I need some help brainstrorming here. I am trying to think of ways that will best help a learner when faced with mandated training, such as an annual compliance course, or a refresher / calibration course. I do not want to just rehash the same the training they already have done, except where required for compliance purposes. It needs to be meaniful, performance-focued, engaging, and interesting. Easy-peasy, right? :-) What do you think? Any best practices for you and your company?
Here's an excerpt out of our course maintenance document that we provide our clients:
Annual Refresher Courses
For courses that require an annual completion, planning for this is important. Build in a “refresher” strategy – we don’t want our learners to have to repeat the same course year after year. Be intentional with the design to allow for an experience that isn’t stale. This might include:
Using a question bank to allow someone to “test out” of the course in subsequent years, and to ensure that there is not the same questions year after year.
Build content at the beginning of the project to provide some alternate paths. Allow the learner to choose a chapter they did not do before.
Develop randomized content, such as scenarios, that can mean learners don’t repeat the course.
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Great question Tim!
Here's an excerpt out of our course maintenance document that we provide our clients:
Annual Refresher Courses
For courses that require an annual completion, planning for this is important. Build in a “refresher” strategy – we don’t want our learners to have to repeat the same course year after year. Be intentional with the design to allow for an experience that isn’t stale. This might include:
Keen to see some other ideas!
Thanks! This is good...probably the best way to handle it.