TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
ISD is the granddaddy of training methodologies, and if memory serves
was originally developed under contract for the Air Force. Back in the
day, when I was training course developer for Gould Automation, we used
the ISD methodology when developing all of our courses. Further, it's
mostly applicable to tech writing as well as training.
Just point your search engine at Instructional Systems Design and you'll
get more than you can imagine.
Three additional points:
There may be precursors, but I don't think so. It was done as original
work and was ground-breaking in its day.
There are now dozens (perhaps hundreds) of competing methodologies.
There's way to much to it to summarize in an email. When I was using
ISD, I had three fat three-ring binders that covered the methodology and
how to apply it.
ROBOHELP IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IN HELP AUTHORING
New RoboHelp X5 includes all new features such as,
content management, multi-author support, distributed
workforce support, XML and PDF support, and much more!
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archiver -at- techwr-l -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
