The E-Reach Team are all hands on deck as storyboarding fills our screens with images, podcasts and wonderful things that go pop! (Or will when we work out how.) Creativity and caffeine flowed freely, as three different styles of instructional design began to take shape. Case studies were re-written, photos cropped and text boxes were highlighted then unhighlighted and highlighted again. The unit is 'Using Training Packages to meet client needs', and we wanted to draw inspiration from many types of training packages from business, cooking, environment and technology to name a few.
LU chose a logical navigation approach to reading the NTIS website showed creativity and will be the envy of face to face trainers everywhere. 'Powerpoint was a great tool as it was a visual representation of how it would look for the learner' she said. We realised that the more detail about the knowledge sequencing was required, but after a few trial and errors, and extra thought the following questions helped overcome that hurdle.
What does the learner need to know?
What sequence is logical for the learner?
Is this sufficient to provide the learner with skills and knowledge they need?
KG's use of cooking metaphors with flavoursome imagery stopped office traffic. You will see what we mean at Converge 2011.
MW moved to case studies based on current VET topics: 'The Educational Crisis: training the twenty first century workforce for jobs that do not yet exist, using technology that is still being built, to solve problems we barely have begun to recognise are problems.' With a twist on the retail training package, futuristic shopping was the order of the day, as she braved the world of microchipped shopping carts, mobile phone technology and automated wine tasting.
While in greenskills, learners will visit Flinders Chase National Park, solving a dilemma in eco-tourism. In this case study they will investigate what skills and knowledge volunteers require to work safely in this unfamiliar environment. These case studies focussed on learners recognising the skills and knowledge of future employment areas in Australia's changing employment landscape, and the challenges facing trainers to cope.
How, where and when to follow delivery with activities and assessments were a hot topic as 'navigation' and 'conformity of design' questions lingered. We bent the rules around yesterday's colours of choice as imagination should not be restricted to rules, or should they? Restriction of the few images available struck us as a big concern - could the ideas brewing be made a reality with this crew visiting the digital world?
Would all the ideas achieve the learner outcomes we hoped in a professional manner? Tomorrow at Eworks all questions would be answered.
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