eLearning Strategies save time and money, but where do you begin?
While a strategic eLearning program provides a great solution for standardizing learning experiences in a cost-effective manner, figuring out where to start can be a real challenge. Here are some of the tips we’ve compiled to help guide you in the right direction.
#1: Not all training content should be an eLearning course
A frequent mistake made by organizations is making everything an eLearning course. eLearning courses are great, but not all content justifies the investment of time and resources it takes to produce a course. Think about other delivery mechanisms, like an employee intranet, that are available as a point-of-need resource. Compliance, employee onboarding/training, and leadership development are all great topics for eLearning courses, but you should explore the best ways to deliver content that frequently changes or needs to be a point-of-need resource.
#2: Build versus Buy
Partnering with an outsourced eLearning production company provides the quickest solution to program development, but producing courses from scratch can be very costly. Buying “off-the-shelf” learning courses sometimes don’t offer a polished look and feel and lack customization for your organization’s message. Hiring an internal team of instructional designers and eLearning experts is costly as well. That’s why it’s important to find a strategic partner that understands your industry and the learning content integrated into the program or course being developed.
TalentStream Solutions isn’t a good fit for everyone because we don’t want to be everything to all industries. We’re eLearning experts that intimately understand the dental industry and dental service/partner organizations specifically. This distinction makes us and our customizable “off-the-shelf” content unique.
#3: Find a Learning Management System (LMS) without going over the top
Learning Management Systems provide accountability, compliance, and transparency. It’s where the learning program is hosted and where learners interact with it. A learning program without a LMS won’t be successful as finding the right LMS to host your content is equally as important as the content. However, there are many LMS platforms from which to choose so where do you begin? The right LMS should offer integration capabilities, easy reporting, the ability to award completion certificates, is mobile device friendly, provides support, and shouldn’t be overly pricy.
TalentStream’s LMS offers a wide array of features and benefits, including customizable branding, learning paths, gamification, certification delivery and tracking, mobile friendly, and much more.
Recap
In conclusion, creating a robust and effective eLearning strategy for your organization doesn’t have to break the bank. Allow TalentStream Solutions to do the heavy lifting and enjoy turnkey solutions with affordable subscription-based pricing.