ID Webcomic #1 – Working with SMEs on Content
September 10, 2009
(You can make them sit through it, but you can’t make them pick it up and carry it around…)
Also: more on working with SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) at Learning Circuits.
Entry Filed under: ID Web Comics, Uncategorized. Tags: Content, SMEs, Stick Figures, Webcomic.
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cleavefast | September 10, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Wonderful. And true of speakers, teachers, trainers, managers, parents – the list goes on.
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Jeff Goldman | September 10, 2009 at 2:02 pm
This is great and right on point. I am continually dealing with this very issue. Thanks for providing this great analogy and making me laugh.
Jeff
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Joe Fournier | September 10, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Excellent illustration of a disfunctional Designer/SME interaction. I particularly like the fact that the Designer was able to walk away with his career intact. Apparently the power structures are rightly aligned in Joe’s organization.
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Rich Price | September 11, 2009 at 11:11 am
this did a great job at illustrating the ISD’s toughest mission.. to give the learner something that they WANT to take with them… bravo
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Kathy Sierra | September 14, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Love it! I can’t believe how you managed to describe in this one simple comic what my partners and I keep trying to explain. Our biggest goal: how to make just-in-case learning/content *feel* more like just-in-time.
Thanks.
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Kris C. | September 14, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Thanks for sharing this on Twitter Kathy. Great visual aid for writers, but especially for managers who think “just put it in the manual” is a good enough experience for their users.
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Jon E | September 14, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I’m going to print this comic in case I need it. I don’t need it right now, but it might come in handy later…
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John Lewis | September 14, 2009 at 4:19 pm
What a great and simple example of a solution to a non-existent problem! This is another take on “no pain, no gain”! Without a desired outcome (whether pain reduction or pleasure increase), there is no basis for evaluating whether any offering gains distance towards it.
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Vishwa | September 15, 2009 at 12:58 am
I’ve had to sit in some lectures where the professor dumps a lot of information… Initially I would be trying to organize and summarize what is being said, but soon give up saying “what the heck”.
Great illustrations ! Love them !
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Alberto | September 15, 2009 at 6:25 am
Haha! I can see myself in that cartoon (I’ve left behind a lot of information because there was too much). Nice, simple cartoon with a clear message. Thanks!
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madtusker | September 16, 2009 at 9:12 am
Thats funny and poignant. Thanks Kathy for sharing it in Twitter.
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atuljog | September 21, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Superb Depiction !
I have also seen that …
” If you dump too much content on the participant, the participant dumps you!” Dr Palan…
better to be lean, than sorry!
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Claudia | October 25, 2009 at 9:39 am
Julie,
As everyone else has already said, This is GREAT! You captured the issue so succinctly and in such a fun and engaging way. Thanks for that! I’m already thinking about how I can use this.
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