Digital learning or elearning is increasingly being adopted by companies to conduct their distance learning courses. However, the implementation of such a project must follow a few rules so that the company can exploit all the benefits of Digital Learning learning. What are the mandatory methods and steps in order to deploy a Digital Learning project? Overview.
The kick-off
Kick-off is the very first step in deploying a project of Digital Learning. This is a meeting in which the project manager, the learning technology consultant and the integration consultant set out the Digital Learning strategy to be adopted over the coming years. In this way, it will be possible for Digital Learning experts to propose the appropriate solutions in order to solve specific problems and achieve objectives.
The kickoff phase of the Digital Learning project also allows experts to present and explain all the deployment and planning phases of the project.
The kick-off is then meant to be a pproject framing phase, which aims to establish a relationship of trust between the stakeholders. This phase allows the company to ensure that all actors understand the objectives of the Digital Learning project as well as the needs of the customer. Therefore, this framing phase requires:
- Define performance indicators of the Digital Learning project;
- Define goals relating to the implementation of such a project;
- Establishing the calendar customer training.
Assessing costs and benefits
As with any project to be implemented in a company, the implementation of Digital Learning is not free. Indeed, it is necessary to assess the costs of setting up such a project in order not to exceed the operating budget of the company. Thus, the best method to have an estimate of the costs that the integration of a Digital Learning project can generate in your company is to take into account the cost of training, the technical cost and the human cost. With this in mind, it is necessary to consider:
- The costs of the Learning Management System platform on which the company intends to disseminate the content of its training courses;
- The budget allocated to the persons responsible of the design and management of the Digital Learning project.
While the assessment of costs is easily quantifiable, evaluating the benefits of implementing a Digital Learning project can be more complicated. However, it is necessary for the company to assess the returns on investment of their project. While financial benefits for the company must be taken into account, certain parameters such as improving communication between colleagues and the working environment should not be overlooked.
The construction phase of the project
This stage refers to the actual construction of the Digital Learning project. With this in mind, the communication campaign, the training courses and the learning platform are created by the expert in charge of implementing the project. Moreover, the platform expert is also responsible for configuring the device so that it can meet the customer's expectations. Thus, its mission will consist in:
- ensure synchronization content licenses;
- ensure the implementation the Web Design of the device;
- ensure implementation the learning experience;
For the Digital Learning project to be viable, the company must also nominate experts as part of the project design. Thus, it is recommended to appoint:
- An integration expert who will be in charge of importing data from human resources and setting up SSO or Single Sign-On;
- experts to compose the design team whose mission will be to support the L&D department during the graphic creation phase of the project so that the learning experience is fluid and ergonomic in order to be as attractive as possible;
- educational experts whose missions are to define the scope of the Digital Learning project and thus work on training courses.
- A project manager whose role is to effectively manage the company's Digital Learning project.
The launch of a pilot
For this type of project, launching a pilot is advantageous for the company on several points. Indeed, The pilot is used to get relevant feedback from customers on the attractiveness of the company's Digital Learning project. Thus, based on the opinions, the team in charge of designing and implementing the project can make the necessary changes in order to make the project more effective. Nevertheless, it is important that the pilot project does not last too long so that changes to the form and substance of the Digital Learning project can be made fairly quickly. So, a period of three months on average is recommended for pilot deployment.
Beyond this period, it is possible that external actors may forget about the project. Once customer feedback has been taken into account, feel free to improve the content and the form of your Digital Learning project so that the final version can be perfectly usable, intuitive, attractive and meet all the needs of your customers.
The launch phase of the Digital Learning project
Once all the lights are green, it's time to launch your company's Digital Learning project. However, it is necessary to make changes to the project throughout its deployment based on the results given by the performance indicators defined during the kickoff phase. Indeed, teams need to make regular adjustments in order to ensure that the Digital Learning platform meets the needs of customers.
In addition, do not hesitate to organize meetings with all the actors present during the design of the Digital Learning project in order to to identify or anticipate new needs. As a result, it will be possible to proceed effectively with the design of new training courses or the targeting of new populations. Besides, Do not hesitate to take into account learners' feedback and technological developments in order to perfect your Digital Learning project. Indeed, since the project is based on technological innovations, it would be better to always be up to date on new trends in technology.
Setting up a Digital Learning project cannot be done overnight. As a result, it is important not to burn the steps in order to offer an attractive project that can guarantee significant returns on investment. If you want to implement a Digital Learning project within your company, we will be happy to offer you our services.
