Getting Started

Step 1 – Develop your e-learning knowledge and e-learning content authoring skills.
1.	Familiarize yourself with some e-learning terms. Click here for the E-learning Glossary or watch a short video called “Making sense of e-learning”. Learn about the difference between rapid e-learning and custom e-learning. Learn about the levels of e-learning content so you have an idea of what is possible.
2.	Download all of the suggested free software in the e-learning developer beginner’s starter kit and start playing with the tools.
3.	Take some tutorials to learn how to build e-learning. Click here for E-learning Tutorials.
4.	Learn about instructional design. Click here for some great tutorials on rapid e-learning instructional design from Kineo (an e-learning development provider). It’s free, but a short registration is required. I would suggest skipping the first tutorial “60 Minute Masters Introduction” and starting with Module 1 – Prepare. Click here for a good article on the subject of instructional design.

Step 2 – Develop an e-learning strategy based on your e-learning needs and then determine the level of rapid e-learning content that you want to build.

Define your e-learning strategy. Here is a link to an article that will help you develop an e-learning strategy.

Marc My Words: Ten Common Mistakes in Building an eLearning Strategy


Step 3 – Develop your knowledge of e-learning technology and then determine the right tools to buy for your e-learning development needs.
1.	Review all of the different types of e-learning formats that are available and learn about all of the different types of technology that are used to develop them. Click here.