Comments on: eLearning Development Is An Iterative Process

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:18:31 +0000

Hi, Amit;

I think your diagram is backward. In the world of Behavioral Psychology, where the term Successive Approximation originated, SA means reinforcing behaviors that are closer and closer to the target behavior (in a smaller and smaller range).

I believe that even in the sense that you’re using it, you’re still wanting to get closer and closer to a specific target, not further and further as your diagram shows, so the diagram should more properly spiral _in_, not out.

By: James Durkan

James Durkan — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:53:36 +0000

Far be it for me to scorch someone’s work but I have spotted the lack of something I see as oversight. I may have misundestood or have a different perspective. However, to my mind, and it was the mention of ADDIE that brought it to mind, I think there should be an Implementation stage between Creation and Evaluation.

Why do I think that? Aside from the content, there’s the issue of ensuring it operates in the environments it needs to. I’m talking about software versions, server loads, cross-browser issues, security issues – the technical details of the technology used.

Say you’ve a heavy reliance on video. You need to ensure the server can support the demands that it will face. Too much institutional elearning falls over because the resources weren’t there to test it to failure.

By: Amit Garg

Amit Garg — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:58:10 +0000

Ankur, yes Agile should help. Though I am not sure if it means the same as ’successive approximation’.
Melissa, I love the term SSEs.

By: Mobile Learning

Mobile Learning — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:59:03 +0000

Great post. I have experienced this first hand and no matter how hard you try to look for issues, nothing can replace fresh eyes.
Ajay

By: David

David — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:48:33 +0000

I agree, having a completely different set of people reviewing the content is essential. From what I understand of this model, the more times you actually go through the complete process of design>creation>evaluation, the closer you get to a ‘perfect’ course. So after the course has been independently evaluated, you re-design, re-create, then re-evaluate again… Obviously you accept the course at some point.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:35:53 +0000

Where I used to work, we called it the Second-Set of Eyes (SSE) rule. Each writer/editor was supposed to pass off the deliverable for review before anything went live. It was amazing how often we missed little stupid things. This is an essential function.

By: Ankur

Ankur — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:30:33 +0000

May be now it is time when ‘Agile Methodology’ should be adopted for content development projects!