Sunday, October 28, 2007

Developing Internet, Intranet, Web-Based, and Performance Support Learning Environments

Lee and Owens says that Internet delivery seems to meet many of the requirements of training on demand: It's available at the desktop, it eliminates the need for travel, it's cost-effective compared to conventional delivery media, and text-based web interventions can be developed quickly. They say that most top three reasons for why most educational institutions choose this delivery method is because you have: universal access, its easy to use, and wide-range of multimedia content.
They say that successful web development is based on three things: creativity and skill on the developer, bandwidth, and hardware capabilities. Like most things in life, normally, the ones who have more experience with certain things will be the ones who make the best designs. The more bandwidth and hardware your site needs the more detailed and visual your site can be. If your going to run videos or live feeds from your website your going to need a lot more bandwidth and hardware than if you only used text and pictures.
Lee and Owens says there are five activities in developing web-based products: 1) Determine the type of product and platform, 2) Assemble components, 3) Conduct reviews, 4) Rehearse the presentation, and 5) Conduct the session.

Lee, W. W., & Owens, D. L. (2004). Multimedia-based instructional design: Computer-based training, web-based training, distance broadcast training, performance-based solutions. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

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