building courses in large organisations

Hi Will,

I'm not sure I'm clear on what you're looking for, but you may want to look in the Building Better Courses forum as that is where users tend to share more information about design and development and general instruction. 

Hi Will,

I have not seen such an algorithm or tool, but an interesting idea!

That being said, if you have some specifics on your situation then I bet a bunch of us would be glad to share our wisdom with you.... such as it is.  :-))

Hi  again Will,

Just following up because this is an interesting topic. Would really love to hear more about your particular criteria/need, but in the meantime here are some factors we've had to consider when making such decisions.... and I think it speaks to why a simple diagnostic tool may not be prevalent today.

Factors can include the following:

• Type of subject matter
• Length/complexity  of content
• Need for direct feedback
•  Need for easy reporting/tracking
• Business impact from "lost" productivity
• Business climate/cultural impact of delivery methodology
• Longevity/shelf-life of content
• Sensitivity of topic
• Change required of organization and participants
• Gravitas of initiative/topic (ie is it short term need or long term direction)
• % of workforce impacted
• Total # of Learners
• tech-level of learners
• literacy level or learners
• Availability of learners / scheduling (10 mins multiple times vs single event)
• Current knowledge/skill level of learners
• Ability to model desired behaviors (in person vs multi-media)
• Time to create
• Time to fully deploy
• Budget
• Stakeholder bias
• Regulatory constraints
• Availability of training resources (creative & delivery)
• Lack of available computers/unique log-ins
• Training space constraints
• and more....

I'm sure there are few I forgot.  But as you can see there are a fair number of variables involved and this decisioning can be quite nuanced.   One very small but quite real example... All of the "logic" can point to a recommended delivery channel, but if this is a "hot button" issue for a senior business leader they may trump it all and say they want an full-blown ILT event instead (or perhaps even just as an excuse to get their people together).

So, some of what's listed above is why Org Dev/L&D leaders in large organizations often say this as much art as it is science.

Hope this ramble helps and good luck!

Nice Bob - that's a serious list! :-)

Thank you so much.

My boss wanted me to research this. Ill send your response to her and let you know what she thinks...