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What do E-Learning Designers Need to Know About Working with SMEs? #474

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2 years ago

Working with E-Learning SMEs #474: Challenge | Recap

When it comes to building courses, your Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) hold the keys to your success—you can’t do much without them.

They’re the folks who not only bring their expertise to the table but also help you fine-tune those storyboards and quizzes and break down the intricate processes that make your training actually work. 

But here’s the catch: if they’re not fully on board or are dragging their feet, they can quickly become a major headache. The trick is figuring out how to turn those challenging SMEs into your biggest allies. And that's this week’s challenge is all about!

🏆 Challenge of the Week

This week’s challenge is to share a short demo or interaction that helps e-learning designers collaborate more effectively with their SMEs.

You can take it in any direction you like—whether it’s creating a slide with your favorite quote about working with SMEs, building a microlearning course, or even a whack-a-mole game (SME Edition).

✨ Share Your E-Learning Work

  • Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post.
  • Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example.
  • Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts, so your great work gets even more exposure.
  • Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness.

🙌 Last Week’s Challenge:

Before sharing your favorite tips for working with SMEs, take a look at the final examples from the e-learning game show series:

E-Learning Quiz Games RECAP #473: Challenge | Recap

👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article

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    • JoseAGomes's avatar
      JoseAGomes
      Community Member

      Fun, Fun, Fun, and quite a reverse psychology exercise 😆... loved it.

    • AdamS-c268b86c-'s avatar
      AdamS-c268b86c-
      Community Member

      This would piss me off so badly if I were ever asked to view this at a job.  I'd probably quit just for being talked down to like this.   This type of effort is the exact reason why IDs have a terrible reputation in the real world. I'm disgusted by the content, though I admire the effort in trying to be better than everybody else. 

      You're incredibly talented, and I think you like to be reminded of it, so here's another stranger telling you how great you are at being a talented and experienced ID. 👍🏼

      • JodiSansone's avatar
        JodiSansone
        Community Member

        Thanks for the feedback Adam! Not everyone will vibe with the same approach. Still, appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. Best of luck on your own journey to greatness and I look forward to seeing your many contributions to this supportive, fantastic community. No strangers here! 

    • LauraComan-fdf6's avatar
      LauraComan-fdf6
      Community Member

      I love the audio! It sounds soooo natural and incredibly close to a human recording. Are these real people voices, or is it generated by an AI tool?

      • ShannonPage-27d's avatar
        ShannonPage-27d
        Community Member

        I would love to know this, too. This presentation is so much fun and so well done. What an interesting and fun way to present the topic!

        Thank you so much for sharing the file with us, too.

  • Hello David. Just finished, the Olympics already forgotten? I wonder why my demo from last week doesn't appear in the recap. Can you do something for the athletes, please?
  • JodiSansone's avatar
    JodiSansone
    Community Member
    Wow, the timing is great for this. I'm just on-boarding 3 new SMEs this month on a topic I know nothing about. I'm rusty on my team building skills.
    • DavidAnderson's avatar
      DavidAnderson
      Staff
      Hey, ‘Onboarding SMEs!’ Is it too late to squeeze in a second session for the user event? :-)

      But seriously, big thanks for your kind and thoughtful feedback on last month’s challenge series. Funny enough, most of the other feedback lined up with what you shared. Maybe it’s just my ‘glass is half empty’ personality, but I was bracing for more critical comments. We got some ideas and suggestions for improvements, but overall the feedback was way more positive than I was expecting.