I am building one soft skills course, and have to show a conversation between 2 people, which is an interview scenario. Has anyone of you built something similar?
Poornima, I love your creativity! Really neat use of characters in that example!
Udit, the course featured in this blog post might interest you too. In it, the course author uses hyperlinks to help the learner "interview" a patient to form a correct diagnosis. Each hyperlink takes the learner to a separate (but very similar) slide in which the interviewee answers the question. Though the featured course uses animated characters which have been inserted as SWF movies, you could easily create a very similar effect with still images and narration or chat bubbles. (There are quite a few free chat bubbles in the Downloads section here.)
In response to the interview soft skills question, I've built something similar (pharmaceutical sales). We used branching scenarios with two or three outcomes: the best sale is made, a lower level sale is made, no sale is made. We presented a side-by-side dialog over a couple of screens, then a decision point that was branched. There were three-five decision points with the learner selecting from a short list of sales materials or information to use. These scenarios helped sales people present the product appropriately, discuss key information from trials, and respond well to physician questions.
Hi, Udit. It's something we did a number of years ago with a (now)-antiquated system, so I don't have anything I can share. I'm not sure I can put something together in time to help you out: I'm getting ready to leave town for about a week. I hope the description helps out, though. I'm sorry about the rotten timing.
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Have you tried using the design comics models? They are good for such conversational courses.
http://poorniscribes.blogspot.com/2010/11/corporate-drama.html - An example I have worked on...
Thanks Poornima.
All : Please share your ideas with me. It will be of great help to me.
Regards
Udit
Poornima, I love your creativity! Really neat use of characters in that example!
Udit, the course featured in this blog post might interest you too. In it, the course author uses hyperlinks to help the learner "interview" a patient to form a correct diagnosis. Each hyperlink takes the learner to a separate (but very similar) slide in which the interviewee answers the question. Though the featured course uses animated characters which have been inserted as SWF movies, you could easily create a very similar effect with still images and narration or chat bubbles. (There are quite a few free chat bubbles in the Downloads section here.)
That's very clever, Poornima, and I think a lot of managers can relate. It's a great introduction to why e-learning is important and works.
In response to the interview soft skills question, I've built something similar (pharmaceutical sales). We used branching scenarios with two or three outcomes: the best sale is made, a lower level sale is made, no sale is made. We presented a side-by-side dialog over a couple of screens, then a decision point that was branched. There were three-five decision points with the learner selecting from a short list of sales materials or information to use. These scenarios helped sales people present the product appropriately, discuss key information from trials, and respond well to physician questions.
Thanks Mary. Is it possilbe you could share the demo file?
Please let me know.
Thanks
Udit
Hi, Udit. It's something we did a number of years ago with a (now)-antiquated system, so I don't have anything I can share. I'm not sure I can put something together in time to help you out: I'm getting ready to leave town for about a week. I hope the description helps out, though. I'm sorry about the rotten timing.
Thanks Jeanette, Thanks Mary.
Other gurus: Please suggest more ideas to me!
Thanks
Udit
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