Monday, October 25, 2010

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The Weight of Learning Designs

I have learned today that most designs applied in a learning management system has valuable connection to those learners who know in themselves that they can succeed at the modules. Since online learning has its core foundation on a technology, it really is tempting to solely rely on the technology to support the requisites of the learner. However this point can be argued well by the perspective that technology can only assist the learner if the design and the flow of the course is informative, comprehensive, and debatably, in favor of the learning type of the students.

If one were to look at the different issues and barriers that learners experience in a learning management system like the innate academic skills, organizational support, technical abilities and the motivation of the learner, we find that these systems and instructional designs have a great deal of influence on the learner. Thus, the biggest problem and as well as the best solution is finding an instructional design that will fit the general type of learner.

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In reality, there is no course that fits perfectly by general students since there will always be a hindrance or separate factor apart from the learning course that would influence their performance. It would also be the key to numerous other issues in the elearning industry to find out what designs are easy to take on as an academic course and which are not. Pre-assessment of an e-course maybe called however this method will take much time and effort on the developers’ part. Regardless, if electronic learning courses are to succeed and surpass the learning courses from the typical classroom setting, then this issues would have to be addressed.

It also might be that another solution to this problem is the inclusion of a human factor. As of today this is already employed where online tutoring is backed by electronic learning courses which can actually stand up by itself anyway.

The bottom line is that the design of the course system should be carefully identified and pre-tested with as a means of improving and supporting the human factors that the learning system can not measure accurately as of now.
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Questions to Ask For Your Plan to Meet

For amateur marketers, like me, meeting the channel sales strategy and the actual marketing plan can be a pain. And unless you have in your hands some good software which could make both the plans meet and be plausible enough to work or even profit, the opposite of it usually takes place.

You see there are a handful of hindrances, obstacles and unexpected events that occur during the plan, most of which either delays the marketing plan or derails the focus of the channel sales strategy that you have meticulously prepared. My suggestion? Evaluate first. Any plan won’t work if you hadn’t properly evaluated or at least set realistic goals to them. In order for it to pan out well, asking the right stuff may work for you. Below is a list of things to ask before you set your channel sales strategy and marketing plan into action:

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1. What does the SWOT analysis tell you? The SWOT would usually tell how good your channel is and how it fits to your marketing action.

2. Is there any competitive variation in the channel that “personalizes” your style from the others? Don’t underestimate the power of being identified with a certain object or service. It’s what lures and strengthens customer loyalty.
3. Does the potential market share fare well compared to the current Channel market share? If no, you already know what that means.

4. Is the Channel Price Quality ratio significant enough to make a mark that would position us well against the rivals? Remember being different, distinguishable and customized is essential in building brands.

5. Is the company emphasizing its strengths on the right channel segments? The wrong one could prove costly so before anything else make sure that the aspects that you consider your strengths are put to the right tasks where it can grow.
6. What risks are involved regarding the meeting the sales and marketing plans? The purpose of this is to gauge events that will happen and avoid any unexpected happenings.

There other things that you should consider to make your sales and marketing plans meet other. Sometimes error maybe inevitable so the next thing to opt for is how to minimalize it.