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Learning objectivesSupporting business objectives with better learning objectives

Concurrent session 204Wednesday, October 31 2012 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

DevLearn conference, Las Vegas

By Kasper Spiro

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About

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TrendsTrends

Web

Mobile

Social media

R.O.I.

Performance

support

Workplace

learning

Sociallearning

Informallearning

Non-LMSLearning

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Why

We can create better and more effective eLearningby making better use of learning objectives. They

can help in:

designing personalizing

tracking and tracing

evaluating

connecting to the business

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Goal

The goal of this presentation is toexplore how to:

connect learning to the business (goals)

translate business goals in learning objectives design courses based on learning objectives

measure progress based on learning objectives

use learning objectives to individualize eLearningcourses

report on learning objectives

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Action Mapping

1. Identify the business goal2. Identify what people need to do (instead of need to

know), translate them into actions

3. Design a (real world) activity for each action that help

people practice each behavior4. Identify what people really (really?) need to know, add

that information

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Action Mapping plus .

If you use learning objectives you will add:

Instructional design support

A better way to inform the learner on goals and progress

Personalize the eLearning experience (on a course and

a curriculum level)

Connect your learning outcome to business goals

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My approach

1. Identify the business goal2. Create learning objectives;

3. Design your curriculum

4. Design a specific course

5. Learning

6. Evaluate learning outcome in relation to the business

objectives

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Identify the business goals

Connect to the right people/departments in yourorganization, be part of the process

Set the goals foryour learning department in terms of contribution tothese business goals (first perform also step 2 and 3)

Make sure they are measurable

1. Identify the business goals

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Identify the business goals

Determine what people need to be able to do to fulfilthebusiness goals

Talk to the business

Determine what they already can do

Perform a baseline if possible

Determine the learning gap

In skills and knowledge

Create learning objectives (for the whole period)

Set your goals in terms of learning outcomes Make them measurable

2. Create learning objectives

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Identify the business goals

Make a high level design of your learning interventions Base them on your learning objectives

Make sure they are inAction terms

Set a measurable goal for each intervention

Allocate budget to each intervention Get approval for outcomes (your goals) from the

business

3. Design your curriculum

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Identify the business goals

Make a business manager the client

Start with the learning objectives (and budget and outcometarget)

Translate them into activities

Get subject matter experts involved

Use didactical structure Learning objectives

Questions/cases

Information

Keep the business informed

Be as agile as you can, give demos every one or two weeks

Deliver course

Evaluate course

With the business

4. Design a specific course

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4. Didactics

Learning

objectives

Questions

and

cases

Information

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5. Learning process

Objectives will:

1. inform the learner on the goals

2. inform the learner on the progress

3. personalize the eLearning experience

4. report learning outcomes

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Inform the learner on the goals

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Inform the learner on his progress

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Personalize the eLearning

In a course Use branching techniques on question, case or

assessment level

Create study advices

Show where to go

In the curriculum

Use learning objectives to create an adaptive

learning path between courses

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Branching

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Navigation help

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Report the learning outcome

You can report on learning objectives inScorm

Make sure your LMS supports this

Invest in proper reports.

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6. Evaluate learning outcome

1. Evaluate each course/learning intervention with client2. Evaluate learning outcome in relation to the business

objectives with business

Show how well you did to fill the learning gap Compare outcome with baseline

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Conclusion

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Conclusion

Using action mapping approach in combinationwith learning objectives will:

Improve your eLearning

Make your results measurable

Help you to connect learning to the business

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Cathy Moore Action Mapping:

http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2008/05/be-an-elearning-action-hero/

Kasper Spiro Blog on agile learning

http://kasperspiro.com/2011/11/24/agile-e-learning-development/

Screen shots from easygenerator: www.easygenerator.com

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Kasper Spiro, CEO easygenerator

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