E-Learning Design - How did you get started?

Hi Martin,

I started working in the Corporate environment in the training and development area, and was a facilitator teaching face to face classes. As part of each project I worked on, I was able to collaborate with instructional designers and took on pieces of a project until eventually I was leading projects and working them soup to nuts! I would perform the needs analysis, create learning strategies, perform project management tasks, and took on the design/development and deployment. Eventually I started creating eLearning courses and I was hooked! I knew I wanted to concentrate on eLearning so I found a job as an eLearning developer. I will say, because of my experience, I also still perform all those instructional design tasks in my current role because of need.

My advice is to figure out what you want to do...eLearning only? Or instructional design? Or both? The figure out the best place to go for experience in those skills. ASTD has many courses that you can take that look pretty good on your resume.

Good luck!