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Are SDL, CBT, and SOJT familiar acronyms to you? If so, do you
use them appropriately to facilitate human learning? This Pathway explains these
acronyms and gives you a few pointers for their workplace applications.
Self-Directed Learning (SDL) has been around since the 1950's
with the birth of teaching machines and programmed instruction. SDL
traditionally happens without an instructor and is a way to create training
where learners master instructionally designed packaged material and are free to
do so at their own pace and in a way where they may be able to utilize some of
their own unique learning styles.
Some examples of SDL include web-based e-learning, computer based training (CBT)
courses, video, printed workbooks, study guides, and structured on the job
training. In addition to other benefits, SDL offers many time and cost
advantages. Today, organizations are continuing to choose this instructional
method over traditional classroom based training.
To work effectively, SDL has to fit the learning requirements. In one situation,
I worked with the material services group of an automotive manufacturer. They
contracted with me to create a CBT program to teach their newly hired tow motor
drivers how to drive a tow motor in the manufacturing plant. Once the learner
completed the tow motor computer based training course, the learner's driver's
license would print and this was in a sense the "certificate" of course
completion.
The material services group wanted this training to decrease costs associated
with tow motor accidents and injuries. They thought that CBT, which offered
consistency and the ability to handle large numbers of new hires at any given
time, was the perfect solution. But using CBT alone was more likely to double or
triple their current costs associated with tow motor accidents.
A key consideration this group was overlooking was the importance of Structured
On the Job Training (SOJT). Using CBT alone to teach a new hire how to drive a
tow motor was not an option. CBT did not allow the learner any supervised time
operating the actual tow motor. CBT was a perfect instructional format for the
informational parts of the cognitive objective, but using CBT alone would not
allow the learner to put the knowledge to work or to achieve the psychomotor
objectives required to master driving the tow motor. So CBT and SOJT would have
to be used in tandem to achieve the desired results.
Next week, I'll share with you a model used in schools and corporate
organizations called Facilitated Self Directed Learning.
Coaching questions: How could SDL benefit your organization? What is your
experience as a learner with SDL? Does the training provided by your
organization fully support mastery of the learning objectives? How do you best
learn? What's your unique learning style?
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Christina Lombardo Ray, PCC, CPCC (Christina@LifeTrekCoaching.com)
LifeTrek Coaching International
Columbus, OH
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