10 Project Management Tips and Best Practices for E-Learning Designers #383

Project Management Tips for E-Learning RECAP #383: Challenge | Recap

When it comes to building courses, taking the time to plan and manage your projects properly is essential. Even when you’re just starting in e-learning, following basic project management tips will help you avoid common timeline problems and help your courses launch on time.   

This week, course designers shared their favorite tips for effectively managing e-learning projects.

Ajay Kumar

Example | Ajay Kumar

Jake Lipman

Example | Jake Lipman

Samuel Apata

Example | Download | Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem

Yvonne Urra-Bazain

Example | Yvonne Urra-Bazain | Website

Four tips for digital file management are:

• Create a folder template
• Use file naming conventions
• Habituate order
• Schedule backups

Ron Katz

Example | Ron Katz | Website

My project management tips are:

• Review assignment
• Begin with the end in mind
• Plan the interaction
• Research methods
• Get organized
• Execute the plan
• It's a state of mind
• Finishing touches

Jodi M. Sansone

Example | Download | Jodi M. Sansone | Website | @jodimsansone

Daniel Canaveral

Example | Daniel Canaveral

Work with meaning, direction, and purpose:

• Keep the end goal always in mind
• Design for your target audience
• Ensure learning objectives provide clear directions both for you (the developer) and the learner
• Remember who has a vested interest in the success of the project - looping those individuals in makes them accountable
• Include only the essentials (information/interactions/etc)
• Consider all possible delivery systems before settling on one

Alexandra Camacho

Example | Alexandra Camacho

Sharon Plunk

Example | Sharon Plunk

Alexandra Angelova

Example | Alexandra Angelova

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