E-learning Design on a Shoestring

Design Effective E-Learning Courses Despite Limited Resources

Have you suddenly been asked to put together an e-learning course, but you have limited experience, time, or resources to do so? This happens often, and you're not alone. E-Learning Design on a Shoestring offers talent development professionals a process for designing and developing e-learning courses, without breaking the bank. E-learning expert Marina Arshavskiy applies the Build-Borrow-Buy approach to provide guidance, quick tips, and shortcuts for creating meaningful asynchronous learning experiences.

With this book, you will learn to tap into learner motivation and engagement; create e-learning scripts, storyboards, and prototypes; and build inexpensive yet effective interactivity in your courses. It also guides you on saving time and money by auditing existing e-learning content and creating reusable content. You'll discover how to manage e-learning projects efficiently, select technology that meets your course needs, and secure buy-in for current and future e-learning efforts.

The Association for Talent Development's On a Shoestring series helps professionals successfully execute core topics in training and talent development when facing limitations of time, money, staff, and other resources. Using the Build-Borrow-Buy approach to problem solving, this series is designed for practitioners who work as a department of one; for new or "accidental" trainers, instructional designers, and learning managers who need fast, inexpensive access to practical strategies that work; and for those who work for small organizations or in industries that have limited training and development resources.

List of contents

Introduction

Part 1. Build

Chapter 1. Building Your Course Design Plan

Chapter 2. Building Your Course Foundation

Chapter 3. Building Your Course Components

Chapter 4. Building Evaluation for Your Course

Part 2. Borrow

Chapter 5. Borrowing Existing Course Assets

Chapter 6. Borrowing Templates With Reusable Objects

Chapter 7. Borrowing Other People’s Talents

Part 3. Buy

Chapter 7. Budgeting for Time

Chapter 8. Buying Cost-Effective Tools

Chapter 9. Budgeting for Design and Advocating for Funding

Bringing It All Together 

About the author

Marina Arshavskiy is the owner of Your eLearning World, an e-learning company committed to helping organizations become more effective by creating groundbreaking, result-oriented learning solutions. Marina has consulted extensively with private organizations and government entities, both in the United States and abroad. Her course designs have won multiple awards and have helped take organizations to the next level. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Summary

Design Effective E-Learning Courses Despite Limited Resources

Have you suddenly been asked to put together an e-learning course, but you have limited experience, time, or resources to do so? This happens often, and you’re not alone. E-Learning Design on a Shoestring offers talent development professionals a process for designing and developing e-learning courses, without breaking the bank. E-learning expert Marina Arshavskiy applies the Build-Borrow-Buy approach to provide guidance, quick tips, and shortcuts for creating meaningful asynchronous learning experiences.

With this book, you will learn to tap into learner motivation and engagement; create e-learning scripts, storyboards, and prototypes; and build inexpensive yet effective interactivity in your courses. It also guides you on saving time and money by auditing existing e-learning connect and creating reusable content. You’ll discover how to manage e-learning projects efficiently, select technology that meets your course needs, and secure buy-in for current and future e-learning efforts.

The Association for Talent Development’s On a Shoestring series helps professionals successfully execute core topics in training and talent development when facing limitations of time, money, staff, and other resources. Using the Build-Borrow-Buy approach to problem solving, this series is designed for practitioners who work as a department of one; for new or “accidental” trainers, instructional designers, and learning managers who need fast, inexpensive access to practical strategies that work; and for those who work for small organizations or in industries that have limited training and development resources.  

Foreword

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Product details

• Authors: Marina Arshavskiy
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 08.10.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9781957157368
• ISBN: 978-1-957157-36-8
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; On a Shoestring
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; EDUCATION / Distance, Open & Online Education, Open learning, distance education