About Jon

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Jon Aleckson, PhD, is an educational leader and consultant in association learning technologies and eLearning. He works with an extensive list of association clients on LMS implementation and development, platform alignment and integration, and online curriculum development, giving him a holistic view of business models, operational practices and educational approaches in association learning.  

Jon Aleckson – My Story

Jon Aleckson, PhD, is an educational leader and consultant in association learning technologies and eLearning. He works with an extensive list of association clients on LMS implementation and development, platform alignment and integration, and online curriculum development, giving him a holistic view of business models, operational practices and educational approaches in association learning. 

As founder and CEO of Web Courseworks, Aleckson has helped to establish, maintain, and grow world class online learning programs for adult and K-16 learners. The Web Courseworks team designs and delivers extensive curricula to hundreds of thousands of learners for clients like the American Veterinary Medical Association, Credit Union National Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans, American Academy of Physician Assistants, the American Society of Hematology, the American College of Chest Physicians, and numerous other national associations.

Aleckson earned his doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research concerns how to improve collaboration between project teams and subject matter experts to enhance online education and professional development programs. His dissertation was published as MindMeld: Micro-Collaboration Between eLearning Designers and Instructor Experts (Atwood, 2011, with co-author Penny Ralston Berg).

 

Why Work With Me?

My consulting team affords expertise from multiple sectors to organizations that offer online education to professional learners.

Our consulting services maximize your processes for efficiency and quality, with everything from learning business plans to situational learning design. We keep up to speed on the rapid pace of change in the eLearning industry so you don’t have to.

 

Books & Publications

MindMeld examines eLearning development and highlights innovative ways in which different team members interact productively.

 

MindMeld

MindMeld examines eLearning development and highlights innovative ways in which different team members interact productively.

The Expert’s Halo is a practical guide for association executives and education staff to help you get more out of your member experts.

The Expert’s Halo

Inside Expert’s Halo you’ll find 10 case studies about how associations are building specialized online content in collaboration with experts.