Design solutions

Example 1: Collaborative Training Environment




A new automated staff information system was recently purchased by a major corporation and needs to be implemented in six regional offices. Unfortunately, the staff is located throughout all the different offices and cannot meet at the same time or in the same location. As an instructional designer for the corporation, you have been charged with implementing a training workshop for these offices. As part of the training, you were advised how imperative it is that the staff members share information, in the form of screen captures and documents, and participate in ongoing collaboration.

To solve this design issue it would be best to start with a software that can do several things at once. I have chosen Elluminate it’s a discussion technology that allows teachers and students to interact synchronously through instant-messaging-style interface. Elluminate vClass is a shared virtual classroom for50-400 with a customizable moderator name. Elluminate’s project lifecycle of initiation, development, validation, deployment, and closure ensure an on-time, on-budget launch of the virtual campus. Through their professional services the company will have access to consultants through every stage of the design process. Training online or onsite, instructor led and recorded delivery, and courseware conversion and development. Elluminate additionally provides a reference library and quick reference guides, user guides, and white papers. Technical support is another great feature that is offered in a variety of ways to the client and their staff.

The Elluminate website offers dozens of examples of uses of the software in various applications from k-12 traditional education, online events, professional development, tutoring, higher education and enterprise. For our solution we are building a training module to enable six regional offices to collaborate and participate simultaneously and on a ongoing bases.

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