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United States Power Squadrons®. Mechanics of e-learning seminar and course d evelopment at USPS St/C Andy Sumberg. e-learning basics?. Leverage technology to achieve remote learning Two types Asynchronous Synchronous USPS current efforts are asynchronous. Where we are today.
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United States Power Squadrons® Mechanics of e-learning seminar and course development at USPS St/C Andy Sumberg
e-learning basics? • Leverage technology to achieve remote learning • Two types • Asynchronous • Synchronous • USPS current efforts are asynchronous
Where we are today • Partner in Command – released • Boating on Rivers, Locks & Lakes – final development stages before review cycle • Basic Weather – storyboarding • VHF Radio – storyboarding • Marine Radar - storyboarding
e-learning piece parts • Infrastructure • Marketing • Systems • Web presence • Student sign-up & tracking • Ongoing contact • Content
Who does the content work • Joint effort between • Course committee – you are the subject matter experts • Educational Outreach committee • Publications • Boat/US Foundation
Overview of content development • Initial source material (committee) • for USPS usually PowerPoint • Identify additional material (committee) • video, images, animation, audio • Produce additional material (various)
Content development (continued) • Storyboard (committee/EO) • Word document • Course authoring (EO & Boat/US Foundation) • Claro by Dominknow • Learning Management System (Boat/US) • Inquisiq R3 by ICS Learning Group
Source material • PowerPoint • Does it tell the right story • Must have a true narration script, not speaker notes • Additional media - video, animations, images • Identify drill-down and advanced topics • Identify technical terms to be defined • Assessments
Storyboard • Best produced by subject matter expert from committee • EO will help • Word document • Identifies all actions related to each scene
Mechanics of a scene • Most scenes (slides) will be narrated • Screen can contain hot spots for clicks (drill-down & advanced topics) • Words can be hyperlinked for definitions • Video can be played and replayed • Images can appear and be replaced during narration of user selection
Critical Success Factors • Support of NEO and ANEOs for project • Commitment from R/Cs for content • Assigned subject matter expert for content • Know topic • Willing to storyboard • Overall project management • Infrastructure, systems, processes
What to do first • Identify your most ready seminars • Review and correct (write out) the narrations • Tell us