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1. e-Learning: When Is it Right?
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12. e-Learning: When Is it Right?
Organization Readiness Checklist
Use this checklist to determine your organization’s readiness to develop and implement e-Learning.
Infrastructure Readiness
 How will the training be distributed, installed, and run?
 Do you need record-keeping or scoring in the training? How will these needs be accommodated?
 Does the IS/IT department have the server equipment to deploy e-Learning?
 Will IS/IT provide the space to house e-Learning? Can it handle an LMS?
 Does the network have the bandwidth for learners to use e-Learning?
 Will the network and intranet pipeline support large numbers of learners using e-Learning?
 Has the network been tested to handle the desired and peak traffic levels?
 Is there IS/IT staff ready to support the installation and testing or e-Learning course?
 Does the corporation have a firewall that prevents access to the Internet?
 Will the lowest workstation configuration support the use of e-Learning?
o Operating system
o CPU type and speed
o Monitor: color and resolution
o Hard disk space, if needed
o RAM
o CD-ROM
o Sound cards
o Browser types and versions
o Modem speed or connectivity type
o Players and other software available or allowable
 What features are already part of the corporate intranet:
o Chats
o Message boards
o Threaded Discussion Groups
o Internal Listservs
o Attachments
o Small Executables
o Application sharing
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13. e-Learning: When Is it Right?
Learner Readiness
 Do learners have the requisite computer skills to handle e-Learning?
 Are learners comfortable learning at their desktops?
 Do learners have experience learning from e-Learning?
 Is there a prior history with e-Learning that new courses must overcome?
 Do learners have an easy way to determine the courses available to them and how to register?
 Are media used properly to support various learning styles?
 Are methods employed appropriately to ensure learning?
o Frequent interactions
o Methods match content types
o Methods to make up for the “missing instructor”
o Methods for learners to self-test
 Are there learner-support mechanisms in place to handle learner questions?
o Mentoring
o Chats
o Threaded discussions
o Message boards
o Feedback from the “expert”
Management Readiness
 What are the reasons for moving to e-Learning, and how will they measure its success?
 Is management making the decision to move to e-Learning based on money alone?
 Is management aware of the tradeoffs of e-Learning?
 Is management aware of the development time differences between e-Learning and classroom?
 Does management support training staff in the design of e-Learning?
 Will management provide supervisory/management support of e-Learning skills and concepts?
Will they set expectations of learners for the results of training?
 Have stakeholders been defined?
 If the course development requires interdepartmental cooperation, are all departments and parties
ready to participate?
 Are SMEs given the time to support the development of training materials?
 Will management release learners from normal work duties to take e-Learning courses?
 Will learners have a distraction-free environment in which to learn?
 Does management buy-in to the skills being trained? Will they help ensure that training is
relevant to the job?
 Is there a roll out plan in place?
 Is there a maintenance plan in place?
 Is funding committed?
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Development Team Readiness
 Does the development team have the right staff with the right mix of skills to develop e-Learning?
o Instructional design for e-Learning
o Graphic design
o User interface design
o Usability testing
o Screen design
o Writing for e-Learning
o Production of media, including audio, animation, graphics, and video, as appropriate
o Programming
o Software testing
 Has the development team been trained in the design and development of e-Learning?
 Does the development team have a solid development process that incorporates the software
development process into the instructional design process?
 Does the development team have strong leadership with experience in developing e-Learning?
 Is the development team ready for the longer development cycle for e-Learning than for ILT or
documentation?
 What resources are currently available for the development?
 Are sufficient time and resources available to create a course that is engaging, job-relevant, user-
friendly, and accurate?
 Does the development team have the skills to employ the variety of methods necessary to ensure
learning?
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