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Tips for Gathering Source Contents from SMEs_Part 1 January 14, 2009

Posted by elearningtyro in : Instructional Design, Useful Resources , trackback

Gathering 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.

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