Before start creating your course, think for a moment ... what is the purpose of the project? What do you expect from it? Probably you would think ... that my staff understands the best sales strategies, that employees feel identified with the company’s mission and vision, that they learn the correct procedure to create a new product, or that they know the best customer service techniques, etc...

The reasons why we decided to develop an eLearning course may vary depending on the context in which we are. But many companies often make the decision because they detect certain areas where employee performance does not meet the expected standards. For this reason, it becomes necessary to train employees to transform attitudes, skills, expectations or paradigms, and thus improve performance.

How many times have your company invested large amount of resources on major projects or ideas but they dont' generate the expected results just because they were not implemented correctly or promoted enough?

eLearning development has always required an understanding of the way students learn and a talent for making it easy for students to do so, as well as making its topics seem both interesting and worth learning.

SHIFT offers you over 250 different types of screens, in different categories in order to meet different needs and achieve different learning objectives. Therefore, by using these smart templates it doesn’t mean anymore that every screen has to look identical. Instead, you can provide lots of variety and creativity to your courses.

A common hassle for many trainers and developers is creating highly interactive and great looking elearning courses without having to program or have any graphic design expertise. Saving time, reducing costs, and having multiple members of a team with different levels of expertise working together are other common worries that affect developers every day. One method that has proven success for all these is the use of templates. You can use these resources to quickly develop interactive and engaging activities for learners.

According to this recent infographic by Open Colleges, Learning Analytics can leverage education data and have a true impact on student’s educational experience. Learning Analytics goes beyond just tracking; it dives into each student’s interactions, analyzes their performance, makes the learning process very personalized and understand the learner’s responte to course content.

Keeping employees up-to-date on their organization's newest products, policies, and procedures is critical to remaining competitive, but hiring a trainer to come in and teach a seminar during the workday is costly, disrupts productivity, and may be entirely impractical if a workforce is geographically spread out. An eLearning program that allows employees to learn during their free time and at their own pace may be a better solution, though some challenges exist that must be addressed for maximum utility from an eLearning solution.