WHAT WORKS

So, you’re looking to buy e-Learning courses that actually work? A good objective! However, not easily accomplished!

Why?

Today, the e-Learning marketplace is full of junk. Adapted PowerPoint presentations; adapted written procedures; “slide” shows without audio; words, words, words on almost every screen. Very few individuals will learn anything from those e-Learning courses. They’re junk! They confuse the buyers because they offer little return. They are titles without substance. They are worthless exercises in boredom for the trainees.

So, what does work?

We know that the latent benefits of knowledgeably designed e-Learning offer learning advantages unknown before in the training world. Unlike other training choices, we know that e-Learning is available 24×7 to everyone, from everywhere with access to a high speed connection. We know that e-Learning can be the most cost effective learning tool available. And, we know that knowledgeably designed e-Learning can speak in the language of today’s learners.

So, what should you be looking for when challenged with developing a new training initiative for your organization?

Easy answer. Look for the following components in any e-Learning courseware you are examining:

-Optional Full Word-for-Word Audio Capability for the less-fluent readers
-User-Designed Interface for Navigation-Ease on a single home screen
-Meaningful and Interactive for your learners (speaks in their language)
-Short Modular Lessons to eliminate the risk of boredom
-Efficient Sentence Use per Screen (the absence of paragraph-writing)
-Content Accuracy and Completeness
-Subject Appropriate Instructional Design communicating in multi-sensory choices.
-Keeps the Academicians & Off-Shores OUT (avoid cookie cutter courseware)
-Doubles as “Help Desk” so that you can enable “just-in-time” training

If you find all these features, you will have found a winner!

More tomorrow – – – – –

— Bill Walton, Founder of ITC Learning
bwalton@itclearning.com

“THE WORLD RELIES ON THE HANDS OF ITS MEN AND WOMEN”