Explanation:

This will be a concise statement of what the course will cover. Use your task statements from the ISD Analysis phase to write this content text.

Example:

The content of this program will consist of the six tasks necessary to build a tire using the X45-B tire-making machine. The content will include a pre-course assessment and post-course assessment, 12 lessons, 12 post-lesson assessments, a certificate page for completion of course, a glossary, and a Resources page.

Explanation:

From the WRD's STED Committee Analysis, you already know that your delivery method will be blended learning with the core course being delivered from the web, and the lectures being delivered synchronously using Breeze Live.

The method(s) can be written in paragraphs, as in the example.

If you are having a synchronous lecture, using Breeze Live, please be sure to add that as well in the Method section. Please see table below for any other types of methods you may use for your course delivery:

Example:

The core delivery method for this course will be blended web-based with the core course matter being web-based and lectures being a synchronous live event using Breeze Live. This course was formerly taught in the classroom with three instructors. The three instructors will be transferring their materials for their parts of the course into PowerPoint or Breeze software. The principle instructor will be the one to combine all the PPT presentations from the instructors into the Breeze templates for final delivery.

The web-based part of the course will include e-mail links to all instructors for student questions and answers.

The core delivery will be preceded by an on-line assessment to see what the students currently know about the program.

The core delivery will be followed by an on-line student evaluation to find out if the student feels their objectives for taking the course were met, and that they can then perform the tasks necessary, outlined in the course and lesson objectives, on the job.

More Info on Delivery:

Some considerations for transferring a classroom, Instructor-led, course to TEL delivery are:

• Is the content rich in information?
• Can individual application exercises be implemented or are group exercises imperative to the learning?
• Can the course be taught by word-based hypothetical situations?
• Can the social interaction between students and instructor(s) be done with static, observable simulations?
• Is the structure of the course based on linear segments?
• Is your web-based course able to handle larger audiences?

Explanation:

The first part of the training time states when the course developers/instructors will complete the design and development of the TEL course. The rest of the paragraph is concerning the student learning time.

These estimated times may change during the preparation of the TEL course.

Please include times for all methods (live, synchronous lecture, etc.) used.

The TEL course will be completed in approximately 6 months. The actual learning time per student will be: 1) 45 minutes for on-line pre-course assessment; 2) 3 hours for the TEL core delivery; 3) 45 minutes for the post-course, on-line evaluation; 4) 2 hours for 2 synchronous, on-line lectures.

Explanation:

This is the place where you will want to note anything special that may affect the delivery of the course and, especially, those possibilities that may have an adverse affect on the students' learning from your course.

Example:

1) A question exists as to whether all students should be trained in the entire process or whether the training should be broken into two sections (the core course and a refresher course); 2) A problem exists in that all sites will not have received the "New Production" training before the January roll-out date; 3) A problem may exist in that the student is not given the time to complete the WBT course at work.

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