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ADDIE Analysis:
Technical Analysis
Learning Objective: The learner will be able to state what technical issues are important for the courses or training and why.
How things are taught greatly depends on the technology available. In some cases technology might determine whether some skills can be taught online at all.
If instructors design content unaware of the technical constraints what they design might not be usable.
For these reasons it is very important to define upfront what the minimum requirements will be to participate in the course or training.
Remember to be realistic about the requirements. If you are overly restrictive only those with state-of-the-art technology might be able to join the course limiting the pool of participants.
If you understate the required technology you might run into a problem once the instruction starts.
In this last case, a large number of learners might drop out or have a negative experience defeating your efforts.
Establish the following before you begin designing the instruction
- Establish minimum requirements including processors, memory, hard drive space, hardware (CD ROMs, DVD capability, speakers, microphones, etc.), software (browsers, word processors, FTP, plug ins, video viewers, etc.), and bandwidth for the learner and the instructor
- Establish what tools will be needed to develop the course including all software and hardware
- Establish what server capabilities and systems (LMS) will be needed to deliver and manage the course
- State what the learner requirements will be for video, audio, plug-ins and other media
- State what the instructor and developer requirements will be for the above media and what tools they will use to create or develop that media
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Sample technical requirements:
- Development software:
- Dreamweaver 3.0; Fireworks 3.0; Flash 5.0
- Client computer:
- Browser based (IE 6.0; Netscape 6.0)
- Flash plugin
- Quicktime
- Screen:
- Graphics:
- Audio:
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