Help... I need ideas!

How about using stories to 'tell' learners about the policy and will tell them cole's notes version  of the policy and have a 'more information' button link to the actual pdf.

For example if training on safe heavy lifting you could show a short video of someone doing it incorrectly, pause the video and display the cole's notes version of the policy highlighting the benefits of safely lifting heavy items.

But it truly depends on the culture of your organization as whether this approach would be acceptable.

Very nice idea, Jayan.

Another technique would be to tell a story. (Everyone likes to listen to them). The policies, procedures and checklists could be characters or props... 

And the ultimate `moral' would be read up the pdf. This way, people will find the process interesting, and actually end up reading the stuff.

We had faced a similar situation while building a module on `Corporate Commodity Codes'. (Yeah... as the title suggests, its all about some dry codes. )

So we built a story where a new comer talks to the CCC Director and asks about some situations. Through the replies, the Director takes her through the policies involved in making the commodity code.

All the best!

You have to check this tutorial!

http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/courses/how-do-i-create-my-first-course.aspx

it is really great and an awesome way to start...

It is like eLearning for Dummies...lol

I would start with a question -> What in your bosses opinion a learner has to know after taking a course? Maybe they don't have to know exactly each procedure just the way to find it and use it?

I have to agree with the group. Start out with a question. You could come up with a dilemma. I.e. Fred and Sally like each other but Fred is Sally's boss. What should Sally do?  Reduce the amount of text and create scenarios to apply the policies.  The example with the car was reinforced with images and animation and that is where you want to go with e-learning. Just be aware of the cognitive load theory. Learners can only remember so much information presented to them at any given point in time so policies will need to be chunked up into modules. Think what makes an effective learning environment.  Meaningful graphics and background music is a start. Storyboard out each scenario. this will help you decide in which direction you want to take the course.

Good Luck.

Hey guys,

Some great ideas! I think I need to go back and analyse the key points that need to be taken from the P&P. I like the idea of a story/dilemma though.

Thanks heaps everyone!

I think the best place to begin is with a goal statement. What do you expect to accomplish with the training. What do you expect the learner to be able to perform when they have finished the training? How are you going to asses the learning transfer? Just a few things to ask yourself.

Hi Kat P:

I was at a workshop today where Tom Kuhlmann mentioned the Christian Aid course they did for LINGOs. This course is a great way of dealing with a "content dump" where all of the text is important to the SMEs, but also making it interactive and engaging.

Here's one link to that course demo ... there might be better URLs, but try this one:

http://community.articulate.com/blogs/david/archive/2011/01/24/production-techniques-icon-navigation.aspx