Training Specialist

This opportunity involves working with the DOE (Dept. of Energy) & affiliated federal plus state government managed facilities.

Primary Function is to create a report with recommendations based on criteria below

The final report will address (at a minimum) the following topics for the current state of training technologies and also provide a projection of the expected 3 year and 5 year future states of training technology:

•    An analysis of the leading marketplace “top five” commercial (COTS) Learning Management System (LMS) products and vendors. This should include approximate market share, product strengths and weaknesses, major feature comparisons, support for Mobile applications, largest customers, size of installed customer base and government and commercial industries using the product.
•    An analysis of the current HAMMER LMS, PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management (ELM 9.0 soon to be 9.2). This should include approximate ELM market share, product roadmap, product strengths and weaknesses, installed customer base (with listing of larger ELM customers) and government and commercial industries using this product.
•    An analysis of the leading marketplace “top five” COTS eLearning courseware and course content development products. This should include approximate market share, product strengths and weaknesses, major feature comparisons, support for Mobile applications, largest customers, size of installed customer base and government and commercial industries using the product. In addition to the “top five”, also include in this analysis the current Storyline-2 and VISION Developer COTS products used at HAMMER.
•    An analysis of market trends and technology directions related to the use of SCORM based course content publishing and course delivery in the eLearning industry. This should include the most commonly used SCORM versions, the Tin Can API, AICC and related technology.
•    An analysis of industry market trends, leading products and technology directions related to supporting eLearning AND instructor lead classroom course delivery using instructor and student mobile devices. This will include the most commonly used mobile hardware and software technologies including Apple iPad, and MicroSoft Surface devices.
•    An analysis of industry market trends, leading products and technology directions related to classroom instructor lead hardware and software automation tools. This will include student/instructor screen to classroom big screen projection devices (e.g. AppleTV and AirServer), Epson digital screen projectors, automated class roster and sign-in tools, automated quiz and testing tools, instructor and student pointing devices, etc.
•    An analysis of industry market trends, leading products and technology directions supporting “cloud based” training software solutions. This will include the growth and trends in development of eLearning course content and storage of completed course materials in cloud based applications and the consumption of cloud hosted courses by students.
•    An analysis of industry market trends, leading products and technology directions related to the use of teaching resources extracted in “real-time” from the internet to provide a blended learning experience. Examples include the use of YouTube video channels, on-line animations, course links to reference documents, etc. Address the legal trends and issues related to using intellectual property from the internet in courseware.
•    An analysis of industry market trends, leading products and technology directions related to collaborative training development and delivery where teams of Instructional Designers and instructors, facilitated by technology, are working together on the same course content but are located in different geographical locations. This would also include Instructional Designer or Trainer communities and meeting tools. Identify and elaborate on successful models and examples of this collaboration capability and the technology supporting it.
•    An analysis of industry market trends, leading products and technology directions related to the use of interactive virtual classrooms where live instructor lead training is conducted and telecast to other classrooms and individual students using the internet.

Requirements:

•    Must have 8+ years in corporate and/or government training and automated training systems.

•    Significant experience in instructor led classroom “hands-on training” as well as eLearning course development and delivery is required.

•    Knowledge of content creation “courseware” software & classroom automation technologies is required.

•    Must be able to provide documentation that substantiates the required qualifications as outlined in the responsibilities section.

Job Type: 3 Month Contract (Possibly Longer)

Schedule/Shift: FT 40hrs. (4x10) Monday – Thursday, 6:00AM – 4:30PM

Pay Rate/Range: Hourly, DOE (Depends on Exp.)