Becoming Sticky
I read a very interesting post on one of my favorite e-learning blogs: “What We Can Learn About Instructional Design From Post-It™ Notes” (The Rapid E-Learning Blog).
I could write all about it here, but it is a really good read and would highly recommend it if you’re in the area of designing instruction. The reason this post suddenly hit me was because I was engaged with some staff yesterday in a Blackboard training session. I could’ve stood there all day and go through the ins and outs of the product, but it was more practical to give them a rundown of what the product is capable of; giving them a bit of a play and then more so find out more about their delivery strategy, target audience and their available time. Through this I now have a better understanding what their needs are and how we could cut down the learning curve to help them get their course on-line quicker. (Now I’ll just pass this information on to their ELF [e-learning facilitator]).
In reference to the article, yes there are many under-pinning “need to knows”, but ultimately in vocational training we want to see people performing the tasks they would in the workplace. The most embarrassing comment from the posted article is the following: “The entire course will take 60 minutes to teach what her co-worker could have taught her in about five” (Kulhmann, February 20, 2008)
This is just a bit of a reminder that sometimes, maybe we just need to get to the point 
Tags: blackboard, blog, elearning, elfs
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
Thanks for the plug and for reading the blog. Unfortunately, all of my advice comes at the expense of some poor learners who had to sit through my mistakes.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:12 am
No problem Tom. It was an insightful read.