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Teaming up to Transform Training Wellesley College and the Element K Partnership for Web-Based Software Instruction. Pattie Orr Director Of User Services Wellesley College. Bob Mosher Executive Director Of Education Element K. Why Did We Do This?. Traditional Class Enrollment Declining
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Teaming up to Transform Training Wellesley College and the Element K Partnership for Web-Based Software Instruction
Pattie Orr Director Of User Services Wellesley College
Bob Mosher Executive Director Of Education Element K
Why Did We Do This? • Traditional Class Enrollment Declining • Small Information Services Staff • Hard to Offer Prerequisites and Depth • Rapid Change in Products and Versions • Dollars • HR issues
Learning as a Process • Traditional View • Classroom Event Driven • Reactive --- Low-End Courses • Instructor Dependent • Brick and Mortar w/ Helpdesk fallout • New View • Reinvent the Learning Experience…
Reinvent the Classroom • More Personal Approach • Just-in-Time • Deskside Coaching • 1 to 1 • On-line Training Product to Supplement • Brick and Mortar Became More Focused and Purposeful - workshop based model
“If you build it…WILL they come?” • Pilot with Focused Group • Show and Tell • Bigger group - Help Desk Folks • Boston Consortium - More is better!! Get Brain Share • Vendor Partnership
Rollout - Institutional Change!! • IT/ Helpdesk Students • HR/ Staff Rollout • Dean & Faculty • Students • Trustees
Measuring Success… • It Takes Time!!! • Reporting Issues • Confidentiality • LMS!!! • Completion rates - Valid? • Assessment? • ROI??
Things to Watch Out for… • Train on the Tool • “Burn Me Once” • CBT History • Evolve the Process and Implementation • Hand-Holding • Peer to Peer
Next Steps or Trends • Independent Learner • Synchronous Technologies • Learning Style Assessment • Next Generation Knowledgebases • Mentoring • “Technocommunities” • Wireless & Handheld
What Does it Mean to “Transform” Training… • Partnerships • Consortia • External to Vendors • With the Learners… • For more information…
For More Information Contact Pattie Orr --- porr@wellesley.edu Bob Mosher ---Bob_Mosher@elementk.com Higher Education Representative for Element KJeff Prevost --- Jeff_Prevost@elementk.com 1-800-456-4677 x7433