1 United States Power Squadrons® Mechanics of e-learning seminar and course development at USPS St/C Andy Sumberg

2  Leverage technology to achieve remote learning  Two types  Asynchronous  Synchronous  USPS current efforts are asynchronous  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  Partner in Command – released  Boating on Rivers, Locks & Lakes – final development stages before review cycle  Basic Weather – storyboarding  VHF Radio – storyboarding  Marine Radar - storyboarding 3

e-learning piece parts  Infrastructure  Marketing  Systems  Web presence  Student sign-up & tracking  Ongoing contact  Content  Infrastructure  Marketing  Systems  Web presence  Student sign-up & tracking  Ongoing contact  Content 4

Who does the content work  Joint effort between  Course committee – you are the subject matter experts  Educational Outreach committee  Publications  Boat/US Foundation  Joint effort between  Course committee – you are the subject matter experts  Educational Outreach committee  Publications  Boat/US Foundation 5

Overview of content development  Initial source material (committee)  for USPS usually PowerPoint  Identify additional material (committee)  video, images, animation, audio  Produce additional material (various)  Initial source material (committee)  for USPS usually PowerPoint  Identify additional material (committee)  video, images, animation, audio  Produce additional material (various) 6

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  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 7

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  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 8

StoryboardStoryboard  Best produced by subject matter expert from committee  EO will help  Word document  Identifies all actions related to each scene  Best produced by subject matter expert from committee  EO will help  Word document  Identifies all actions related to each scene 9

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  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 10

Storyboard template 11

Sample Storyboard Page 12

Large view (top of page) 13

Large view (bottom of page) 14

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  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 15

What to do first  Identify your most ready seminars  Review and correct (write out) the narrations  Tell us  Identify your most ready seminars  Review and correct (write out) the narrations  Tell us 16

DiscussionDiscussion 17