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Development Time versus Outcome

 
Фото Bigmore (Staff) D
Development Time versus Outcome
Bigmore (Staff) D - Wednesday 26 September 2012 11:47 AM
 

It's important to weigh up the learning and development time for creating resources versus the outcome.  There's little point in slaving away learning a piece of technology for something you're only ever going to use once.

When developing something, you should always consider re-use.  That's often the big advantage ICT resources have over paper-based; they can be used repeatedly without needing replacement.  (Okay, that is until your computer is upgraded and no longer runs the software!)

Ask yourself a few questions before beginning:

  • Will others in your department find it useful?  Or even those in other schools?  (A really good idea is worth sharing!)
  • Will it be easy to adapt for other groups, other topics, other difficulty levels?
  • Has someone already created something similar that you can adapt?