E-learning design consulting – how will I benefit?

E-learning design begins far before the content design or the choice of learning platform, with the creation of an integrated learning environment. All factors that influence the learning processes of individuals belong in a learning environment. This includes the informal exchange of knowledge between colleagues, learning using online media, internet research, reading newspapers, watching the evening news, listening to the news on the radio in the car, discussions in forums, participation in a conference or the use of electronic performance support systems. Learning today is, per se, blended learning, insofar as the use of both electronic and non-electronic learning and information sources for most of the employed population, as well as for young people and children, go hand in hand. Additionally, informal learning processes within companies and public bodies are valued in terms of their actual relevance, and are often supported electronically.

Good e-learning design consultancy takes these aspects into consideration, as well as the normal reception of media as a whole, and develops recommendations for the design and optimisation of learning environments.

As a specialist in e-learning, IMC can offer advice, particularly in the following areas:

• Identification of content that is especially suitable for e-learning
• Identification of content that does not offer any specific advantages for e-learning
• Curricula development using e-learning
• Choice and design of suitable digital learning formats available, e.g. WBT, learning games, forums, video
• Application of multimedia and interactivity
• Application of Serious Games
• Modularisation, structuring and segmentation of e-content under educational topics and in terms of reusability
• Combining various learning formats
• Choice of standard content
• Motivation in e-learning
• Communication with online media
• Professional tutorial support and coaching for e-tutors  

Our consultancy aims to support you in choosing the best possible ways to use the various online media and communication systems available – regardless of which platform, which content and which tools you use. Regardless, also, of whether you just want to develop content with us. You can trust our consultancy expertise – which we have gained from carrying out a high number of projects – and from the outset opt for a professional e-learning design that really caters for your target group!