We will continue to add helpful guides, documents and other resources to this page throughout the BEST Network Project. If you have any ideas for items you would like to see on the project resources page, we would love to hear from you.
Powerpoint to Virtual Lab
Below are links to a powerpoint and Virtual Lab that demonstrate an effective approach to planning and designing an Adaptive Tutorial or Virtual Lab. The powerpoint was put together by an Education Officer from the Museum of Human Disease, who worked with Smart Sparrow to build the NBN BEST Network Blood Typing Virtual Lab.
BEST Network Partner Projects
The BEST Network is calling for Expressions of Interest for Partner Projects. Please see the information below.
NBN BEST Network Partner Projects Guide
NBN BEST Network Partner Projects EOI form
Smart Sparrow Help Online
Smart Sparrow have released a series of help pages, covering the Workspace and Authoring Tool, online. The documentation should help you to explore and master the many features available on the Smart Sparrow platform. To access the help pages, simply follow the link posted below and log-in to your Smart Sparrow account.
https://help.smartsparrow.com/dashboard.action
AeLP Quick Guide
The ‘Adaptive eLearning Platform Quick Guide’ is a brief guide on how to author an Adaptive Tutorial.The guide only features a few of the tools available on the Platform, but is handy if you have already received some training. We are currently working on a comprehensive user guide, to be released early next year.
https://bestnetworkproject.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/quick-guide.pdf
Storyboard
The Adaptive Tutorial storyboard is a guide to planning out your Adaptive Tutorials, before you start building them online. We hope to have some more templates up soon.
https://bestnetworkproject.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/storyboard.pdf