Recycling elearning Assets. elearning Instructional Design: Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques. Joel Gendelman, Future Technologies

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Recycling eLearning Assets

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Recycling eLearning Assets

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Dr. Joel Gendelman, Future Technologies

Future Technologies Inc.

Poll 1

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How well would you say your organization

reuses its eLearning Assets?

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Benefits of Recycling

eLearning Assets

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Increase responsiveness

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Decrease development time

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Reduce costs

Poll 2

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How much did you organizations spend in 2012

on creating eLearning assets, including the costs

of internal and external services, as well as

off-the-shelf courseware?

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What you will get out of this Session

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Determine the business needs and strategies that their new

projects are poised to support

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Link the performance objectives of their current assignment to

these objectives and strategies

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Comprehensively identify and document the related eLearning

assets in their current inventory of eLearning courseware

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Use the documented results to align each performance

objective with existing eLearning

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Develop eLearning materials that leverage existing assets to

deliver an aligned, robust, and thoughtfully crafted eLearning

solution to your client

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Alignment

Business Goals &

Strategies

eLearning Assets

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Reaching Across the Aisle

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Business Side

of the House

Audience and position

descriptions

Job task groups

Job tasks

Performance objectives

Constraints

Curriculum Side

of the House

Curriculum materials

Instructional objectives

Enabling objectives

Grouped enabling objectives

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Poll 3

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How is your eLearning cupboard organized?

Well Documented and

Aligned eLearning Assets

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Step 1: Analyze and document business

goals and strategies

Step 2: Gather and analyze eLearning

assets

Step 3: Align business goals and

strategies with eLearning

assets

Method for Aligning and

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Step 4: Make recommendations

Step 5: Implement recommendations

Step 6: Assess and revise

Method for Aligning and

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1. Clearly define your business goals and strategies

2. Specify desired business outcomes

3. Define your audiences

4. Develop task listings

5. Create performance objectives

6. Determine constraints

7. Document Step 1 information using the Audience and Job

Analysis Chart

Step 1: Document your Business Needs and Strategies

Aligning and Recycling eLearning Assets

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Where and how do you get this information on

business goals and strategies?

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Audience and Job Analysis Chart

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1. Gather eLearning and other instructional assets

2. Analyze and document the curricula

3. Generate instructional and enabling objectives

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Validate and enhance objectives

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Convert assessment items into objectives

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Convert course outlines and activities into

objectives

4. Group objectives under corresponding performance

objectives

5. Document Step 2 information using the Curriculum

Documentation Chart

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Curriculum Documentation Chart

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What information do you have on your existing

eLearning assets?

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1. Align instructional objectives with performance

objectives

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Link both to eLearning assets (courses, modules,

sections)

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Document the above using the Curriculum

Alignment Chart

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Note discrepancies

Step 3: Align Business Needs with Curriculum Assets

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Identify eLearning assets that you intend to

use and are that are identified and well

documented

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Revise, update, and align these assets

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Obtain or develop additional assets (course

road maps, activity sheets, resource maps,

job aids, assessments)

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Retire eLearning assets

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Step 4: Make Recommendations

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Introduction

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Purpose of the report

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Description of effort and process

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Business goals and strategies

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Audience and job analysis chart

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Curriculum documentation chart

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Curriculum alignment chart

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Recommendations

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Action plan and schedule

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Reuse existing instructional assets that are

identified and well documented

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Revise, update, or align these assets

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Retire instructional assets

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Develop or obtain additional materials (course

road maps, activity sheets, resource maps, job

aids, assessments)

Step 5: Implement Recommendations

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Implement newly aligned assets

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Assess their effectiveness

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Make refinements

Step 6: Implement Recommendations

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Diagnostic technique to diagnose benign fatty

tumors and cysts in dogs and cats

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Impossible to make an accurate visual diagnosis

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Improve patient care regarding lumps identified

on patients during routine examination by

performing FNAs more regularly

FNA (Fine Needle Aspiration)

Case Study

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Case Study

Audience and Job Analysis Chart

Audience Characteristics Job/Task _Group Tasks Performance Objective Constraints

Front desk staff Market FNA

Position the value of the FNA procedure to pet owners

Market the value of FNA and obtain a 85% client acceptance rate

Explain the procedure, answer any questions, and gain their approval to perform the procedure

