Are you planning for your next elearning project?

Ready to commence your next elearning (or digital learning) initiative? Starting to establish a scope for your project?

Before diving into your next project, there’s some planning that should happen to ensure that all stakeholders have a shared understanding of the project’s goals, content, and limitations.

In our experience, this generally includes:

Defining Learning Objectives

• Identify the core goals of your elearning module.
• Determine what learners should know or be able to do after completing the course.
• Where possible, try and create objectives or outcomes that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART).

Identifying your target audience

• Define your target audience. Gather information on their demographics, prior knowledge, and learning preferences.
• Consider any potential barriers to learning (for example language barriers).

Documenting known scope and resources

• Consider the desired length of the course.  This preference should factor the time commitment for learners, and time commitment expectations from the organisation depending on the topic and drivers.
• Consider preferences for how you’d like the course to look and feel, including any existing brand guidelines
• Identify Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)  who have in-depth knowledge of the topic, and their availability for consultations, content reviews, and feedback.
• Set a budget that aligns with your overall project goals.
• Gather and document any source materials.

Planning for success

• Engage people or teams that have experience in delivering elearning projects within your organisation.
• Identify any elearning standards or Learning Management System (LMS) guidelines that may exist for your organisation.
• Define how you will measure the success of the elearning course by establishing Success Metrics, and how these metrics can be reported within your organisation.

Elearning Project Start-up Checklist