Custom Course Development
Akorbi is a multilingual content solution company specializing in custom course development, translation and localization. We can develop training for you in any format, from ILT to VILT to OLT to blended. We have the capability to be as involved or uninvolved as you might need. Our experts can guide you through the needs analysis and design process up-front and can even manage the development and go as far as staff augmentation. We have expertise to then convert that custom training into over 170 languages.
Getting started
Analysis and Design are the fundamental structures necessary in achieving any learning objectives. A profile of the intended audience, the performance requirements of the course, and the organization’s budget all drive the solution. Whether that solution is delivered via a sophisticated simulation, on a mobile device, on the web, or even as a paper-based job aid, Akorbi will meet and exceed your performance requirements.
As needed, Akorbi Localization will give your training the look and feel of having been created specifically for a target demographic, no matter their language, culture or location.
Instructional Design
We at Akorbi Learning understand the direct correlation between learner retention and engagement to the performance objectives of the solution is being met. We also understand the importance of creating comprehensive, interactive learning models which would enable learner retention and engagement. Our strategies for maximum learner engagement and retention range from interaction strategies to instructional and media strategies. Our learning philosophy is clearly aligned to our motto of creating courses that actually engage the leaner ensuring maximum returns for our clients.
Based on the client’s needs and investment, and the user’s needs, we design optimized blended learning solutions with highly interactive online learning components for enhanced learner engagement. Our online solutions are categorized under three Levels and are demarcated in terms of instructional value and the end needs of the users.
Level One:
A Level -1 course is mostly applicable when where there is limited bandwidth or when the user’s computer may not be capable of supporting high-end multimedia. This course is also used as a reference tool when the content is mostly information based that needs to be known or remembered. The learners will find out and learn —terms, facts, methods, procedures, concepts. Understand uses and implications of terms, facts, methods, procedures, concepts.
Level Two:
A Level -2 course is mostly applicable in environments that can afford medium to high bandwidth, modern and fully equipped computer equipment, and no limitations on the use of sound. A level-2 course is mainly used when the content requires understanding of uses and implications of terms, facts, methods, procedures, concepts and making use of, applying practice theory, solving problems, using information in new situations.
Level three:
A Level -3 course utilizes leading edge technologies that allow for use of audio, video, animations, high-level interactions, and record keeping and is combined to provide trainings. A level-3 course is usually used when the content requires the learners to make use of, apply practice theory, solve problems, and use information in new situations.
Training Option Overview
Instructor-Led Training (ILT)
- Custom material design
- Reference cards
- Instructor guide
- Slide decks
- Student workbook
Online Training (OLT)
Interactivity and media are two essential elements in the development of online training. The instructor’s interaction/presentation in a typical classroom-based learning setting is replaced by the PC, Tablet, or Smartphone, and the interaction and visual elements it provides. The degree and complexity of the interactions and media included in an online course are often directly proportional to the learner’s level of maintained interest and the amount of learning that subsequently occurs. These elements are also directly related to overall cost and development time.
- OLT courses can include a variety of features but generally include the following, at a minimum:
- Customized skin and navigation
- Customized and template interactions and media
- Assessment and review
- SCORM, AICC compliant
- Development available in a variety of tools such as Articulate Storyline, Lectora, Flash, or HTML 5, but can be developed in almost any tool on the market today
- Deployed using responsive design, on any mobile device
- Designed and developed for “micro-learning” (3-5 minute self-contained learning objects)
Social Learning Platforms
Asynchronous online training also is available and provides a powerful mechanism to reach a distributed learning population while still leveraging the expertise of a skilled instructor, collaborators, and industry experts. Rather than a traditional course, this effort involves the creation of different Communities of Practice and may either be deployed using open source or commercially available products. This can include:
- Embedded OLT modules
- Chat rooms
- Threaded discussions
- Linked documentation and other resources such as web sites or applications