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Subject:Re: training (films, or anything else) From:Elaine Winters <ewinters -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 6 Sep 1994 13:15:10 -0700
Whenever I'm asked to provide information about anything, I
do a rather standard needs analysis. It gives me what I need
to know about the audience, how they will use the information,
and the environment.
Then, I set out to do a task analysis of the actual 'stuff'
that's going to be communicated. All along the way I'm talking
to people and gathering information.
By the time I'm actually writing a script I know a lot about my
client, my audience (including the culture), and the expectations
of both.
This approach serves me in every medium; tutorials (on line or on
paper, video/film, and interactive CD-ROM.
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E. Winters: Principal Program Facilitating and Consulting
Instructional Design * Interactivity * Cross - Cultural Communication
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