Elearning companies are now focusing on creating elearning as per the user’s approach.

These are the following steps that make sure human beings are at the centre of an elearning design approach:

Delve into the market

Elearning companies are now focusing on creating such courses from the perspective of learners. It’s better to go into the market and know what are the learning requirements. For example, if you have to create a compliance course, then its important to know what are the requirements for compliance. It’s because these need to be taught to the learner. Apart from that, the learner should also be made aware of the penalties for non-compliance.

After you have studied the requirements of the course, you need to consult the company. You need to review their online training and whether it has generated any results. You also need to know their division of employees and how much they know about compliance. You need to create the objectives of the course. The essence is to comprehend the target audience so that the course fulfils its needs.

Create a framework

Whatever information you have collected about the clients, it’s better to brainstorm on them. For example, you can get information about how learners will use the course. Whether they are in a business that requires a lot of movement? If that’s so then the online training material should be accessible on devices, like tablets and smartphones. The course should also be accessible without internet access for workers who don’t have Wi-Fi.

Does the organization have branches in different cities? If that’s so, then the elearning course should be available in different languages. This means you have to upload the translated course to the LMS. You must have interviewed a lot of people while designing the course. Their requirements must also be included in the course. This is how the human-centered approach to instructional design must work.

Have a prototype for the course

There must be a prototype. When you have a tangible design, you know what the mistakes are and how you can alter them. For example, there can be a wireframe created for the course or a storyboard drawn on paper. It could help with the designing part of the course.

For example, when you are designing a compliance course, it’s better to have case studies.

After the prototype has been designed, you get a fair idea of the skill sets needed by you and to whom would you like to contribute to the course.

Testing for the prototype

When you have not designed anything, you should still have something to demonstrate to your co-workers. There should be testing done for the prototype. There should be a testing group for the prototype. They can guide you to what’s lacking in the prototype. If they don’t appreciate the design, there need to be changes in the prototype. It’s better to make alterations at this stage rather than later when the design has been developed. Although the comments of the testing team can be harsh, they have to be taken into consideration.

Execute the prototype

Once the prototype has been finalized, its easier to create a design. You can now delegate roles because you have come up with a workflow. You can also ask users to review your elearning design so that they can offer suggestions and the course can be tweaked.

So, this is how elearning companies can create a human-centered elearning module.