eLearning Author - what does it take to become one?

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April 26, 2014

eLearning Author – what does it take to become one?

Hi.

Quite by chance, I've found myself working on a blended learning course - which is a great amount of fun and is well received by the participants.

Now I want more. So, my question: if i want to do more eLearning authoring, what skills and knowledge would you recommend? And where could I get it (books, magazines, websites, MOOCs)?

Perhaps a bit of background would also be helpful: I'm a technical writer turned business writer and business writing editor/trainer/coach. Which means that I know how to break even complex topics down and make them interesting and understandable and that I've got a good technical background.

Thanks,

Jens

2 Responses

Stokes873@hotmail.com says:

April 28, 2014 at 11:32 am

TAP Training

Hi Jens.

Sorry to respond with the obvious here from my perspective as my company provides expertise on developing authoring expertise and blended learning. We can provide a robust approach to both Blended/eLearning and train people properly in the use of two of the main authoring tools. Pleaser review our training qualifications programme framework at http://www.tap-training.com

Cheers,

Adrian.
bolaowoade says:

May 1, 2014 at 4:21 pm

Try the articulate blog

Hi Jens,

Try the Rapid Articulate blog. Tom Kuhlmann gives great advice on it. Personally it's the best blog I have found on e-learning. There lots of resources on their and a great community. And you don't have to be an articulate user to make use of it. I don't use articulate at all but I found it very useful. Here is the link: http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/

Cathy Moore also gives some great advice around e-learning. Here is her blog site url – http://blog.cathy-moore.com/

Hope this helps