Session 9

Focus Questions for Chapters 5 and 6 (Session 9)


1. Explain the term "Delivery Decision. What is an "End Product of Development"? Give an example of an "End Product" from the project we have done in class.

The term "Deliver Decision" is how your training is to be operated. The different types of delivery is: classroom training, on-the-job training, self-instruction, and technology-based training. What an "End Product of Development" is basically what you have when you are finished, a stand alone training which is a package where trainees are able to learn the tasks that were from the analysis and assessment area of research.
One example of an end product from our project in class would be the trainee accomplishing the task of creating fire with flint and steel and then assessing their knowledge through testing the trainee's ability to create fire by observing them complete the task.

2. What is a "trainer's guide"? Explain how one would be used with our in class project.

A trainer's guide is basically a lesson plan that contains trainer’s directions, objectives, key teaching points, activities, and evaluations. In our class, the implementation of the flint and steel project would be the activity for the training. The objective would be to create fire with flint and steel, and evaluation could be viewing the task being accomplished and how the training was.



3. (NOT IN CHAPTER) What is an Alpha test in the context of developing a learning resource? Construct a scenario in which you would use one.

An Alpha test is the first test of a learning program to see how effective the training is and to see if anything was left out, and see if there are any bugs in the training.
An example of an alpha test would be once when I created a training for the teachers on how to set up and use their elmos and projectors. One thing I did not think of was I handed it out to the teachers before the training and they were distracted by them instead of listening to the training, so when it came to setting them up, they asked all the questions which the training was suppose to answer. I think next time I will not hand out the product before the training has been held and maybe I could create a "cheat sheet for the teachers on how to set it up.


4. What is a Beta Test?

The beta testing is the ending project after the Alpha testing, where in the example above, I would use the information I received from the alpha test and improve my training further. There even might be more testing after the beta testing.

5. (NOT IN CHAPTER) What is the difference between an Alpha and a Beta Test?

Alpha testing is the first test that is usually done before given to the intended audience. Beta testing is done after information is collected from alpha testing and all bugs and missing information fixed. Usually alpha testing is done with small controlled group to find how effective the training is and fix anything that needs to be fixed.