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Creating Effective & Engaging eLearning in Your LMS

E M P O W E R TA L E N T

Your Hosts

Sean HouganMarketing Coordinator

Stephanie JutrasManaging Partner &

Instructional Designer

Agenda

1. Lambda Solutions and Limestone Learning

2. SCORM

3. Creating an Effective and Engaging eLearning Course

4. Getting the Most from your eLearning Course

5. Topics to Explore Further

6. Q & A

• Our approach

• Clients:

Our Service Offerings

Industry leading clients

Poll #1

What do you hope to gain from this presentation?

Poll #1

What is SCORM and Why Do We Need It?

• Technical standards

• Track

• Integrate

• SCORM versions

Sharable Content Objects

Reference Model

Why use a SCORM Course in Your LMS?

• More options when you use a

tool designed for the job

• SCORM compliant output

How to ‘Publish a SCORM Course’

• Publish to SCORM through

your course authoring tool

• Output is a zipped SCORM

compliant package

• Do you now understand why it is important to create SCORM complaint courses?

– Yes

– No– If No, please ask question in sidebar

Poll #2

Poll #2

How to Create Engaging & Effective eLearning

Instructional Design

• What’s in it for me (the learner)?

Describe course benefits

Explain knowledge gap that will be filled

Use storytelling and case studies

Step 1: Define WIIFM

• Scenario-based learning

• Interactive exercises

• Resources:

Connecting Learning with Job Performance

• Context Challenge Activity Feedback

CCAF

• Why?

– Easy buy-in from senior executives

– Learning will align to measurable performance

– Resource: The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning

Step 2: Align Learning to Business Objectives

• The ADDIE Model: – Set up realistic timelines to

complete each stage

– Organize tasks and expectations for team members

Step 3: Use Project Management Principles

• Ensure someone copy edits and quality checks your work

• A fresh set of eyes will always see from a new perspective

• Hiring contract editors common practice

Step 4: Copy Edit & QA

1. Sharing Your Course– Publish SCORM package through course

authoring tools

– Upload into your LMS

– In Totara:

• Turn ‘editing on’ in course page

• “Add activity or resource”

• Select SCORM Package

Getting the Most from your Course

2. The 70-20-10 Rule

– Based on 50+ years research• 10% formal learning

• 20% People (i.e. coaching)

• 70% Informal Learning/On-the-job experiences

Getting the Most from your Course

10% Formal Learning

• Provide:

– Standards

– Expectations

– The Foundation

• Delivered online or in-class

20% People

• On-the-job feedback from:

– Supervisors

– Managers

– Co-workers

– Experts• Feedback can be provided directly in a

LMS

• Learning by doing, ‘on the job’– Using skills and knowledge learnt

from people and formal learning/training sessions

• Provide learners with opportunities to share experiences

– Blogs, discussion forums, wikis

– Set aside time for online synchronous chats

70% Informal Learning Experiences

• What topics do you want us to explore in greater depth for future webinars?

Poll #3

Questions/Comments

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Stephanie JutrasManaging Partner &

Instructional Designer

Sean HouganMarketing Coordinator

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