Abstract
The eLearning design and development process is often one that is overlooked in the planning stages of online programs. In order to deliver effective instructional environments to your learner, collaboration amongst all stakeholders needs to be considered from the inception of the program. This chapter will guide you in creating and managing a streamlined, effective, and collaborative design process for working with subject matter experts. The information presented will assist you with making decisions that are crucial to a successful design and development process. These decisions include selecting an instructional design model, identifying a design and development timeline, creating a course development template to expedite the design and development of courses, choosing collaboration tools for working with and reporting progress to stakeholders, orienting the subject matter expert, and finally by evaluating the development process and courses created as a result of the process.