Providing Outstanding apprenticeships
elearning
Whilst at Quantum Rise, I worked with an established London university (name redacted upon request) to produce 2 apprenticeship based eLearning courses.
The first was an introductory course designed for new apprentices and employers. The second, was for internal employees and those supporting the apprentices.
For both eLearning's I led the instructional design process, working closely with a subject matter expert, to define learning outcomes, a modular framework and finally collaboratively write the storyboards which then formed the course content.
This meant working closely with the client, managing the project from start to finish to ensure key deadlines were met and feedback given.
When developing the eLearning, I was provided with the university's branding, I used this to influence the design of the eLearning. I had to create custom videos and graphics for this course, in-line with the provided branding and the university's overall brand voice.
These eLearning's whilst informative, featured a wealth of interaction, from tangible scenario activities to thought provoking reflective exercises to challenge existing perception.
Challenges and solutions
One of the biggest challenges when developing these two eLearning courses was making a very sizeable amount of content engaging and interactive. There was a lot vital information around the different apprenticeship pathways, legislation and structure, which was all needed to be in the courses. During the instructional design process I was careful to ensure this text heavy content was delivered in an interactive, yet appropriate way. For example, when talking about apprenticeship pathways, I used an example of an individual called Malachi and tasked the learner with answering questions to help Malachi choose the best apprenticeship pathway.
It was important that the visual design of the eLearning was in keeping with the university’s branding, this meant working with their colour scheme, logo and sourcing imagery that reflected their ethos, students and staff. One of the first hurdles with the branding was accessibility, the branding is very bright and colourful, which can lead to issues when trying to pair colours together that meet accessibility standards. Thankfully I was provided with a branding pack, which had examples of accessible colourways. I was sure to keep to these colour pairings for the eLearning and used the WCAG accessibility contrast checker, to spot check my work too.
When sourcing imagery I had to ensure to use individuals from a range of cultural backgrounds, to best reflect the diversity present at the university. In order to do this I sourced imagery from multiple different royalty free sites and was careful to include names that felt representative of a diverse Britain. This also included being mindful of stereotypes and gender norms when writing scenario activities too.
PROJECT DETAILS
Role: ELearning Developer and Instructional Designer
Brief: Development of two eLearning courses to support the delivery of higher level apprenticeships. This also included the full instructional design process.
Date: April 2023.
Duration: 2.5 months.
TOOLS
Articulate Storyline.
Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
SKILLS
ELearning development.
Instructional Design.
Graphic design.
Video editing.
