Posted in Business, Content, How To's, Human Resources, Instructional Design, Knowledge Management, Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Tips, eLearning on May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Competency models are becoming increasingly important to the sustainment of a work force. Whether faced by challenges of replacing highly qualified team members who choose to retire or building skills to improve quality, competency models provide a framework of the knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics (attitudes, behaviors) that are vital to a given role.
The competency [...]
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About 20 years ago I started designing and developing computer-based training (CBT) using Authorware. At that time I knew nothing about a process for this type of effort. My experience was primarily in print design and production. It was an interesting experience making the transition. Print designers enjoyed a long established design process which was [...]
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In the field of performance improvement and knowledge management: 90% delivered is 100% effective 95% of the time.
OK, I just made that up: I’m not out to posit another theorem, we have enough of those (90/90; 80/20). My goal is to underscore the importance of time-to-market in a resource-constrained environment.
So what is 90% delivered? Let’s [...]
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Posted in Business, Content, Education, Instructional Design, Internet, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Resources, Strategy, Technology, Tips, eLearning on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Will you be doomed to failure and fall into the e-Learning abyss if you don’t take the time to create a strategy for the organization? At some level, I would say, “Yes,absolutely!” Does it have to be a “formal” strategy as I suggest in this chapter? Probably not. However, if you are “feeling” your way [...]
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Posted in Business, Content, Education, Instructional Design, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy, Technology, Tips, eLearning on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
The process for developing an e-Learning strategy is exactly the same as the process for developing a learning strategy. However, a focus on dissemination of content via technology usually emerges. Whereas the process for developing an e-Learning strategy can be comprehensive, it is far easier to digest if broken into component parts.
The areas of focus [...]
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I was telling a friend about the various projects and solutions I work on. When I brought up online learning and performance management, I used the word “sticky”.
“Wow, now that is a word I haven’t heard since the early days of the Web,” my friend exclaimed.
I knew what he was referring to. Sticky was a [...]
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As I continue to complete a variety of different eLearning projects, I often look back and think about how successful these projects were. My tendency is to focus on issues like:
Did the client want to strangle me during the project or at the end, did I get a group hug?
Did we conduct a few more [...]
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I was part of a discussion not too long ago where a group was trying to decide what would be the next course to develop in a curriculum series. It was a great conversation with equal representation from the learning world and the subject matter experts who were going to be directly impacted by this training program. Both sides were [...]
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