Designing an On-line Training Program: Context and Constructions

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Designing an On-line Training Program Context
and ConstructionsI have never let my schooling
interfere with my education. - Mark Twain

• Stephen F. Steele, Consultant
• Faculty Online Technology Training Consortium
  (FOTTC) Faculty Liaison On-Line Academy Anne
  Arundel Community College
• sfsteele_at_mail.aacc.cc.md.us 410-541-2369

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Where are We Going Today? Training for What?

1. Context in the Training Environment Some
   Characteristics of a Short-term Future
   C-ing The Future Dealing with Demand
   Toward a Plausible Future
2. Constructions Some models Creating Your
   Training Culture

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1. Context Some Characteristics of a Short-term
Future

• Synchronous and Asynchronous
• Individuation (tailor-made worlds)
• Rapid change, rapid resocialization
• Artificial intelligence and self-organizing
  systems
• Digital Culture -Smart everything
• Flattened hierarchies
• Globalization

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C-ing the Future Impacts on Our Educational
Scenario?

• Convenience
• Cost
• Career
• Credit and Credit-free

• Convergence
• Competition
• Cooperating
• Collaborating
• Coaching

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Dealing with DemandDoes Your On-line Learner
Demand Look Like This?
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Toward a Plausible Future 2010?
Draw a pie chart representing your list

• List the learning delivery structures percent
  of all learners in 2010
  Percent
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• 100

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The Emerging Learning Environment What They
Didnt Teach Us in Grad School
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Web Dreamin Getting From Here to There
2000 Your College?
2010
Note These Data Are Completely Contrived!!
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An Example...
Smart classroom
Occasional on campus, chats,b-brds
Nothing but Net
Active learning
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Targets of Action
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2. Constructions Some models

• Enlightened geeks
• Guilds
• Info-Factories
• Partnerships and Vendors
• All of the above and others?

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From Geeks to Guilds

• Enlightened GeeksTechnologically and content
  interested, often technologically able, willing
  to work, will figure out a way to make this work
• Not necessarily organizationally driven or
  supported

• GuildsCollective groups of artisans, trained by
  other artisans to create crafted,
  craftsperson-centered products
• Not high-production oriented, craftsperson-centere
  d

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From Info-Factories to Partnerships

• Info-FactoriesTechnologically supported, means
  of production with a sophisticated division of
  labor including virtual teams with technological
  specialties production-learner centered
• High production, common definitions and structures

• Partnerships Vendors Collective groups of
  organizations networked to broker learning
  access, highly learner-oriented
• Reduction of redundancy, complex networks or
  virtual structures transparent to learners.

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Creating Your Training Culture
2. Who Do You Want to Be?
Info-Factories
Geeks?
1. Where Do You Want to Go?
Guilds?
Partnerships Vendors?
3. OR
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A Mix?
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Who Do You Want to Be?
Draw a pie chart representing your list

• List the percent of learning delivery structures
  in year______
  
  Percent
• __Geeks _________ ___
• __Guilds_____ ____ ___
• __Info-Factory ____ ___
• __Partners Vendors ___
• Other_________________ ___
• _________________ ___
• _________________ ____________________ ___
• 100