Making eLearning
Work: Leveraging Captured Knowledge and Active Learning [6.0M]
Vance Giboney, QAD
Monday - 1:30
p.m.
Learn how your organization can address the challenges in
establishing and maintaining a knowledgeable workforce. Gain an understanding of
QAD's cost-effective approach to on-demand training and reusable content from
multiple knowledge sources. See how to add additional content to customize these
materials.
The need for on-demand, just-in-time learning continues to increase as
computer software becomes more sophisticated and companies become more reluctant
to invest in lengthy classroom training. Over the past few years, QAD has worked
to meet these needs by incorporating streaming media with presentation material
into small learning objects (QBits) that can be collected into larger course
structures (collections, suites). These instructional objects have been
media-based, with emphasis on the streaming presentation. More recently, we have
developed models based upon a balance between streaming media and other content
such as user guides and training manuals. Like QBits, these materials are based
on data-driven, XML-based models and offer increased opportunity and flexibility
for easy customization by QAD customers. This presentation covers these new
models and how these customization features can be used to enrich the learning
content.
However, materials alone do not result in successful learning.
Users of these materials need to be adept at learning independently from diverse
knowledge sources. While some people do this easily, others do not.
Understanding the skills involved in active, independent learning, and how these
skills can be developed, can provide a basis for developing employee readiness
for taking advantage of on-demand learning materials. The second part of this
presentation discusses these issues, including strategies for developing this
learning
readiness.
