{"id":2763,"date":"2018-08-15T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.collaborator.biz\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2021-06-02T16:04:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T14:04:32","slug":"top-5-hard-skills-elearning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/top-5-hard-skills-elearning\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP-5 Hard Skills of e-learning specialist by Miroslav Botsula"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/top-5-hard-skills-elearning\/#1_Instructional_Design\" >1. Instructional Design<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/top-5-hard-skills-elearning\/#2_Copywriting\" >2. Copywriting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/top-5-hard-skills-elearning\/#3_Describing_business_processes\" >3. Describing business processes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/top-5-hard-skills-elearning\/#4_HTML_CSS_JS\" >4. HTML + CSS + JS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/top-5-hard-skills-elearning\/#5_Web_analytics\" >5. Web analytics<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/top-5-hard-skills-elearning\/#ElLab_is_the_best_way_to_level_up_your_corporate_e-learning_skills\" >El`Lab is the best way to level up your corporate e-learning skills.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/top-5-hard-skills-elearning\/#What_do_you_need_to_participate\" >What do you need to participate?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is quite difficult to determine the responsibilities, which a corporate e-learning specialist should carry out. If you look at the issues that are discussed at profile conferences, communities, and e-learning specialists forums, then you might think that such an expert is not an ordinary person, but some sort of multi-handed Hindu god Shiva who should do everything from administrating LMS database to creating and translating training videos.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such a multitasking of work duties is a norm for this sphere. E-learning is a high-tech activity and actually should be handled by the team working at the company\u2019s department of distance learning. However, each team member shouldn\u2019t be an e-learning specialist.<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the team:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2MRPzfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Key Players In eLearning Development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KPhaMh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 Key Players You Need On Your eLearning Dream Team<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KUw9EH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key Roles of an ELearning Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KUw9EH\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KUw9EH<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s try to individuate 5 Hard Skills, which e-learning specialist must necessarily possess as a member of the e-learning team.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Instructional_Design\"><\/span><!--more--><strong>1. Instructional Design<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructional Design or Instructional Systems Design is a branch of science concerned with the development of effective, rational and comfortable training methods and systems. In the context of corporate e-learning, its task is to develop effective methods of e-learning using web technologies.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following course of the instructional design means having a systematic approach to the organization of the training process. Thus, be able to form a unified system of training objectives, educational material, and knowledge of transfer tools. This also includes the ability to create effective training content &#8211; training material, its style, a sequence of presentation, ways of presenting the material, ways to control knowledge and techniques of involving in learning.<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Instructional Design:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2MOmEbS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructional Design Thinking &#8211; From Defining to Prototyping Learning Ideas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KV0N0t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructional Design for eLearning<\/span><\/a>\u00a0course at Udemy<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KV0XoB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 instructional design principles for building an eLearning course<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Copywriting\"><\/span>2. Copywriting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most training resources are created based on existing documents, publications, instructions, etc. We all understand perfectly well that just reading of the source materials is not the most effective way to learn anything. The goals of such reading are not always clear and such raw material contain a lot of redundant information, which leads to wasting of precious time. In other words, it is necessary to process the material for training purposes to obtain a quality educational resource. The e-learning specialist cannot do without editing skills and some sense of literary style.<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Copywriting:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina Litvinova blog: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2MLCnZ3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does e-learning specialist need copywriting?<\/span><\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maksim Ilyakhov course: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KUd3yz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information style and text editing<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KVdSXG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write and reduce. How to create a strong text (Editor\u2019s book)<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Describing_business_processes\"><\/span>3. Describing business processes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Corporate e-learning is part of the company&#8217;s processes and its purpose is to automate training. In this context, the e-learning specialist should be able to find answers to the following questions:<br \/>\n<em>Which training processes can be automated?<br \/>\n<\/em><em>How to align training process with daily work?<br \/>\n<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">What is impossible to automate now? And why?<br \/>\n<\/em>The function of the e-learning specialist is the understanding of company\u2019s business processes construction, the processes\u2019 interaction, and having skills to describe such processes in the corporate e-learning.<br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About business processes:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina Litvinova blog: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2nCu5b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which training processes can be automated??<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Mgm1f8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Towards a Generalised e-Learning Business Process Model<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2MiGeAH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Process Modeling A-Z&#x2122;: Learn BPMN 2.0 From Scratch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0course at Udemy \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_HTML_CSS_JS\"><\/span><strong>4. HTML + CSS + JS<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E-learning is a web-based technology. It is impossible to work in eLearning without basic knowledge of how WWW operates. The skills of creating web pages, proficiency in CSS and JS are important for the everyday work of an e-learning specialist. These skills are useful for completing own tasks and being proficient in assigning technical tasks to other team members along with accepting completed work.<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWW basics:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mzl.la\/2KTknKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Web works<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2vHZDB2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HTML, CSS and JavaScript<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0courses at Academy<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List of resources for\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KUGNez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HTML\/CSS\/JS Training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Web_analytics\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>5. Web analytics<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is important to be able to determine and manage e-learning effectiveness. It is difficult to lead training processes, and almost impossible to properly monitor and rationally develop these processes without web analytics skills. Namely, determining the training metrics, monitoring its dynamics, conducting experiments and finding patterns of change. <\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Web analytics:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2MO5VFB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LMS Performance Analysis: Using Web Analytics Methods To Improve eLearning Delivery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2MO6yz9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Types Of eLearning Analytics To Obtain From Google And Your LMS\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2OCgnQS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web analytics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0course at Coursera<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ElLab_is_the_best_way_to_level_up_your_corporate_e-learning_skills\"><\/span>El`Lab is the best way to level up your corporate e-learning skills.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The second E-learning Bootcamp will take place in Vinnitsa on October 10-12, 2018.<br \/>\nThe event is unique in its format: the team will get real practice, spending three days in the professional community. Your team will be able to learn from 18 mentors and 6 of them will available for close collaboration in groups.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_you_need_to_participate\"><\/span>What do you need to participate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Assemble a team of 2-3 company representatives and register here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2P8Oj90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2P8Oj90<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>More details:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2vN0hNn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2vN0hNn<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[12,152,51,117,77,119,153,154],"class_list":["post-2763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ellab","tag-collaborator","tag-e-learning-speczyalyst","tag-elearning","tag-ellab","tag-lms","tag-myroslav-boczula","tag-poleznj-kontent","tag-top-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}