US 2004/0002039 A1 · Course content development for business driven learning solutions

Abstract

Disclosed herein are learning solutions that utilize a content development module that is nested inside a total learning solution and identifies, develops, and manages required course content. A content development module is particularly adapted to assemble and compile custom learning content materials for use in the learning solution by appropriately taking business strategy alignment and other information into consideration. The learning content may be developed as a third party service in accordance with a service level agreement. A service level agreement is a contract between the learning solution services provider and the learner (i.e., outsourcing) organization that establishes the requisite quality and effectiveness levels of the learning solution services as measured by one or more performance metrics. In such cases where a service level agreement is present, internal performance metrics are constantly evaluated to ensure that the content development and management resources necessary for a given learning effort are properly reserved, allocated, and/or utilized.

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A method for preparing course content and materials for instructing employees wherein said content and materials are be aligned with strategic business goals and priorities of an employer organization, said method comprising:

identifying business goals and strategies of the employer organization;
said business goals and strategies having priorities relative to one another by said employer organization;
generating learning effort proposals in light of requests for learning received from said employer organization, said learning effort proposals being derived from said learning requests so as to further said prioritized business goals and strategies;
designing a course in light of each said prepared learning effort proposal, said designing of said course comprising drafting a course topic outline, a development plan, and a work plan that are associated with one another and reflect said relative priorities of said goals and strategies, wherein said development plan describes subject matter of the course content and materials needed to fulfill said prepared learning effort proposal, and wherein said work plan defines production timelines and assigns specific tasks for the development of said content and materials described by said development plan;
developing course content and materials covering topics identified in each said course topic outline according to said associated development plan and said associated work plan;
and
certifying that said developed course content and materials are consistent with said relative priorities of said goals and strategies of said employer organization.

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A module for developing content and materials required to train members of an organization, said module adapted to operate within a learning solution adapted to provide training to the members of the organization, said learning solution comprising modules of interrelated and interdependent business processes including a business strategy alignment module containing related processes for recognizing and prioritizing business driven learning needs of said organization and implementing learning efforts to meet said needs, said module for developing comprising:

an interface with said business strategy alignment module to accept learning effort proposals therefrom, said learning effort proposals being generated in light of requests for learning by said organization, and said learning effort proposals being derived from said learning requests to identify courses that will further identified and prioritized business goals and strategies associated with said organization;
processes for designing a course in light of each said learning effort proposal accepted from said business strategy alignment module, said designing of said course comprising drafting a course topic outline, a development plan, and a work plan that are associated with one another and reflect said relative priorities of said goals and strategies;
processes for developing course content and materials covering topics identified in each said course topic outline according to said associated development plan and said associated work plan;
and
processes for certifying that said developed course content and materials are consistent with said relative priorities of said goals and strategies of said employer organization.

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A method for developing sharable content modules of learning materials for employee courses that are aligned with strategic business goals and priorities of an employer organization, said method comprising:

receiving requests for new employee courses from said employer organization and identifying those that align with previously identified and prioritized goals of said employer organization;
and, for each request that is identified to align with said previously identified and prioritized goals:
drafting a course outline describing the topic content and delivery features for a course to that reflects the goals and strategies of an employer organization;
forecasting the consumption of production resources needed to develop sharable content modules consistent with said course outline, and reflecting said forecasts in a development plan;
defining a work plan to utilize said production resources to develop said content modules, said work plan assigning and reserving production resources necessary to produce content modules according to said development plan;
developing said sharable content modules using said reserved production resources in accordance with said course work plan;
monitoring the use of said reserved production resources consumed in said development of said sharable content modules;
and
determining the difference between said forecasted consumption of said production resources with actual consumption of said production resources.

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Course content development for business driven learning solutions

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