eLearning Dojo Resources

Ever wanted to know how to incorporate JavaScript in your Lectora/Saba Publisher courses? Click the link below to view a step-by-step guide to incorporating JavaScript into your Lectora/Saba Publisher courses.

The Lectora/Saba Publisher Library is a powerful way to optimize development processes. Click the link below to view a document that describes best practices for using the Lectora/Saba Publisher Library.

This is perhaps the biggest software training mistake made by software developers and software buyers alike. This mistake is so wide spread today in business that most people will not recognize it even when told. It is like a fish being unaware that it is swimming in water. It is not the development of any individual training course or module. The focus has been on delivering training, not on what people are learning, not on outcomes and results.

Most of software training is developed using a combination of two approaches. First someone figures what needs to be covered, features and functions of the software. Second, someone figures how to present these to the learner, using the standard:

Organize the content into chunks
Chunk Objectives
Overview
Information download (lecture, slides, screens, whatever)
Some exercises (practice)
Summary
On to next chunk

The problem is that little or no attention is paid to the skill level being developed during the course. Most courses give basic information, a couple of exercises, and assume the learner will develop further on the job. This usually results in only a partial mastery of the material.

Companies spend billions each year developing and improving software for their clients and themselves. Other companies invest billions buying software to improve their business and to get a competitive edge. For the most part, anticipated returns on investment in development or purchase are never realized. And it has nothing to do with how good or bad the software is! It is because the people who actually use the software, don’t use it to its best advantage. This book will help you find where time and money is slipping away and put a stop to it.

In this white paper, I draw a comparison between well-known learning principles and what I could find out about Information Mapping by searching the internet.