101 eLearning Boot Camp: All the Basics You Need to Get Started
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Tuesday, March 27
Instructional Design
Junior Ballroom G
No formal eLearning background or training? Don’t have the time to slow down and learn the basics? You’re not alone. If that sounds like you, you may feel like you’re always a beginner—struggling to catch up with books and articles filled with academic and technical terms that don’t align with your practical experiences.
Whether you’re brand-new to eLearning, just exploring it for your organization, or simply want some help filling in some knowledge gaps, what you need is a quick, plainspoken foundation of eLearning basics. And in this session, you’ll learn what you need to get started with eLearning, including a few characteristics that define eLearning, a simple explanation of how eLearning works, and the people, process, and tools that go into making it. You’ll also take a look at basic design and development processes you can follow to more smartly manage your eLearning projects.
In this session, you will learn:
- What distinguishes eLearning from other types of online learning
- About the technology used to create, share, and track eLearning courses
- The meanings behind many common industry acronyms like SCORM and LMS
- About a simple, universal eLearning design and development process
- About easy tools and tips for smartly managing your eLearning projects
Audience:
Novice designers and developers. No prior knowledge of eLearning is required, but a basic understanding of web technology is helpful.
Technology discussed in this session:
eLearning tools, including everything from Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to explanations of what authoring tools are, what they do, and the function of the LMS in delivering and tracking eLearning.
Trina Rimmer
Director, Community and Customer Engagement
Articulate
As the director of community and customer engagement with Articulate, Trina uses her many years of eLearning design and development expertise to guide the creation of inspiring content for our community of workplace learning professionals, E-Learning Heroes. Before joining Articulate, Trina worked as an instructional designer, eLearning developer, and writer focused on delivering creative, engaging, and effective learning solutions to various companies, from global aid organizations to Fortune 500s.