What type of help do you need?
Say goodbye to dealing with multiple individuals for your Instructional Design and e-Learning needs. Large custom development organizations can become inefficient over time when multiple people are involved. Well, fear not because I’m here to help!
As someone skilled in both Instructional Design and e-learning Development, I can handle all of your ID and e-Learning needs personally. With me, you’ll have a reliable and experienced partner to ensure your projects are completed efficiently and effectively. Let’s work together to create engaging and impactful e-learning solutions for your learners!
Do you need to start from the beginning? I can help you:
- Write learning objectives
- Interview subject matter experts
- Write the content for the course
- Research instructional content to determine what should go into your course
- Write assessment questions
- Select practice activities/interactions to align with the learning objectives
- Utilize best practices rooted in learning theories and adult learning principles
- Produce a completed and approved storyboard to send to an e-Learning Developer
Do you already have a storyboard and the content but just need help turning your idea into an e-Learning course. I can:
- Build an initial prototype, and then alpha, beta, and final builds of the course
- Program and configure any branching scenarios and interactions
- Insert and synchronize the audio narration files
- Edit photos, vectors, and videos as needed
- Publish, upload, and quality test your courses
- Utilize visual design principles, multimedia learning principles, and user experience design best practices
Are you just starting out and need to strategize how to get your content online? I can:
- Look at your challenge from both a business and educational perspective
- Help you establish requirements and understand which software and technology is right for your training project
- Provide advice on trends, course elements, technology, and e-learning tools
- Analyze your existing process and identify areas you can improve upon when it comes to creating and delivering your online courses
I use a variety of tools to create your e-Learning course. Here are some of my “go-to” apps!
- Articulate Studio 360 (Storyline, Rise, Presenter, Engage, Quizmaker)
- Video & Audio Editing (Camtasia, Panopto, Adobe Premiere)
- Photo & Image Edits (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel)
How can we help?
Now that you understand the different services I can provide, why not contact me today, and let’s get your project started!
Lisa Beckendorf
Working with Richard is always a delight!
With topics like Biomarkers and Immunotherapy, Richard helped make complex topics easy for the learner to understand. His ability to meet or exceed deadlines kept our projects moving forward and ensured they were released on schedule.
In addition, his extensive expertise in e-Learning design and development, professionalism, and sense of humor significantly enhanced our project’s quality.
I will continue to reach out to Richard for any future e-Learning projects. Highly recommend!
Johnna Darragh Ernst
His timeliness, professionalism, and good humor made the work at hand a pleasure to complete!
It was our incredible pleasure to partner with Richard at Heartland Community College in the development of Articulate interactions supporting competency-based learning pathways. He was the utmost professional, and his product work was not only exemplary, but he also supported our own professional development in a variety of important ways. His timeliness, professionalism, and good humor made the work at hand a pleasure to complete – I highly recommend Richard for your eLearning needs!
Karen PIerce
“We hit the jackpot when we found Richard…”
We hit the jackpot when we found Richard in 2015 and partnered with him to create some complex eLearning projects to educate employers about alcohol and other drug issues. Due to the sensitive nature of our subject matter, we needed a professional who was both proficient in content development and sensitive to how this type of information is communicated. We have continued to work with him to develop several suites of courses for our clients and to research Learning Management options for our organization.
We remain impressed with his technical expertise and mastery over content development software, and his willingness to research and experiment to meet any design challenge we present. His connection to the eLearning community is extensive and serves him well in staying at the cutting edge of his profession. We also appreciate his creativity and eye for design. We are admittedly a “particular” team and value his eagerness to fuss with us until we have a product that exceeds our expectations.
Riveling Richard’s professional expertise is his genuine sense of partnership. He offers a healthy dose of humor, flexibility, and patience to his work, and we consider him to be an essential part of our development team.
Candace Cox
“Richard has the maturity, technical skills, and professional experience that you can count on.”
I can highly recommend Richard, as a consultant and expert in the eLearning space. Richard was recommended to me by a trusted colleague who knows the business. I was not disappointed. Richard has the maturity, technical skills, and professional experience that you can count on. He was collaborative and willing to jump in at a moment’s notice, facing very severe client deadlines. His sense of humor is a real bonus when the going gets tough. He’s a pro.
Myra Travin
“I was impressed immediately with his good humor, wisdom, and pragmatic approach to development.”
Richard is at the top of his game in eLearning, mobile, and strategic learning solution delivery. From his evident understanding of how to engage work with vendors to create solutions that guarantee quality final product, he is the person you want in charge of blended distance- training programs. I was impressed immediately with his good humor, wisdom and pragmatic approach to development. He is now a favorite of all those he worked with and for on our project.
Rick Dunn
“Richard is amazing at developing complex training materials…”
Richard has completed every assignment ahead of time and his work has always exceeded expectations. He delivers quality-specific detailed training materials and solutions in a timely manner. Richard is professional and excels alone or in any team environment, and he works extremely well alone under pressure or with multiple personality types. His demeanor is always pleasant, professional, positive, and he is a pleasure to work with. Richard is amazing at developing complex training materials and delivering concise solutions; I can always count on Richard to deliver the highest quality product.
Carol Guercio Traver
“Richard has a real talent for explaining and writing…”
I have worked with Richard on a number of writing/editing projects. He has a real talent for explaining and writing about technology topics in a way that makes sense to the reader, not something that is always easy to do. I found him to be very reliable, would highly recommend him, and would be happy to work with him again at any time in the future.
Brian Lew
“The training materials Richard designed and created are some of the best I have ever seen!”
As the Trainer/Instructional Designer at GenevaLogic Richard worked very closely with me in designing the training materials for my channel partners. Richard also held regularly scheduled training for the GenevaLogic resellers. Richard is a tireless worker and the utmost professional. The training materials he designed and created are some of the best I have ever seen. They are professional as well as easy to follow and keep the student involved. He is a fantastic trainer who creates his classes based on both points of view. the product as well as the needs of the audience.
Pat McConnell
“Richard has been a valued partner…”
PHP requested that Richard Watson, CEO of BLS do a thorough evaluation of the Customer Service Training Program at PHP. Richard conducted multiple interviews of people throughout the organization and at all levels of the organization to inform his evaluation. He reviewed tools and processes, trainer skill sets, and customer expectations. In April of 2019, Richard presented his proposal along with multiple recommendations. It was thorough and outstanding work, which offered us quick-hit solutions as well as some longer-term solutions for technology and skill development for trainers. In addition, BLS developed a “Train the Trainer” website that offered 25 training modules covering everything from ADDIE to E-Learning development. This has been an invaluable training opportunity for our CS trainers as well as other trainers in the PHP organization at large. Richard also assisted PHP in the identification process for a Learning Management System and other e-Learning tools.
Michael Sweet
“Richard has the generous heart of a teacher.”
Richard is a wonderfully flexible, dependable, and capable technologist, with the generous heart of a teacher. I supervised Richard when he taught at Portland Community College, and–of the dozens of teachers I managed–he was by far the most creative, adaptable, and genuinely interested in equipping his students with what they needed in the real world. Do yourself the favor of working with him.