State evaluators are focused on the time a student is in the course. We set a time for each slide and customers were unhappy. So we reduced time to minimal. Now the State analyst want all users to have 1 hour participation in the online course if it is an approved 1 hour. Any ideas to keep customer happy and meet the requirement.
Wearing my consultant hat, I'm forced to ask - Why do the state analysts want to measure the time spent in the course?
Time is a terrible measure of knowledge (either comprehension or application). What's the goal behind forcing learners to spend a set amount of time in a course?
Wanda - I know you may not have any influence on that piece, but taking that approach is just begging for people to start the course, then go on lunch break.
My guess would be CE requirements (continuing education). Many fields require that a certain amount of time be spent every year in approved course work to maintain certification. Regardless of whether or not you think this is effective, it IS the norm in many industries/professions.
Wanda - to make sure students get 60 minutes of content, design 90 minutes of activities in the course. :-)
I've designed a bunch of stuff for people with CE requirements - I get that it's a norm across many industries. That doesn't mean that it's right or effective and change never happens if we don't at least raise the possibility of something different.
60 to 90 minutes of engaging content (so people don't just click through) is probably the right solution for now.
Or have at least 60 mins of audio, animation, or video to go along with the rest of the content and lock navigation so the media has to play all the way through before the learner can move on.
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Hi Wanda,
Could you make it so that the course duration is 1 hour but students are able to skip ahead if they can complete it faster?
I can make it one hour, but state requires proof that the student was in the course for 60 min.
Wearing my consultant hat, I'm forced to ask - Why do the state analysts want to measure the time spent in the course?
Time is a terrible measure of knowledge (either comprehension or application). What's the goal behind forcing learners to spend a set amount of time in a course?
Wanda - I know you may not have any influence on that piece, but taking that approach is just begging for people to start the course, then go on lunch break.
My guess would be CE requirements (continuing education). Many fields require that a certain amount of time be spent every year in approved course work to maintain certification. Regardless of whether or not you think this is effective, it IS the norm in many industries/professions.
Wanda - to make sure students get 60 minutes of content, design 90 minutes of activities in the course. :-)
I've designed a bunch of stuff for people with CE requirements - I get that it's a norm across many industries. That doesn't mean that it's right or effective and change never happens if we don't at least raise the possibility of something different.
60 to 90 minutes of engaging content (so people don't just click through) is probably the right solution for now.
Or have at least 60 mins of audio, animation, or video to go along with the rest of the content and lock navigation so the media has to play all the way through before the learner can move on.
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