Sunday, September 14, 2008

eLearning Management: Process, People & Product

To be responsible leaders in eLearning, we must know the roles and responsibilities for our projects.

Having a clear understanding on the process will allow for a smoother role-out and ensures content delivery and content maintenance meets the projects goals.

Having the right people fulfilling the plan's design ensures the best instruction, supportive and administrative services are delivered to the learner. For the learner to take advantage of the training, a marketing campaign should also be deployed.

The final product needs a strong foundation. Having a project plan, storyboard, learning materials and revising materials are vital to a successful eLearning project.

Know your three P's = Process, People and Product.

4 comments:

Dr. Laura Summers said...

Nice, simple way of explaining the 3 P's!

Greg said...

I agree good way of putting things. I think what the 3 P's leave out is the D. Which is delivery or marketing whatever you want to call it. I have seen many a course that are amazing because they followed procedure, but... They fall short because they were not properly communicated to the the target or correct target audience. I see this in some of the instructor lead classes that we have produced at my company. Many of them have been focused toward consistency in new hire training. Well at this time we have no new hires to train so our available audience does not need the skills.

What are your thoughts around marketing or delivery?

What's going on with Dave Strousberg? said...

I could not have said it better myself! I also agree with what Greg says in that many classes fail to communicate what exactly they are looking for--it is the only way to ensure success. This article reminded us that we have always remember to strive for clear communication. I actually commented in my survey that since this class has been doing just that so far, it becomes easier to be successful.

Instructional Design Resources for eLearning said...

I think we live in a society that likes "packaging." Presenting to the right crowd in the right way = success. Anything short of that may lead to failure.

I just sat through a four day training that was fragmented and could have been delivered in one day.

I think we need to step back and analyze what our audience needs, then figure out a humorous way to deliver the training.