A decade ago, the prospect of a fully-functional e-learning-based education system in Africa seemed farfetched. Africa’s broadband penetration was at an ultimate low, hindering the development of a decent communication infrastructure that would make e-learning a reality.
A training provider recently approached us to develop a portfolio of elearning courses. They wanted to sell these to develop a new income stream for their business to supplement their classroom training courses.
Not all e-learning is created equal, that's for sure. If you are a 'big guy' with a team of designers and developers and a fairly sizeable budget, the e-learning you produce will look markedly different from the courses produced by a team of two with an authoring tool and not much else.
The Learning Nuggets Company (LNC), a UK-registered e-business and e-learning consultancy firm said it has seen great prospect in Nigeria’s education sector as the country explores information and communication technology (ICT) option to raise its global competitiveness.
Purchasing a Learning Management System (LMS) may be the last thing on your to-do list. With new business development, growth and sales to consider, many times implementing a new system to train new hires—and continuing education for existing employees—can seem like a waste of time or money. In fact, the opposite is true.
Your subject matter experts, or SMEs, play a huge role in building your e-Learning course. You need them to help build the information you’re presenting in a course to make sure it’s relevant and useful for your learners. Here are some tips on working with SMEs.
Rapid e-learning a couple of years ago caused quite a stir. It wasn't so much that it was a new thing, but more that it was finally better supported with tools, had a recognisable 'name' and finally this e-learning thing that some of us have been around in for years was finally starting to happen at last.