Selecting Distance Learning Technologies

EDUC 6135

Carie Jackson

I have chosen to address scenario #3. In this case a bio-diesel company needs to address the issue of a declining safety record. They need to design a safety design a series of satety training modules to accomplish this task. The modules must be stand alone and be able to be accessed by worker on all shifts throughout the day. Workers must be able to demonstrate their understanding of the safety modules.

 

"Beginning in the early 200s, however, a new generation of web applications emerged, tools that are highly participatory and promote collaboration, networking, sharing and the widespread genration of content." (Simonson,Smaldino, Albright & Zvacek, 2012) One of these new technologies is Adobe Captivate. Adobe Captivateallows for easy development of eleraning lessons. PowerPoint presentations can be imported and turned into interactive learning experiences. Captivate also allows for HD video to be imported in a variety of formats. You can also create quizzes with multiple types of questions to assess understanding of the content presented. Captivate also allows for translation and text to audio features to allow access to the content for individuals who do not have English as their first language. Captiivate can them be converted into a flash document which can them be put into any website. This will allow them to place these safety training modules on their own company website for access by the employees at anytime (http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/features.html).

 

These features of Captivate will allow the biodiesel company to develop individual safety modules. They can take HD video of the proper way to use equipment along with step-by-step procedures to follow. After the content for each module is completed workers can then take the assessment to show their knowledge of the material. The supervisers can easily track the progress and performance of each worker on the safety modules (http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/features.html).

 

Several companies and school districts are using captivate to provide, assess and track employee performance.Palm Beach Schools in Florida use captivate to provide anytime training for their employees. They also use captivate to provide classes for teacher recertificate. This allows them to track participation and points earned(http://tv.adobe.com/watch/elearning-customer-case-studies/palm-beach-country-school-florida/). Nikon also uses Captivate to train all their sales representatives on the use and features of each of their cameras. It allows for employees to be trained the same regardless of their location. (http://tv.adobe.com/watch/elearning-customer-case-studies/nikon-adobe-captivate-in-use/).

 

Since Captivate is currently being used for the same purpose as the biodiesel company needs, there are a lot of tutorials and supports to help them create effective safety training modules. If the company goes with captivate they can meet all their perscribed needs with one software.

 

Resources

Adobe Captivate 6 (2012). Features retrieved September 23, 2012 from http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/features.html

Nikon (2012) Basic Photography retrieved September 23, 2012 from http://tv.adobe.com/watch/elearning-customer-case-studies/nikon-adobe-captivate-in-use/

Palm Beach County Schools, Florida (2012). Adobe TVelearning customer case studies retrieve September 23, 2012 from http://tv.adobe.com/watch/elearning-customer-case-studies/palm-beach-country-school-florida/

Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2012). Teaching and learning at a distance: Foundations of distance education (5th ed.) Boston, MA: Pearson.