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Ellen Behrens over at aLearning has recently released a terrific set of tutorials providing examples of how to create effective e-learning with common, low-cost tools. Her aLearning Fundamentals site offers a brief tutorial on e-learning basics as well as on the fundamentals of adult learning and facilitation. Best of all, though, Ellen created these tutorials using a variety of content development and delivery approaches – so you can see the differences – and then provides a “Behind the Scenes” break down for each tutorial to help visitors fully understand that low-cost, instructionally-effective e-learning is an achievable goal.

If you have the least bit of interest in how to develop good e-learning experiences without breaking the bank, I encourage read Ellen’s introduction to the free aLearning tutorials and then get over to the aLearning Fundamentals site today!

Jeff

P.S. – I also encourage you to check out the Association E-learning Conversation that Ellen and I had earlier this year.

ASTD ran an article not too long ago in which the time to develop an hour of training in 2009 was compared to the time to develop the same type of training in 2003. Since I often get asked about how long it takes to develop various types of educational content, I thought the article was well worth mentioning here. You might find it a useful tool as you are determining the resources and corresponding costs associated with creating new educational products. [click to continue…]