Making a Peanut butter and Jelly Sandwich |
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Everyone experiences hunger. Mama always said, when we complained of hunger, "make yourself a sandwich."
Creating a training plan for teaching the creation of a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich through a tutorial, easily, can become much more complex than just the creation of the sandwich itself.
First, we have to consider the audience that may need to take advantage of this tutorial in order to successfully build and consume their first PB&J sandwich.
Next, we must consider the true steps it takes to prepare for and build a PB&J. Do we consider the location? Do we consider the tools necessary to build and serve a sandwich? What ingredients does the preparer need? Are there alternatives if they do not like the peanut butter or jelly choices? How do we assemble the sandwich?
After we successfully create and consume a PB&J, are there other things we could do next time to "jazz" it up?
Finally, the creation of any food item generates a need to clean up the mess created.
In order to come up with these ideas and questions, I created a Mind Map. You can use this for free by going to http://www.mindmeister.com This is a fantastic graphical way to consider all the aspects and catch those little "gotcha's!" that sometimes trip us along the way. Within the Mind Map I find that I can clarify the goals which begins the assessment development. I like to think of this as what proficiency do I want the learner to have upon completion of the course. Then I work "backward" to map the learning to demonstrate accurately the assessment points and key supportive elements.
After the completion of the Mind Map, the next step is to story board the Training Plan. I use Pages or Microsoft Power Point to storyboard my plan for training. There it is easy to notate important items to consider. If it may be important to add audio or video, the storyboard allows for these sorts of idea.
After the storyboard receives approval, then the tutorial already has a plan to move forward and it is possible to begin recording and add the technical features to roll out the training.
Assessments can be incorporated into the tutorial, or through practical assessment. In the case of a PB & J sandwich a practical assessment may be the better choice.
All in all, we assume things are assumed to be naturally intuitive, but when you break down the steps and get to know the audience, it is not as simple as one might think.
Creating a training plan for teaching the creation of a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich through a tutorial, easily, can become much more complex than just the creation of the sandwich itself.
First, we have to consider the audience that may need to take advantage of this tutorial in order to successfully build and consume their first PB&J sandwich.
Next, we must consider the true steps it takes to prepare for and build a PB&J. Do we consider the location? Do we consider the tools necessary to build and serve a sandwich? What ingredients does the preparer need? Are there alternatives if they do not like the peanut butter or jelly choices? How do we assemble the sandwich?
After we successfully create and consume a PB&J, are there other things we could do next time to "jazz" it up?
Finally, the creation of any food item generates a need to clean up the mess created.
In order to come up with these ideas and questions, I created a Mind Map. You can use this for free by going to http://www.mindmeister.com This is a fantastic graphical way to consider all the aspects and catch those little "gotcha's!" that sometimes trip us along the way. Within the Mind Map I find that I can clarify the goals which begins the assessment development. I like to think of this as what proficiency do I want the learner to have upon completion of the course. Then I work "backward" to map the learning to demonstrate accurately the assessment points and key supportive elements.
After the completion of the Mind Map, the next step is to story board the Training Plan. I use Pages or Microsoft Power Point to storyboard my plan for training. There it is easy to notate important items to consider. If it may be important to add audio or video, the storyboard allows for these sorts of idea.
After the storyboard receives approval, then the tutorial already has a plan to move forward and it is possible to begin recording and add the technical features to roll out the training.
Assessments can be incorporated into the tutorial, or through practical assessment. In the case of a PB & J sandwich a practical assessment may be the better choice.
All in all, we assume things are assumed to be naturally intuitive, but when you break down the steps and get to know the audience, it is not as simple as one might think.