Code/bill Code FNA procedures

Correctly code and bill 95% of FNA procedures using the practice’s PMIS and the appropriate compliance and recommendation codes

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Case Study

Clinicians Identify when an _{FNA is warranted} Identify when an FNA is _{warranted 90% of the time}

Take the sample

Take a sample with 100% accuracy as identified by the SOP Interpret the results

Interpret results accurately 100% of the time

Communicate the results to the pet owner

Communicate the results of the test themselves to clients in an accurate and caring manner. All recommendations will be made in full consideration of the other health issues of the animal

Audience and Job Analysis Chart

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Case Study

Audience and Job Analysis Chart

Audience Characteristics Job/Task

Group Tasks Performance Objective Constraints

Technicians Process the sample

Process the sample with 100% accuracy

Associated procedures and lab equipment, including slides, microscope, stains, and immersion oil Follow generally accepted medical procedures and guidelines Adhere to the SOPs with 100% accuracy

Forward the results to clinician

Communicate the results to the clinician verbally in writing. Include appropriate clinical information in the patient’s chart within 24 hours of the test

Case Study

Asset Documentation Chart

Asset Module/Sectio n Section

Instructional

Objective Taxonomy Level

Performance Objective Fine needle aspiration cytology: A non-invasive method of evaluation of

cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules client information sheet Knowledge/Comprehension Course/Periodical: Cytology of internal organs as a diagnostic tool - General

approach to cytology of internal organs

Cytology - Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA): VCA Animal Hospitals Course/Periodical: Cytology Sample Collection and Preparation for Veterinary Practitioners

Brochure provided by pharmaceutical company or laboratory SOP provided by pharmaceutical company or laboratory

Initial training provided by pharmaceutical company or laboratory Application? A portion of quarterly lunch and learn sessions provided by pharmaceutical

company

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FNA (Fine Needle Aspiration)

Case Study

Curriculum Alignment Chart (Front Desk Personnel)

Performance Objective Instructional Objective Asset Module Section

Market the value of FNA and obtain a 85% client acceptance rate

Position the value of the FNA procedure to pet owners Explain the procedure, answer any questions, and gain their approval to perform the procedure

Fine needle aspiration cytology: A non-invasive method of evaluation of cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules client information sheet

Section 1: What is Fine Needle Aspiration cytology? Section 2: Why is this procedure recommended?

Course/Periodical: Cytology of internal organs as a diagnostic tool - General

approach to cytology of internal organs Section 1: Cytology of internal organs as a diagnostic tool

Cytology - Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA): VCA Animal Hospitals

Section 1: What is cytology?

Section 2: When is cytology by Fine Needle Aspiration performed? Section 3: How are cells collected with Fine Needle Aspiration? Section 7: What is the next diagnostic step after cytology? Brochure provided by pharmaceutical

company or laboratory Yes SOP provided by pharmaceutical

company or laboratory Maybe Initial training provided by

pharmaceutical company or laboratory Maybe

FNA (Fine Needle Aspiration)

Case Study

Curriculum Alignment Chart (Front Desk Personnel)

Performance

Objective

Instructional

Objective

Asset

Module

Section

Bulletin board and

practice website

Yes

Correctly code and

bill 95% of FNA

procedures using

the practice’s PMIS

and the appropriate

compliance and

recommendation

codes

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Case Study

Curriculum Alignment Chart (Technicians)

Performance

Objective

Instructional

Objective

Asset

Module

Section

Process the sample

with 100% accuracy

Communicate the

results to the clinician

verbally in writing

Include appropriate

clinical information in

the patient’s chart

within 24 hours of the

test

Case Study

Curriculum Alignment Chart (Clinicians)

Performance Objective Instructional Objective Asset Module Section Identify when an FNA is

warranted 90% of the time Take a sample accurately and safely according the SOPs 100% of the time Interpret results accurately 100% of the time

Communicate the results of the test themselves to clients in an accurate and caring manner. All recommendations will be made in full consideration of the other health issues of the animal

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Contact Us

Founder and CEO

Future Technologies Inc.

http://www.fttraining.com

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Dr. Joel Gendelman

http://www.fttraining.com