With the FDA’s recent switch to SharePoint, the staff members are at different skill levels since the SharePoint office-training seminars were provided but not required. SharePoint is a Microsoft application that allows for the creation, organization, and management of high value resources as well as personal documents. SharePoint can be utilized in many ways following different design models. The change from static databases to knowledge management systems is aimed at reversing the trend of being data rich and knowledge poor.
SharePoint has been identified as a way to facilitate the change to a more dynamic, simple, and comprehensive way of managing training materials. SharePoint has many tools that come with its development environment …show more content…
It provides a GUI for all of its features, which allows users to interact with the data in a visual way. All of this work is focused on making the KMS as user-friendly as possible. In addition to the general documentation provided to users and administrators, it is also important to create training literature and conduct training sessions for the staff focused on how to use a KMS. Despite its status as a federal agency and not a business, the FDA can benefit from best practices in corporate training methods. This training will rely heavily on a few key methods of corporate and software …show more content…
The actual reasons and applications of the specific things being taught must be thoroughly explained. Once the trainees are aware of the purpose of their training, the training must take a hands-on, task-based approach rather than simply memorizing. Another important part to developing training strategies is determining a baseline level of the staff’s starting knowledge. There will be a wide range of experience and learning styles (Pappas). Constant communication between both parties is critical to the success of a training project. This communication can only be successful if it is a give-and-take in which the trainers receives feedback on the goals of the trainees and the trainees receive feedback on their progress toward the goals and objectives of the training program. This communication should include constant re-evaluation of what is important to the trainees. There should also be periodic assessments on the staff’s progress, so that both the staff members and our group can measure the success of the training (National Workforce Assistance, 1999). With regard to the structure of the actual material presented and teaching style, an informal style of instruction and learning will likely be very effective. In order to ensure that the training will actually be effective, we have to consider the ways that adults learn. The single most important thing to
SharePoint has been identified as a way to facilitate the change to a more dynamic, simple, and comprehensive way of managing training materials. SharePoint has many tools that come with its development environment …show more content…
It provides a GUI for all of its features, which allows users to interact with the data in a visual way. All of this work is focused on making the KMS as user-friendly as possible. In addition to the general documentation provided to users and administrators, it is also important to create training literature and conduct training sessions for the staff focused on how to use a KMS. Despite its status as a federal agency and not a business, the FDA can benefit from best practices in corporate training methods. This training will rely heavily on a few key methods of corporate and software …show more content…
The actual reasons and applications of the specific things being taught must be thoroughly explained. Once the trainees are aware of the purpose of their training, the training must take a hands-on, task-based approach rather than simply memorizing. Another important part to developing training strategies is determining a baseline level of the staff’s starting knowledge. There will be a wide range of experience and learning styles (Pappas). Constant communication between both parties is critical to the success of a training project. This communication can only be successful if it is a give-and-take in which the trainers receives feedback on the goals of the trainees and the trainees receive feedback on their progress toward the goals and objectives of the training program. This communication should include constant re-evaluation of what is important to the trainees. There should also be periodic assessments on the staff’s progress, so that both the staff members and our group can measure the success of the training (National Workforce Assistance, 1999). With regard to the structure of the actual material presented and teaching style, an informal style of instruction and learning will likely be very effective. In order to ensure that the training will actually be effective, we have to consider the ways that adults learn. The single most important thing to