June 15, 2016

eLearning Corrective Feedback: Importance And Approach

“If you don’t know what went wrong… how will you fix it?” is an often repeated mantra. This applies to feedback about a specific initiative being reviewed, and is equally relevant to eLearning environments, where the provider of feedback and its recipient are often physically distant from each other. Here is the challenge, however: How do eLearning designers provide corrective feedback in a setting where they have not met or physically interacted with the learners? In this article, we will look at the importance of providing corrective feedback to learners. We will also review some of the approaches recommended for providing formal corrective feedback. Lastly, we’ll review best practices for ensuring successful feedback sessions.
by Marina Arshavskiy
June 15, 2016

Women In eLearning Meetup In Madrid

Accustomed to work in a world where new technologies are taken over by men, my attention got widely attracted by the title of a meetup I received in my email a few weeks ago: "Women In eLearning Meetup in Madrid". I signed up right away, ready to meet other professionals in my city.
by Leticia Lafuente López
June 14, 2016

We Need A Workplace Performance Focus - Now

If you’ve been listening to organizational Learning and Development (L&D) chatter in the last few years, you’ve begun to hear more and more talk about “performance”. Vocal authorities in the Learning and Development field are recommending we avoid building traditional training courses just because someone asks for one in favor of looking for more holistic “workplace performance solutions”. What does looking for workplace performance solutions mean, exactly? Does it even make sense for people whose traditional mission has been to develop instruction to go outside of that mission? In this and follow-up articles, I’ll explain the types of analysis work that Learning and Development people can use to determine what is causing the types of problems that cause people to come to us saying “We need a course!”.
by Patti Shank, PhD
June 13, 2016

6 Tips To Use Animations In eLearning

Animations may bring out our inner child, but they also have the power to improve knowledge retention, engage online learners, and simplify complex concepts. In this article, I'll talk about why you should use animation in your eLearning experiences and share 6 tips for using them in eLearning courses.
by Christopher Pappas
June 13, 2016

2016 Training Trends: Video

There is little question that video training is the one of the training trends that will become a powerful force for organizations looking to deliver more and better training in 2016 and beyond.
by Jayme Jenkins
June 13, 2016 | Sponsored

5 Game Elements That Create Effective Learning Games

Most technology-aided learning enthusiasts are eager to dive into game design so they can create effective learning games to be used in corporate settings. Creating successful game-based learning requires learning how to design good mechanics or rules and incorporating meaningful game elements.
by Heena Nanda
June 12, 2016

The eLearning Color Guide: Evoking The RIGHT Emotion

Without color, the world would be bland and boring shades of gray. Color has the power to calm us, to put us on high alert, and to get us in touch with nature. It also allows us to convey certain emotions in our eLearning course design. In this eLearning color guide, I'll explore the psychological significance of each color, so that you can evoke the right emotion in your online learners.
by Christopher Pappas