TAADES501A Design and develop learning strategies

Stage 3 Learning Strategy Process: Implement

Figure 9 Implement-Stage 3 of the learning strategy process

What needs to be achieved?

The Implementation stage is where learning strategies are actioned. While the Build stage may test or pilot such interventions and seek to confirm learner or customer satisfaction, the implementation stage is the formal transformation of the existing practices through satisfaction of learning needs.

Major actions in Step [Stage?] 3 Implementation [Implement or Implementation?] will include:

• Allocate resources;
• Inform learners;
• Provide learner support;
• Complete ongoing reporting and tracking;
• Provide maintenance and support. [please review]

Step 3.1. Allocate resources

This step must include delivery and support staff to effectively implement the elearning. It also should include executive support and allocation of both the budget and resources necessary to achieve the elearning outcomes.

Step 3.2. Inform learners

Learning resources and information relating to delivery will have to be communicated to the students in the most appropriate manner.

Step 3.3. Provide learner support

Critical to learning is the development and maintenance of a well defined learner support strategy. Many contemporary adult learning approaches emphasise the importance of learners being self-directed. For many learners self-direction has not been a common part of institutional educational experiences. As such, strategies need to be implemented to respond to different learners' support needs. This goes beyond providing access to content in a mode appropriate to the learner's needs; it is about support throughout the learning process.

Step 3.4. Complete ongoing reporting and tracking

Implementation requires ongoing reporting, analysis and evaluation. This is not just about assessment of formative, diagnosti c and summative outcomes for individuals and groups of learners; it is also about program evaluation and improvement to the learning design and delivery process.

Step 3.5. Provide ongoing maintenance and logistical support for program/content

Once delivered, learning content, resources and support services must be subject to feedback, adjustment and maintenance. These have to be determined during the delivery process in terms of the requirements to support different learners.