My quest for finding e-learning tools used by professionals today is coming to end. I interviewed instructional designers, surveyed over 50 people and have got some interesting results. What I learnt from this experience is that though there are thousands of tools out there, people like to use tools based on their level of requirement, comfort, and creativity.
I am not a big promoter of using software tools, if your instructional blueprint is in place, a simple PowerPoint presentation can be used to meet your learning needs.
What I mean by an instructional blueprint is, a thorough understanding of your target audience, content design, and delivery/evaluation.
I got some interesting results from my survey, most of the respondents were Sr. Instructional Designers and worked in teams of three or four. They spent less than 500k for training and development and took less than 6 months to finish a course.
I am now putting together the information and hope it will be useful for fellow ID’s to know what tools are there in the market and which ones are the most popular.
