When developing training materials, keep in mind the skimming reader. Encourage, with both carrot and stick, to actually read the material. The carrot can be as simple as making the information engaging (incorporate the social side of training–scenarios, case studies, real life impact, etc.) or very, very direct (push this button and your entire warehouse inventory will be deleted from the system).
Archive for February, 2009
Writing for the Right Community
Posted in distance learning, learner materials, tests, writing styles, tagged discourse community, distance learning, instructional design, Training, writing on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Businesses and Consultants: missionaries and mercenaries
Posted in consulting, project team, tagged consultants, project team on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have, for over ten years now, been a consultant. I have worked in pretty much every configuration of the client/consultant relationship there is: as a hired hand for a consulting group (4 times), as a direct in-house hire (for 2 years), as a direct independent subcontracted through different layers of headhunters (one job was [...]
Virtual or onsite
Posted in distance learning, e-publishing, working from home, tagged collaboration, distance learning, instructional design, Training, virtual working on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
But, sitting in a cubicle, conference room or over-flow space while working on client work does not, on the whole, add the value that the travel expenses raise. That is, if there is drudge work to be done (working on a class, curriculum, etc.), let me do it from home, and then come in for discussion, review, etc.
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