Spring is finally here—and it usually means a busy period for eLearning developers who are productively delivering on 1^st quarter promises. I have been following Clive Shepard and Elliot Masie’s posts on the economic condition in the training and development field. Both report a promising outlook for eLearning compared with face to face training.

We are receiving several jobs and inquiries for converting face-to-face workshops (one or two day events) into mostly asynchronous eLearning seminars/ courses/ eWorkshops. Not quite sure what to call this type of eLearning event, especially when it has an introductory synchronous activity.

Some of the good ideas that I’ve heard passed around include: