So far we’ve looked at motivation and complexity. The next consideration is culture. Culture can certainly be a subset of complexity; however, we separate it out here because it’s significantly different enough to warrant a separate discussion if you’re hoping to create eLearning for those outside your own culture.

Another major consideration in any discussion of eLearning concerns complexity.

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Last week, we suggested that you discuss with your colleagues the question, "How important is it to us that we encourage and motivate the students who take our eLearning training?"

Also, you will find that there are a variety of other people who need motivation to successfully implement any eLearning plan. Besides the IT people, your course writers and course facilitators are important participants who will need motivational support.

Use the following motivation rankings to discuss facilitator motivation, with your colleagues.

I brace myself and step out into the icy cold, pulling my coat more tightly around me. My boots step carefully over the icy sidewalk, and then I turn the corner and see my car. The windshield is covered in a layer of ice! I’m going to be late for my interview! A small knot forms in my stomach as I mentally promise to never make this mistake again.

The first consideration is the motivation of those involved—both those producing and those receiving the content.

This is a relatively simple question to answer: eLearning is learning that has some aspect of technology that is integral to its creation, delivery, assessment, and/or interactions. It can be as simple as a PowerPoint presentation or, on the other hand, as complex as your budget and expertise can create (think NASA). As we have seen, because eLearning involves technology, it can be simple or complex for either the creator or for the recipient, or for both.

Just like a deer that craves streams of water, my whole being craves you God (Ps 42:1). 

God is doing two amazing things at the same time:

1) He is transforming us into the image of Jesus
2) He is building his Kingdom.

We’re starting a running blog series based on an introductory course we’re creating about eLearning. You may be contemplating delivering some component of your organization's training through digital means. And that’s what complicates it all, digital means. Remember when training meant writing a book with good old paper and pencil, or delivering training face-to-face, or just as often, forgetting about the books and going out and working side-by-side with our trainees to solve the problem at hand?

How many times have we heard the line, “I’m the camera man,” in movies? If you were trying to get somewhere you weren’t supposed to be, slipping in among the camera crew seemed like a good idea. After all, it took four or five people following a journalist around to create good news, right? Camera operator, boom mic operator, lighting expert, and who knows what else. But, now, a revolution known as mobile journalism is rising up.