterday and within minutes of announcing the Web site to the world, I could see terrific response in terms of feedback and the number of visitors to the Web site. Thanks for your interest and it has certainly boosted my determination to contribute more to the e-learning industry. Surely, you can expect innovative and useful information from me. Watch out elearningplanet.com for frequent updates!
