Between the blog posts, community interactions, workshops, and webinars one of the most frequently asked questions is how to get started with e-learning or become a better e-learning developer.

I’ve written about this in several previous posts that cover how to build your skills, create your personal brand, and maintain a portfolio. You can find previous posts and a really cool interaction below.

How to Build Your Skills

Here’s a list of some of the posts on personal development.

• How to Improve Your E-Learning Course Design Skills
• Do You Need to be a Programmer to Build E-Learning Courses?
• 5 Ways to Kickstart Your E-learning Career
• How to be Successful in the E-Learning Industry
• How to Hire an E-Learning Developer or Get an E-Learning Job
• The Role of Today’s Trainer
• Here’s How an E-Learning Portfolio Builds Your Skills
• Why You Need a Professional Portfolio
• Here’s What Needs to be in Your E-Learning Portfolio
• How to Create an E-Learning Portfolio
• 4 Ways to Build Your E-learning Skills This Summer
• 3 Ways to Save Your Training Job

Just Getting Started?

You know what’s better than reading a bunch of articles? Seeing it all in an e-learning module.

Sarah Hodge of SlideSugar recently shared a really great example of how to get started with e-learning. Not only is the content valuable, but it’s a demo worth deconstructing to glean ideas for your next e-learning course.

See e-learning example here.

Be sure to check out the articles and Sarah’s e-learning example above.

What tips would you give to those who are just getting started or want to improve their e-learning design skills?

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