Kineo runs the first rapid e-learning speed dating session

Thereís no shortage of rapid authoring tools. But which ones are worth making your partner for life, and who is going to end up breaking your heart? Kineo played cupid this week by running an online rapid e-learning speed dating session to help prospective customers make the right choice.

Kineo, the leader in rapid e-learning, looked to share a little love on Valentineís day by inviting several of the rapid authoring tools provides to have a little fun in a speed dating session. Leading tools including Mohive, Articulate, Atlantic Link, Raptivity, ReadyGo and others were happy to step forward and make their case.

Each tools company was given five minutes to make a good first impression. They explained why their tool was the one, how they were different from the others, and particularly how instructional designers would fall for their charms. Then each was asked to explain why a subject matter expert would not find their working with their tool a high maintenance relationship. Their overtures, available on the Kineo website, make for interesting listening.

Stephen Walsh, Kineo partner and honorary Cilla Black for the day, said ìWe know from speaking to our customers that itís a challenge to look into every tool in the market. But most people can spare five minutes to get a quick sense of what a tool does ñ and then decide if itís worth exploring further. So we created this somewhat fun-in-cheek, but informative, way of sharing an overview of what several key tools do. You can draw your own conclusions from how the companies present themselves, but we can also help you do a more in-depth assessment for your organisation, and critically how to apply rapid e-learning techniques to get the most out of that tool, as weíve done for many others.î

One key conclusion from the speed dating session is that a tool alone wonít deliver effective e-learning. Walsh said ìOne piece of relationship advice we feel we must share:

An authoring tool will only get you so far. If you want to truly accelerate your e-learning, you need design, script and graphics for the topics you care about, quality assured and pre-assembled for easy customisation for your organisation. Kineo Flatpacks can help deliver on that goal. Key topics including Fire Safety Awareness and Equality and Diversity are now available, with many more in development.î

You can review the speed dating session as an Engage animation here: http://www.kineo.co.uk

Kineoís Rapid E-learning Store provides a wide range of guides, tools and templates, to help you accelerate your e-learning today ñ including our revolutionary Flatpack E-learning, a complete constructor kit for e-learning development in a range of topics including diversity and fire safety. More at www.rapidelearningstore.com