Building the E-Learning Team
By William Horton

E-learning requires a wide range of skills, knowledge, talent, and viewpoints. The success of your e-learning project depends on assembling the right team. Who will make up your team? Using this worksheet, make a list of the ideal team members. For each of the functions required, specifiy the job title and ideal person for the job. Don't be afraid to assign the same job title and person to multiple functions or to assign multiple people to a single complex function.

Managing the Project
Responsibility
Is this Role Required for Your Project?
Duties/Requirement
Ideal Person for the Job
Business management      
Project management      
Designing the Course
Responsibility
Is this Role Required for Your Project?
Duties/Requirement
Ideal Person for the Job
Overall design integration      
Instructional design      
Software architecture      
User-interface design      
Subject matter expertise      
Knowledge of learners      
Knowledge of buyers      
Building Content
Responsibility
Is this Role Required for Your Project?
Duties/Requirement
Ideal Person for the Job
Course integration      
Writing      
Graphics      
Multimedia development      
HTML/XML coding         
Browser scripting      
Server scripting      
Content scripting      
Providing the Technical Infrastructure
Responsibility
Is this Role Required for Your Project?
Duties/Requirement
Ideal Person for the Job
Network engineering and administration      
Server administration      
Database connectivity      
Technical support      

 


William Horton is president of William Horton Consulting. He is the author of two other books in ASTD's E-Learning Series, Evaluating E-Learning and Using E-Learning.

This worksheet is adapted from his third book Leading E-Learning, which offers an easy-to-understand road map that will allow you to take charge of the e-learning initiative in your organization.

 

 
 
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