Resources for Single Source Learning Development  (SSLD)

 Create Once, Delivery Many...  

We've assembled some resources that will help you better understand, explore and plan for SSLD:

Type Description co-sponsor vendor  Links  
Sample Course (Real)
Single Source Course on "Single Sourcing." Chapman Alliance created course with "real" output to instructor guide, student guide, PowerPoint deck, elearning, tablet, and smartphone.  Excellent resource to show an example of how a single repository of conent can  spawn multiple output  formats and layouts. Content Available as Creative Commons.
Xyleme
 
Webinar (Recorded)
 Developing Single Source Learning - Workshop: Bryan Chapman webinar with explanation about how and why the sample course was built.  Very helpful to illustrate what it looks like to create single source content.  NOTE: the approach used was to spin the same content into multiple formats.  There are many other approaches as well, depending on desired outcome. Free sign up required by vendor
Xyleme
White Paper
LCMS: not just a Technology. It's a Strategy! Detailed information about the strategic benefits of adopting learning content management (LCM) and single sourcing (SSLD).  Best use: share this paper with your learning teams and Sr. Management when investigating the possible use of LCMS and Single Sourcing.
Kenexa
White Paper
Reusability 2.0: The Key to "Publising" Learning. Case studies in learning object reusability (3 different scenarios) showing how single sourcing was applied by different kinds of organizations, with results.
Xyleme
White Paper
At the Intersection of Learning and Enterprise Content Management. Discusses a large-scale case of apply single sourcng practices to a large team of developers across several organizations, outsource developers and geographic separation.  Also talks about the possibilities of expanding single sourcing beyond just learning content (e.g. documentation, contextual help, and other parts of the business)
Xyleme
Webinar (Recorded) Single Sourcing for Learning Development. Bryan Chapman's keynote presentation as part of the Guilds Thought Leader Series on Learning Innovations. The session provides an overview of Single Sourcing, case studies, tips and recommendations for adopting SSLD.
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Webinar (Recorded)
Integrating Learning with Day-to-Day Work.  Part of a series called "Always" Learning.  Bryan Chapman interviews learning innovators from McDonalds and Xerox about how they are using learning content management as the framework for enhancing just-in-time and just-enough learning at the point of performance.
Free sign up required by vendor
Kenexa
Webinar (Recorded)
Organizing Learning Content for Multiple Uses and Outputs.  (Always Learning Webinar series).  Bryan Chapman interviews Rob Lauber and Mary Beth Shuckman from YUM Brands (parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut) about how learning content management and single sourcing enabled them to keep up with massive, global expansion (languages, personalization of learning, adaptive learning, etc.).  This is a must watch.
Free sign up required by vendor
Kenexa

 

Chapman Alliance is passionate about the power and potential of Single Source Learning Development (SSLD).  We've been fortuntate to be involved with groundbreaking projects where SSLD has been a major "game changer" for innovative learning organizations, whether using it for internal learning or pioneering new learning solutions, such as:

  • true adaptive, prescriptive learning based on either pre-testing, assessment of learning styles, or both
  • knowledgebases that combine information, research and learning as bundles
  • moving learning closer to the point of performance (e.g. 1 to 3 minutes, just-in-time, just-enough)
  • creative method for agile learning development to teach software applications that change frequently
  • educational providers building a machine that allows then to offer their multiple-derivitive versions of content to their customers (often allowing for highly customized, personalized solutions).
  • future proofing core content so that it can easily adapt to new formats as technology evolves (tables, smartphones, eBooks, social/collaborative learning, informal learning, and beyond)
  • massively scalable language translation (creating a publication engine capable of global reach)

Is SSLD for everyone?   No.  It requires strategic vision, discipline, and lots of work to get it in place.  SSLD is not for groups with very small L&D development teams, producing small amounts of content annually, focused mostly on one delivery type (eLearning, or ILT support docs).

Is SSLD worth the effort?  Definitely, Yes! (given the right set of conditions).  We've seen firsthand, extreme savings in operational efficiency AND $Million made by educational providers using SSLD to publish new products and services.

Simplified definition of SSLD: Learning assets (text, graphics, audio, video, animations, test questions, self-contained simultions, interactive exercises, etc.) live independently in a central repository; separate from their method of presentation (e.g. as opposed to living on a page, at a specific location, dependent on other learning assets when authoring learning content as decicated applications). Learning assets are dynamically assembled and/or published into a wide variety of output formats, including: instructor guides, student guides, classroom visuals (Powerpoint), eLearning (whole courses or individual modules), handouts, job aides, video, online tests, paper-based tests, just-in-time learning (EPSS), contextual help (embedded inside software applications), etc.). Learning is creatively assembled using meta-data tags to best support each format.