Training on the administrative system must take various learning styles into consideration. In order to reach these different learning styles, training must be provided in a variety of ways. Most of these methods of education will be used at the University to ensure that people obtain information on the new system in a manner consistent with their individual learning styles. Mass communication must be used to inform and to educate the future users. This extensive communication effort will be conducted by messenger mail, e-mail, software pilot tests, and user involvement committees.
Awareness provides the first lessons of training on the administrative system.
This leads to effective use of classroom time. Many of the universities interviewed by the Training Task Force have a communications officer whose goal is to inform and to educate. A database sandbox is a testing version of the University s new integrated administrative system and database. This sandbox is used by the University s staff to learn the system both in workshops and at their offices. The sandbox allows for realistic learning without the fear of breaking the real system.