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United States Power Squadrons®

Mechanics of e-learning

seminar and course

development at USPS

St/C Andy Sumberg

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Leverage technology to achieve remote learning

Two types Asynchronous Synchronous

USPS current efforts are asynchronous

e-learning basics?

Where we are today

Partner in Command – released Boating on Rivers, Locks & Lakes – final

development stages before review cycle Basic Weather – storyboarding VHF Radio – storyboarding Marine Radar - storyboarding

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e-learning piece parts

Infrastructure Marketing Systems Web presence Student sign-up & tracking Ongoing contact

Content

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Who does the content work

Joint effort between Course committee – you are the subject matter

experts Educational Outreach committee Publications Boat/US Foundation

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Overview of content development

Initial source material (committee) for USPS usually PowerPoint

Identify additional material (committee) video, images, animation, audio

Produce additional material (various)

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Content development (continued)

Storyboard (committee/EO) Word document

Course authoring (EO & Boat/US Foundation) Claro by Dominknow

Learning Management System (Boat/US) Inquisiq R3 by ICS Learning Group

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Source material

PowerPoint Does it tell the right story Must have a true narration script, not speaker

notes Additional media - video, animations, images Identify drill-down and advanced topics Identify technical terms to be defined Assessments

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Storyboard

Best produced by subject matter expert from committee EO will help

Word document Identifies all actions related to each scene

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Mechanics of a scene

Most scenes (slides) will be narrated Screen can contain hot spots for clicks (drill-

down & advanced topics) Words can be hyperlinked for definitions Video can be played and replayed Images can appear and be replaced during

narration of user selection

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Storyboard template

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Section #: Name: Scene #: Image: Video: Animation: Text on Screen Action(s): Narration: Comments or instructions to developer:

Sample Storyboard Page

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Sample Storyboard Pages from BRLL

Section #: Name: River Terminology Scene #: 10 Image: BRLL_10.png From (Descending Banks.png)

Video: Animation: Text on Screen Left Descending Bank Right Descending Bank “Going North” “Going South” Action(s): Narration BRLL_10.mp3 Left and right descending banks is the way to refer to a side of the river when pointing out an object of interest or a direction to steer. No matter which way you are heading on a river, the left descending bank will always point to same side of the river, the left when heading downstream and the right when heading upstream. On rivers by convention the expression “going North” means going upstream and the term “going South” means going downstream, regardless of actual compass heading. Think of yourself on the Mississippi River. Even with all of its twists and turns going downstream means you are headed towards the Gulf of Mexico, which is south. Comments or instructions to developer:

Large view (top of page)

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Sample Storyboard Pages from BRLL

Section #: Name: River Terminology Scene #: 10 Image: BRLL_10.png From (Descending Banks.png)

Video: Animation:

Large view (bottom of page)

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Text on Screen Left Descending Bank Right Descending Bank “Going North” “Going South” Action(s): Narration BRLL_10.mp3 Left and right descending banks is the way to refer to a side of the river when pointing out an object of interest or a direction to steer. No matter which way you are heading on a river, the left descending bank will always point to same side of the river, the left when heading downstream and the right when heading upstream. On rivers by convention the expression “going North” means going upstream and the term “going South” means going downstream, regardless of actual compass heading. Think of yourself on the Mississippi River. Even with all of its twists and turns going downstream means you are headed towards the Gulf of Mexico, which is south. Comments or instructions to developer:

Critical Success Factors

Support of NEO and ANEOs for project Commitment from R/Cs for content Assigned subject matter expert for content

Know topic Willing to storyboard

Overall project management Infrastructure, systems, processes

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What to do first

Identify your most ready seminars Review and correct (write out) the narrations Tell us

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Discussion

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