Comments on: Here’s How to Avoid Needs Analysis Paralysis – Interesting Post http://blog.thewritersgateway.com/2008/02/12/here%e2%80%99s-how-to-avoid-needs-analysis-paralysis-interesting-post/ One Stop Resource for Instructional Design Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Rupa http://blog.thewritersgateway.com/2008/02/12/here%e2%80%99s-how-to-avoid-needs-analysis-paralysis-interesting-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 Rupa Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:08:32 +0000 http://writersgateway.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-1119 Thanks for the info Rashmi :) Thanks for the info Rashmi :)

]]> By: Rashmi http://blog.thewritersgateway.com/2008/02/12/here%e2%80%99s-how-to-avoid-needs-analysis-paralysis-interesting-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 Rashmi Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:58:41 +0000 http://writersgateway.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-1120 Hi Rupa, My organization, Kern Communications is an eLearning company. We firmly believe that courses created without interacting with actual learners will not meet the desired objectives. We ensure that we either meet or have a detailed interview with 8-10 learners before we decide the instructional strategy for the course. And many times, we also revise the course objectives because the learner needs are different from the ones stated by management. This learner analysis has proved to be a valuable contributor to our courses. Do check out http://elearning.kern-comm.com/ Regards, Rashmi Hi Rupa,

My organization, Kern Communications is an eLearning company. We firmly believe that courses created without interacting with actual learners will not meet the desired objectives. We ensure that we either meet or have a detailed interview with 8-10 learners before we decide the instructional strategy for the course. And many times, we also revise the course objectives because the learner needs are different from the ones stated by management. This learner analysis has proved to be a valuable contributor to our courses. Do check out http://elearning.kern-comm.com/

Regards,
Rashmi

]]> By: Rupa http://blog.thewritersgateway.com/2008/02/12/here%e2%80%99s-how-to-avoid-needs-analysis-paralysis-interesting-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1118 Rupa Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:47:53 +0000 http://writersgateway.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-1118 Thanks for the information Christy. I appreciate this :) Thanks for the information Christy. I appreciate this :)

]]> By: Christy Tucker http://blog.thewritersgateway.com/2008/02/12/here%e2%80%99s-how-to-avoid-needs-analysis-paralysis-interesting-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Christy Tucker Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:45:01 +0000 http://writersgateway.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-1117 I think I'm pretty fortunate because we do run pilots/field tests with actual students for each of our courses. The feedback is all filtered through the instructor, rather than coming directly from the students, but we definitely hear how it's actually going. It can be a lot of work to manage it all, but the feedback has been so valuable. I think it's easier to get that feedback in an online university setting than with self-paced e-learning though, especially since all the students for our courses are also teachers. Classroom teachers are much more likely to give a lot of feedback and to recognize the pedagogy than regular learners. I think I’m pretty fortunate because we do run pilots/field tests with actual students for each of our courses. The feedback is all filtered through the instructor, rather than coming directly from the students, but we definitely hear how it’s actually going. It can be a lot of work to manage it all, but the feedback has been so valuable. I think it’s easier to get that feedback in an online university setting than with self-paced e-learning though, especially since all the students for our courses are also teachers. Classroom teachers are much more likely to give a lot of feedback and to recognize the pedagogy than regular learners.

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