eLearning Project Management

November 26, 2014

How To Develop eLearning Production Guidelines For Your Organization

This article details the elements required to develop eLearning production guidelines for your organization. The article is written for eLearning Professionals introducing eLearning to their organization, and draws on the author's recent experience developing eLearning production guidelines.

by Carolyn White

November 21, 2014

6 Tips to Estimate Your eLearning Course Development Time

In this article, you'll learn about the important considerations to bear in mind when estimating your eLearning course development time. Estimating the development time of your eLearning course as accurately as possible is of high importance, as it will help you to create a spot-on bid. So, you won't have to worry about overestimating or underestimating your work due to inaccurate quotes.

by Christopher Pappas

November 12, 2014

7 Time Management Tips For eLearning Professionals

In this article, I'll share 7 helpful tips on how to save time and meet deadlines when designing and developing your eLearning deliverables. Whether you're working on an online training module that needs to be completed ASAP, or on a K-12 eLearning course that is more complicated and time consuming than you had anticipated, these time management tips can help you to stay on track and significantly boost your productivity.

by Christopher Pappas

October 7, 2014

Top 9 Tips to Boost Collaboration Within Your eLearning Team

In this article, I will present you 9 tips to boost collaboration with your eLearning design and development team. These tips and techniques can offer you and your eLearning team the chance to improve communication, streamline your efforts, and effectively handle any challenge that an eLearning project throws your way.

by Christopher Pappas

September 27, 2014

6 Tips To Estimate Your eLearning Course Length

In this article, I will discuss the key factors that you'll want to bear in mind when estimating your eLearning course length. This will allow you to create eLearning courses that are just long enough to achieve the desired learning objectives, but still short enough to avoid learner boredom and frustration.

by Christopher Pappas

September 24, 2014

Top 10 Free BaseCamp Alternatives

In this article, I'll highlight the top 10 free BaseCamp alternatives, and walk you through how to use each free project management tool to take full advantage of its features. These free project management tools can help you to stay on track by creating a virtual base of operations. Keep in mind that while all these tools are free, most of them offer advanced features for a fee (monthly or annually).

by Christopher Pappas

June 30, 2014

E-Learning Secrets: Managing Subject Matter Expert Time, Part Two

How can you manage and maximize your Subject Matter Expert (SME)’s time like an e-learning pro? In Part Two of this series, we’ll focus on a typical breakdown of SME hours for a one-hour e-learning course.

by Catherine Davis

June 19, 2014

E-Learning Secrets: Managing Subject Matter Expert Time, Part One

From an Instructional Designer’s perspective, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are the e-learning team MVPs. They bring the valuable expertise and insights, those raw materials that can be transformed into thought-provoking scenarios and engaging activities. Yet they are also often highly respected players with demanding jobs in the business, with little experience developing e-learning. How can you manage and maximize your SME’s time like an e-learning pro? In this two-part series, we’ll show you how.

by Catherine Davis

June 17, 2014

Project Management Software for Students: Let’s make Projects A ‘Cakewalk’

To be a student isn't an easy job; you have to learn, memorize, take tests and the most intimidating experience comes as an assignment or project. When I was in college, there used to be a project task every semester and trust me it was hard. With all your teammates having different cultural backgrounds and thinking; communicating with every member at a common place and time, becomes a big hassle.

by Sharon Thomson

April 8, 2014

e-Learning Project Management Tips and Considerations

Managing e-Learning Projects is extremely important for successful e-Learning course design. This article is the fourth in a series about e-Learning Project Management. Check it out and learn about e-Learning Project Management Tips and Considerations.

by Marina Arshavskiy

April 1, 2014

Stages of Effective eLearning Project Management

Managing e-Learning Projects is extremely important for successful e-Learning course design. This article is the third in a series about e-Learning Project Management. Check it out and learn about the Stages of Effective eLearning Project Management and Skill Set Required for Managing eLearning Projects.

by Marina Arshavskiy

March 25, 2014

The Role of an Instructional Designer as Project Manager

Managing e-Learning Projects is extremely important for successful e-Learning course design. This article is the second in a series about e-Learning Project Management. Check it out and learn about the role of an instructional designer as project manager.

by Marina Arshavskiy