Tour 3: Plan an e-learning initiative

Identify your e-learning opportunities, develop priority ideas, reality check them, and sell your proposal (allow 2-4 hours).

We recommend that you complete Tours 1 and 2 before starting this tour.
This Tour is best done with a colleague or team.

Itinerary

*Stops on this tour*	*What to do*	*What you'll need from the travel pack*
1. Identify opportunities for e-learning	If you are ready to get serious about an e-learning course, project or initiative, it makes sense to pick the idea which has the best chance of success. Review your current products and capability by filling in pages 2-3 of the *E-learning opportunity analysis template.* List three promising e-learning ideas for your organisation on page 4.	E-learning opportunity analysis template (Word doc 143KB)
2. View a range of e-learning strategies	Now complete a reality check of your three ideas. For each idea, score each criteria 1-10 (1 = very weak, 10 = very strong). Circle any low scores (1-3) and consider if they are critical to success. If they are, note any practical and affordable strategies for improvement. Rank your three ideas, guided by your scores for each and how they shape up in terms of critical success factors.	E-learning opportunity analysis template (Word doc 143KB)
3. Review your delivery methods	One of the key questions to address is whether you will use self-paced e-learning or faciliated e-learning — or a mixture of both. Check the pros and cons of self-paced versus facilitated e-learning in the article, *Facilitated or self-paced?* Confirm or revise your ranking of the three ideas.	Facilitated or self-paced? (Word 387KB)
4. Sell your idea	If you need to convince someone else that your idea has legs, or just to promote it, make a short digital story presenting a simple business case (or rationale) for the initiative. Check the Gallery for information on *PhotoStory 3, a free tool from Microsoft (Windows only). If necessary, download and install Photostory 3* and follow through the steps in the demonstration. You will need a microphone (or microphone headset) for your computer. Follow the directions to complete the *Adding more e* guide. Book a room, invite everyone and play your story.	Adding more e (Word 81KB)