Between the blog posts, community interactions, workshops, and webinars one of the most frequently asked questions is how to get started with e-learning or become a better e-learning developer.
I’ve written about this in several previous posts that cover how to build your skills, create your personal brand, and maintain a portfolio. You can find previous posts and a really cool interaction below.
Here’s a list of some of the posts on personal development.
You know what’s better than reading a bunch of articles? Seeing it all in an e-learning module.
Sarah Hodge of SlideSugar recently shared a really great example of how to get started with e-learning. Not only is the content valuable, but it’s a demo worth deconstructing to glean ideas for your next e-learning course.
Be sure to check out the articles and Sarah’s e-learning example above.
What tips would you give to those who are just getting started or want to improve their e-learning design skills?
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Want to learn more? Check out these articles and free resources in the community. |
Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs |
Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills |
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Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. |
Lots of cool elearning examples to check out and find inspiration. |
Getting Started? This elearning 101 series and the free e-books will help. |
As mentioned previously, I like to take part in the community’s e-learning challenges. They’re great to practice ideas and learn more about using the e-learning software.
In a recent e-learning challenge, we were asked to create a demo module and use the 2019 Pantone Color of the Year (which is Living Coral). This came at a good time, as I was pulling together some content for a workshop and wanted to show a few different ideas around color in a course’s visual design. The examples below go from subtle to “in your face.”
One tip we share often is to make everything greyscale. And then select a single accent color. One benefit is that it tends to make the screen content look a bit more elegant. And the accent color really pops. And it gets rid of a lot of conflicting colors and helps direct the eye.
Click here to view the example.
In the example above:
Often less is more, and in this case getting rid of color in the image and working with one (or two accent) colors really makes them pop and it cleans up the visual design.
This other example is a bit more bold and in your face and it’s create to draw attention. I’d use it sparingly, but it’s great for making key points or title screens. And it’s easy to do.
Click here to view the example.
Silhouettes are easy to create from people and objects. They work best with strong contrast. I like them because their ambiguous which comes in handy for people imagery.
Check out some of the other Pantone 2019 challenge entries. If you don’t participate in the e-learning challenges, you should. You’ll learn new things and be amazed at what others create and how different everyone is in approaching the same challenge.
If you do participate, write a post and share what you learned or a technique you used to build it.
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Want to learn more? Check out these articles and free resources in the community. |
Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs |
Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills |
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Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. |
Lots of cool elearning examples to check out and find inspiration. |
Getting Started? This elearning 101 series and the free e-books will help. |
