This course will ensure that training personnel have the skills to develop eLearning courses. It starts by outlining the common elements of common instructional design models and summarizing the common elements of eLearning development. Then each element is explored and practiced to gain practical skills in eLearning development. This includes creating an organizational needs assessment; writing measurable learning objectives; determining assessment types; creating a rubric for an eLearning assignments; using Universal Design for Learning, supporting LGBTQ2+ learners, accessibility standards, and media standards; establishing eLearning activities; creating a storyboard; choosing an eLearning authoring tool and LMS; and evaluating at each level of Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation, including determining return on expectation for impact evaluation.

After you complete this course, you will be able to understand what it means to learn and become a life-long learner, know what a mindset for learning looks like and how to adopt one, set realistic goals, understand what your network is and why expanding it is important, know how to ask questions and why that is important, become accountable for your goals and take responsibility, and know how to accelerate your learning.

At the end of this course, you will be able to define the marketing objectives of your webinar, create an attendee avatar to connect with your target audience, create and use a lead magnet, develop a promotion strategy, explore the potential of a joint venture, and create a webinar marketing calendar.

Specific learning objectives include: how to write clearly, concisely, completely, and correctly; how to make sure words agree; how to recognize and use active voice; how to write proper sentences; how to use practical and inclusive language; how to use different punctuation marks; and, how to revise and proofread.