Summing up all Importance in the Preparation of Elearning

Practically anyone will agree, preparation is one of the most important parts of virtually any activity that needs to be done.  Motivational speakers will even stress that the proper preparation will allow anyone to overcome any and all challenges and tasks that come their way.  The simple art of preparation in itself, practically predicts mostly what the outcome of a specific activity will turn out to be.  Many activities, events, and undertakings have been declared a spectacular failure because of a lack of preparation, while many an event that saw some unforeseen occurrences have successfully managed to avert disaster, thanks to the preparation that went into it, since a lot of preparations done today also provide for various contingencies, just so everything rolls out smoothly, regardless of some untoward incidences that may happen along the way.  While far from being a fail-safe option, good preparation minimizes, if not totally eliminate the chances of errors and mishaps, which is why preparation should be given the proper attention and priority it deserves.  Proper and ample preparation almost guarantees excellent and precise execution, and later on achievement of the desired or even superlative results, which is why it is quite an important factor in learning, since the desired end result of learning is proper education, enlightenment, and upgrade of the current skill sets.  Even in enhanced and customizable learning systems, such as elearning, proper preparation is highly important.  Preparation of a module necessarily dictates that the trainer must take into account several factors that are essential in the proper preparation of the module, including:

Attitude – Regardless of how expertly the module was crafted, different learners will have different attitudes towards it, and to the entire learning process as well.  Determining their particular demeanor and opinion about the entire exercise will go a long way to precluding indifference and disinterest.

Motivation – Learners will definitely ask why they need to learn what is being taught.  How will it benefit them?  Where else can they use the training or learning that they will receive?  By motivating the learners, interest, however small, can be increased exponentially.  If they realize the many applications of what they stand to learn, a greater amount of interest and drive is gained.

Demographics – An understanding of the particulars of the learning group can greatly aid in facilitating better preparation, since all necessary relevancy can be taken into account in the preparation.  Learning modules necessarily need to be relevant to at least one aspect of a particular group make up, be it ethnicity, belief, or even age group, since relevance allows them to better relate and participate in required tasks and exercises.

Prior knowledge – Sometimes the one of the bigger hindrances to learning activities is the boredom and indifference on the part of the learner brought on by the fact that they already know what is being taught, which makes it quite important to determine what the extent of their knowledge is before preparing the module for the exercise.