Incorporating Various Methods

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Systems (General Content):

State the purpose(s) of the _______________.

State that the ____________________ consist of the following components: Include the

function of each.

Define the terms and symbols used with the ___________ (for example, ____________,

____________, and ___________.

State the operational characteristics and capabilities of the _______________ (i.e.,

power, logic levels, capacity, emergency, tolerance, and accuracies when applicable).

Describe the differences between ________________. [Models]

State the security requirements for the _________________________.

Systems (Physical Description):

Describe all major and associated components of the ________________. Include

name, quantity required, physical appearance, location, etc.

Describe displays, controls and indicators directly associated with the

___________________.

Coming up with or using already constructed templates dramatically

cuts down on the amount of time it takes to determine content for a

training program. And when the content is written in the form of

learning objectives, like the examples above, it eliminates the

performance of this step later. While templates can simplify and

speed up the content analysis process, facilitators should recognize

that most training situations will also require the development of

some unique content. Therefore, be careful in assuming that a

particular template addresses all the knowledge and skills an

employee needs to perform a particular task.

e. Incorporating Various Methods. The TTTD situation may require the

use of all four methods mentioned above. Combining methods based

on observed need is beneficial since the facility may have procedures

for some tasks and not for others. Therefore, document analysis

processes would be used for the proceduralized tasks and

brainstorming for the tasks which have no procedures. There may be

some tasks about which the SMEs are knowledgeable, but others that

are new and about which they know very little. Brainstorming should be

used for tasks in which they have greater knowledge and traditional

analysis for the tasks in which they have little knowledge. Often,

brainstorming the content followed by brief document analysis is

effective.