Concept: Point-of-Use Elearning
Point-of-use elearning is training delivered at the moment the user is about to start a process, initiate a skill, or otherwise engage in a technique. Rogue Medic illustrates point-of-use training in a recent blog post about Dopamine administration. He describes how drip dosage charts were attached as stickers to individual bags of Dopamine. Putting the dosage chart on the bag of Dopamine eliminates the need for the user to consult other charts, apps, or protocols. It also eliminates the need for remember Dopamine dosage calculations. Twenty paramedic instructors could tell me twenty different methods to remember how to calculate a Dopamine dosage.
Point-of-Use Elearning can be used for a wide variety of purposes. Some of my ideas:
1. Training for users the first time they log into electronic scheduling software.
2. Instructions on special documentation considerations is triggered when a user selects a specific provider impression, such as cardiac arrest.
3. Guidelines for use of a social networking site.
What are your ideas for Point-of-Use training in elearning?
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- Concept: Synchronous Elearning
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Tags: Dopamine, elearning, Point of Use, training
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:42 pm
There are many ways of doing this. The important point is to have it help the user. Some examples of this show that the systems are often designed by people, who have forgotten what it was like to be a novice at that task. They creat prompts/training that makes them feel that they will get fewer complaints.
Sometimes they are successful, but only because the users do not feel that it would be productive to complain about a system that is so messed up. That is not the goal – unless you are a politician.
Thank you for the link.