The proof of the odieLearning pudding a longterm perspective

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The proof of the o/d/i/e-Learning pudding- a
long-term perspective -

• Alistair Morrison
• Managing Director
• Strathmore Business Consulting

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Session overview
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Content

• All our yesterdays
• Objectives for o/d/i/e-Learning
• Learning content development process
• The people dimension
• The technology
• Ramblings
• Summary
• Questions

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All our yesterdays
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All our yesterdays
MMT
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All our yesterdays
CEMT
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Advice 1

• o/d/i/e-Learning is not new!

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Objectives for o/e/i/e-Learning

• Organisational competitiveness?
• Educational effectiveness?
• Economy?

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Objectives for o/e/i/e-Learning

• Organisational competitiveness
• Specify requirements
• Business
• Learning

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Advice 2

• Ensure the correct business issue is being
• tackled and that o/e/i/e-Learning will add value!

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Objectives for o/e/i/e-Learning

• Educational effectiveness
• Learning strategy
• Learning devices
• Media mix
• Support
• Assessment

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Objectives for o/e/i/e-Learning

• Educational effectiveness
• Pedagogy
• Kolb/Merrill
• Gagne
• Knowles/Rogers
• Honey/Mumford
• Bloom

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Objectives for o/e/i/e-Learning

• Educational effectiveness

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Advice 3

• Get learning experts on the job!

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Objectives for o/e/i/e-Learning

• Economy
• Valid?
• Effective?

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Advice 4

• Trumpet the results!

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Learning content development process
Requirement specification
Learning strategy
1st cut educational design
Technical platform
Media assets
Detailed educational design
Content development
Testing
Use
Maintain
Apply on the job
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Learning content development process
Requirement specification
Learning strategy
1st cut educational design
Technical platform
Advice 5 Project management!
Media assets
Detailed educational design
Content development
Testing
Use
Maintain
Apply on the job
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Learning content development process
Requirement specification
Learning strategy
1st cut educational design
Technical platform
Media assets
Detailed educational design
Content development
Testing
Advice 6 Training management!
Use
Maintain
Apply on the job
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Learning content development process
Requirement specification
Learning strategy
1st cut educational design
Technical platform
Media assets
Detailed educational design
Content development
Testing
Use
Maintain
Advice 7 Management!
Apply on the job
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The people dimension

• Senior business representative
• Operational business representative/subject
  matter expert
• Project manager
• Educational designer
• Infrastructure technician
• Content developer
• Media asset developer
• Quality assurance

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Advice 8

• Get the right people involved,
• all of them!

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Learning technology

• 1982 - what video format?
• 1992 - what authoring tool?
• 2002 - what LMS?

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Ramblings
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Advice 9

• Really focus on
• knowledge elicitation!

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Summary

• Whats changed in business?
• The business world
• Technology
• What hasnt changed?
• Customers
• The need for competent people

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Summary

• Whats changed in learning?
• Volume and pace
• Technology
• What hasnt changed?
• Pedagogy
• The need for competent people

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Summary
People
Technology
Process
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Advice 10

• Learning is the solution!

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The proof of the o/d/i/e-Learning pudding- a
long-term perspective -

• For further information
• alistair.morrison_at_ntlworld.com
• 00 44 1462 628779