Rapid Solution base  on ADDIE model. 

Numerous organizations now rely on rapid eLearning authoring tools to expedite the online training process and cut costs. But is it the right solution for your eLearning needs?  The concept of rapid eLearning became popular because it allowed organizations to build an online course without the high-cost labor of multiple technical and trade experts, including instructional designers, art designers, programmers and other contributors.  Advantages of Rapid eLearning mostly reflect the timeliness in the delivery of the final project, but the real advantages are more in the timely development cycle of learning solutions.  The video demonstrated a high-level summation of the Rapid benefits, but here are some deeper advantages associated with eLearning development and authoring tools.

Advantage #1: Timeliness

One of the most significant benefits of using a rapid eLearning authoring tool is decreased development time. The rapid eLearning authoring tool features templates, themes, and interactions that you can integrate into your eLearning course design. You no longer have to spend time gathering media and/or outsourcing more involved tasks, such as creating a layout for a branching scenario.

Advantage #2: Learner Impact

Fast turnaround times and stress-free updates give you the power to create relevant eLearning experiences. Your online learners have constant access to online training material that caters to their specific needs. In addition, rapid eLearning is also "rapid" on the learners' part.

Advantage #3: Project Management

Organizations don't have to hire a large team of learning and development professionals to create rapid eLearning courses. Instead, they just need a few key players who will use their expertise to create the core online training content. The rapid eLearning model takes care of most of the time-consuming work, such as finding third-party images or downloading eLearning templates. Everything is already contained in one multi-functional platform.

Advantage #4: Professional Development

The Rapid eLearning evolution has also impacted several key areas for instructional designers.  When you remove key roles from the process like project managers, graphic artists, and additional consultants the process can really add extra responsibility and autonomy to the instructional designer. In most cases, the removed roles are obligated to the instructional designer.  Instructional designers can assume a more productive role in the learning development process and garner new skills in each of these areas to deliver a quality product.

Rapid eLearning: Disadvantages

Rapid eLearning has demonstrated many advantages that impact learners, instructional designers, and different attributes of organizations that employ this model, but there are some areas each of these impacted participants should be aware of.  Typically, the downside of using Rapid eLearning impacts the end user learning experience.

Disadvantage #1: Learner Attentiveness

Given that rapid eLearning courses typically use pre-made graphics and templates, the modules themselves can become a bit dull or redundant over time. For example, if an organization has an entire library consisting of rapid eLearning modules, the learners may become disinterested due to the overused graphics and images. Typically, rapid design results in the overuse of the same template, design, graphics and themes that make it hard for a learner to separate a previous learning experience from the current one. 

Disadvantage #2: Diminished Learning Process

Anytime you remove essential roles and personnel from a process it is bound to take a hit in quality and output.  Think of it like this, when a business rushes a market to product based on demand, it typically comes with errors and or unforeseen issues of use.  The Rapid approach does not always translate to the best instructional design strategy applied.  Cutting corners on learning can mean a less effective learning experience.   A reduction in time of learning development leaves a gap in learner analysis and does not allow an instructional designer to execute all phases of the instructional design models you have reviewed in this course to date. 

Rapid eLearning: Roles and Responsibilities of the Instructional Designer

The advantages of the Rapid eLearning model demonstrated a number of different roles missing from most of the instructional design processes.  With the Rapid Model, these roles are not necessarily left out; however, they are often reduced in scope and completed by the instructional designer.  In some of the more drawn-out models, designers get to work with a team of other professionals and collaborate on a more refined and extended output. 

• • • • Project managers/Scrum Masters
        The more complex and task-oriented learning projects typically have a project manager coordinating multiple roles in the project and tracking the overall progress to ensure the production schedule remains on track.  In the Rapid eLearning Model, the instructional designer handles these responsibilities, but they are often in a reduced role with minimal reporting and tracking down outside of their personal contributions.

      • Graphic artists
        A full-scale eLearning project will also have another team of individuals responsible for the visual layout and more complete navigation of the module.  Depending on the scope of the project, a learning solution team can have coders, graphic artists, and learning management system professionals. In the Rapid model, these roles are reduced and often delegated to the instructional designer.

      • Subject Matter Experts
        The Rapid eLearning model is like any other instructional design partnership with a Subject Matter Expert, but the more complex design and development projects will have multiple sources of content experts that participate at different intervals of the project.  The Rapid Model uses a 1:1 model between the designer and subject matter and in some cases with this model, the instructional designer is responsible for more subject matter expertise by personally researching the topics on their own. 

Rapid eLearning: Roles and Responsibilities of the Instructional Designer

The advantages of the Rapid eLearning model demonstrated a number of different roles missing from most of the instructional design processes.  With the Rapid Model, these roles are not necessarily left out; however, they are often reduced in scope and completed by the instructional designer.  In some of the more drawn-out models, designers get to work with a team of other professionals and collaborate on a more refined and extended output. 

• • • • Project managers/Scrum Masters
        The more complex and task-oriented learning projects typically have a project manager coordinating multiple roles in the project and tracking the overall progress to ensure the production schedule remains on track.  In the Rapid eLearning Model, the instructional designer handles these responsibilities, but they are often in a reduced role with minimal reporting and tracking down outside of their personal contributions.

      • Graphic artists
        A full-scale eLearning project will also have another team of individuals responsible for the visual layout and more complete navigation of the module.  Depending on the scope of the project, a learning solution team can have coders, graphic artists, and learning management system professionals. In the Rapid model, these roles are reduced and often delegated to the instructional designer.

      • Subject Matter Experts
        The Rapid eLearning model is like any other instructional design partnership with a Subject Matter Expert, but the more complex design and development projects will have multiple sources of content experts that participate at different intervals of the project.  The Rapid Model uses a 1:1 model between the designer and subject matter and in some cases with this model, the instructional designer is responsible for more subject matter expertise by personally researching the topics on their own. 

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