Perhaps the mystery and hyperbole that surrounds so many new technology based solutions is inevitable. Perhaps people are intimidated by the “newness” and fear investing on the “bleeding” edge.  Perhaps they have had their fingers burned in the past.

A cynic might even argue that there are vested interests in the form of specialist consultants who like to inflate the complexity and risk of developing technology heavy solutions and make a buck or three on the way through!

eLearning has suffered from its fair share of bluff and bluster in its formative years and maybe in those times when the market was in its “early adopter” phase some of those labels were true. However there have been tremendous strides in recent years in the eLearning space and the market is accelerating fast as organisations realise how practical it has become to deploy eLearning content rapidly and affordably within organisations, both messages that resonate in today’s marketplace, still rattled by the GFC.

Conventional wisdom dictates that eLearning is time consuming to deliver, that its technically complex and above all expensive to develop. It argues you need to find tried and trusted and expensive consultants to create your content and deliver and host your on line courses. Maybe in the past but this is no longer true.

Witness the development and successful delivery of B Online Learning’s Master eLearning Course. The course has been designed to bring together the technical aspects of eLearning with the principles of adult learning.

Rebecca Verity, B Online Learning’s Creative Director puts it this way; “This course is aimed fairly and squarely at learning and development teams within corporate and government, as well as training program developers, HR professionals, training coordinators, instructional designers, workplace trainers, IT professionals, teachers...really anyone who wishes to develop, design and deliver courses via eLearning.” She continues, “By the end of this three month, three module course, you will have taken your first steps towards a nationally recognised qualification that will enable you to develop your own eLearning content for your organisation. In fact, during the course you will actually have developed your first eLearning module ready to take back to work and deliver to your colleagues!”

The course gives participants invaluable experience with award winning education technologies such as Atlantic Link Content Point and the LearnFlex Learning Management System. The course is a compelling blend of live webinars; self paced learning; learning coach support and software demonstrations. There is lots of advice available to participants and an active and thriving network of participants to share your experience with.
Rebecca Verity continues, “We are really excited and proud to be the first organisation in Australia to have such a course. We are passionate about spreading the eLearning message as far and wide as we can. That’s why we designed this course; it provides real eLearning skills to professional educators and learning professionals alike.”

Written by Chris Fell, Closework Consulting.