This is how you create the best e-learning modules

Do you want to create effective yet accessible e-learning modules for your employees? Many organizations have valuable internal knowledge. Naturally, you want to share this with your employees. With e-learning modules, employees can acquire this knowledge whenever and wherever they want.

At SkillsTown, you can use the latest authoring tool 'Create' to create your own online training courses in no time, and then publish them within your own online learning platform with the click of a button. But how do you create a good e-learning module? In this article, we give you practical tips!

Complete your online training

E-learning modules have many features. With the authoring tool 'Create' you can add different elements within your training such as: texts, videos, audio clips, assignments and interactive questions. Make use of these as well. By using different types of elements and making your e-learning interactive, you generate a higher learning return and ensure that employees enjoy learning more.

So think carefully about the topic you want to communicate and what different content types best fit this. Want to add an element of competition? Then also link a test to your e-learning module so employees can earn a certificate.

Be creative

Of course, to fill all the sections in an e-learning module, you need content. Be creative in creating this content. You obviously want to make learning as fun as possible for your employees. How to do this:

• Write texts in a fun way. Do you have a colleague who is tremendously good at writing texts? Ask that person to help you.
• Ask quiz questions related to the topic.
• Include assignments so employees can apply the knowledge learned in practice. Keep your assignments small and concrete so that it is easy to carry out. For example, in a Negotiation training, have them practice a negotiation with a colleague or in a Social Safety training, have them find out who the confidential advisor in your organization is.
• Add attractive images, videos, animations and audio clips to enhance content.
• Use tables and graphs to make certain data clear.
• Tell a story to put learning into context and capture the learner's attention.

Look online for support materials that you can use when creating your online training. By filling the different sections of your e-learning module with the above aspects, you will ensure that your training remains fun and interesting to follow.

Tip: Use your own photos and videos in your e-learning modules to make it extra personal.

 

Make it personal

With online training creation, the more personalized the training is, the more accessible and fun for the employee to follow. Therefore, consider how you can incorporate your own images and videos into your online training. For example, in an onboarding e-learning module, show what your office space looks like through a tour video. Take a tour of the different rooms and briefly tell what's going on there. Many cell phones these days have such a good camera that no professional equipment is needed for this.

Not perfect is also good

Are you nervous about sharing an e-learning with your colleagues because you're afraid it's not good enough? Don't worry! The important thing is that you share internal knowledge. Just start developing and don't make it too hard on yourself. Get something up quickly, launch it and then ask for feedback from your colleagues. With that feedback, you can then continue to develop. In this way, you quickly create content that, with feedback, you can really connect with your colleagues.

From our experience, colleagues find it super fun to see each other's e-learning modules and really don't pay attention to a slip in the voice-over or a typo on the text page!

Also create your own e-learning modules?

Sharing internal knowledge doesn't have to be difficult. With our latest authoring tool 'Create' you can create the most beautiful e-learning modules in no time! We will gladly show you how it works during a free (online) demonstration.