Monday, October 20, 2003

Surviving Course Development Wars I'm reposting this article from Xplana by Susan Smith Nash that I first noticed in the elearnspace blog. Beyond the practical tips that the article suggests for course designers who are dealing with subject matter experts is the general issue highlighted by the article about the rift that frequently arises between these two different cultures. The division may not amount to the "men are from Mars, women are from Venus" divide, but it comes close. This cultural divide could be a major obstacle to the acceptance and use of online instructional repositories. The value of learning objects is obvious to designers, but is much less than obvious to the majority of the faculty at institutions of higher education. JH _____ Surviving Course Development Wars. A nice, needed, discussion about the challenges of subject matter experts and instructional designers working together: Surviving Course Development Wars. It's like trying to bring two different cultures and languages together, and then trying to get them to "play well"...without equipping either for the experience. [elearnspace blog] 11:54:01 AM    COMMENT []