Training Module Guideline Checklist

06Mar10

I just sat thru four one hour sessions on some technical software that required setting up VM Ware servers, SQL database, Installing SharePoint and then customizing sharepoint. That was alot of information to provide in 4 hours. Especially, if you are not familiar with any of these programs. After Session 3 we were asked to provide feedback to improve the class. Wow, what an open door that was.

I actually took an hour to sift through the PowerPoint slides and read the some of the bullets. It probably wouldn’t suprise you to learn that there were at least 5 bullet points with full sentances and sometimes a paragragh per slide. Gray slide with black text after gray slide with black text (not very stimulating and nothing to denote which section we were talking about or what is really important). In total (I really didn’t add them up) there was somewhere around 400-500 slides. Now multiple this by the bullet points. Now remember I said this was a training course broken down into (4) one hour sessions. Do you think there might be something wrong with this? I do. I wouldn’t call this a “training” course at all. I would call this a glorified documentation.

I went back to the first sessions slides and found the course “goals”. I reread them and then did what I always do- I asked myself did I get that from these sessions? The answer was that some of the coarse goals were met but the majority were not. Then I went to the section on who should attend. Then I asked myself was this material presented in a way that those on the attendee list would understand what was being “trained”. Again I feel they missed the mark.

So, with all this being said here is something I use to make sure that I am sticking to my guns and delivering what I said I was going to deliver. It’s a Module Development Guideline Checklist. Now, this is something for each module not for the entire course. The course has its own checklist. See the table below.

I also have a MS Word document format too. If you want a copy, then just drop me a quick line and I’ll email it to you.

Module Development Guideline Checklist

Complete the following checklist to ensure your module mathces competencies, objectives, exercises and evaluations in and integrated instructional design.

Module Review	Yes	No	N/A
Objectives
The objectives are listed/defined on the first page of the module (after the title page).
There are 3 to 6 objectives in the module.
Each objective is tied to the evaluation through an exercise or a question.
The objectives can be measured as met or not met in the module (SMART).
Competencies
The competencies identify what participants need to know to complete their job.
The key competencies are tied to an objective.
Exercises
There is at least one exercise tied to each performance objective (requires a participant to perform a task).
Evaluation
Each objective is tied to a question or exercise.
An evaluation for each performance objective can be used in conjunction with the associated exercise.
The correct information to answer each question can be identified by page number.
I can match each objective to a question or exercise.

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