Selecting Distance Learning Technologies

For this week’s assignment I am choosing to focus on Example 3 (Asynchronous Training). In this example a biodiesel manufacturing plant is looking to improve their poor safety record. To improve their safety record the organization decides to implement a series of safety training modules.

In order to ensure the success of this training program I believe that, first, thorough research should be conducted to clearly identify what areas of learning need improvement. Secondly, the design and development process should take place with the consideration of the information gathered during the assessment stage. A couple of learning tools that I feel would assist in the development and implementation of this learning program are MS PowerPoint (to develop the courses), YouTube (to develop any online lectures or videos) and Blogger.com (to share the content with learners). I think that there can be other sharing tools that can work better to deliver the training programs than Blogger.com, such as SharePoint or a Wiki.

I think using these learning tools to develop the safety improvement program will help in the implementation process of the training modules. With these tools, and any additional technology/development tool, this organization can create modules. These modules will not only be address and improve their poor safety record but they will also be easily accessed by the learning audience.