Comments on: Ten Online Training Do’s and Don’ts

By: Ramakant

Ramakant — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:18:33 +0000

These points should be treated as standard guidelines to start off with any e-learning module. In all great effort to make it one.

By: John Curran

John Curran — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:47:11 +0000

A useful and practical list but I have a problem with Point 4 – Matching your e-learning to your company’s branding. Frequently when designing e-learning for clients we end up running into the organisations’s ‘brand police’ who want the e-learning to look like their PowerPoint templates. Why? Because PowerPoint is the closest thing they have to something e-learning like. It’s important to resist this otherwise you fall into the trap made in Point 1 above!

Obviously we need to include company branding somewhere but we normally use it on a splash/intro screen and then only lightly on the player. Also remember that you may be building many courses covering different subject areas so you want to have some diversity in your design.

By: UM

UM — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:44:04 +0000

Love this information. Very clear and to the point.

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:35:07 +0000

Great article. Thank you so much for putting so much information into such a concise format.

By: Makky

Makky — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:12:14 +0000

Excellentt article indeed. Agreed with Jonena, use of excessive irrelevant graphics in any course is a big no no. Often designers get carried away with the prettiness and forget to get the message across with the course.

By: Seema Pawa

Seema Pawa — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:55:23 +0000

Very helpful information. Will be my bible and I will refer to these while desining an online training.

By: Dennis Trucks

Dennis Trucks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:33:17 +0000

Wonderful article outlining the “high-level” considerations when putting together online training. Great reminders for those who have been designing and developing for years —- sometimes we need help remembering why we do what we do. Awesome information for those starting in the training business. Thanks for creating and sharing!!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:11:21 +0000

Good basic information that is often or easily overlooked.

By: Santiago Moral

Santiago Moral — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:42:24 +0000

Amazing article! You really know what you are talking about. I like point 2 the most: the SME is not the education designer.

By: Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:45:41 +0000

Kudos! Comprehensive, and well organized. Very valuable information.