eLearning Marketing Articles

eLearning Trends

June 16, 2016

Brandon Hall Report: Exploring New Learning Technologies Is Number One Priority

A new survey conducted by the Brandon Hall Group has revealed the top 5 priorities for organizations’ Learning and Development (L&D) teams. Coming out on top is the exploration of new or different learning technologies, with mobile and social learning as the main targets.

by Steve Penfold

Instructional Design

June 16, 2016

4 Best Practices To Apply The Cognitive Flexibility Theory In eLearning

Your online learners need to be able to adapt to any situation and use the information they've acquired for a broad range of applications. In this article, I'll explore the 4 best practices of using the Cognitive Flexibility Theory in eLearning, which can help you create meaningful eLearning courses that foster a deeper connection to the eLearning content.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

June 16, 2016

6 Tips To Build A Thriving Online Learning Community

Creating an interactive and engaging environment for your learners can be the key to running a successful online program. By building an interactive online learning community for your learners you are not only improving your course, but providing a much greater learning experience for everyone involved.

by Scott Cooper

Corporate eLearning

June 16, 2016

9 Ways Of Creating An Effective Online Training Strategy For Your Employees

Creating an effective online training strategy for the employees is an integral part of any organization’s responsibilities, irrespective of its size and strength.

by Anand Timothy

eLearning Design and Development

June 16, 2016

5 Ways To Humanize The eLearning Experience

How can we humanize the eLearning experience? Addressing dropout rates and providing strategies to make students feel more connected online, we look at how to improve the online classroom experience through the use of tools, creativity, social networking, and teacher-student contact.

by Cara-Jane Feingold

Corporate eLearning

June 15, 2016

eLearning As A Way To Improve Employee Engagement

If eLearning is the next major paradigm shift in Western economies, and employee engagement is a major problem in Western economies, can eLearning help improve employee engagement? Yes... but!

by Alex Terego

eLearning Project Management

June 15, 2016

7 Questions To Help You Choose eLearning Projects That Suit Your Talents

Not every job that comes your way is going to be a keeper. But how can you choose eLearning projects that suit your skills and interests without compromising professional success? In this article, I'll highlight 7 questions to ask yourself to choose eLearning projects that are a perfect match for your talents.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

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

Microlearning

June 15, 2016

How To Design eLearning For The “Pragmatic Learner”

In this article I will introduce the concept of the “pragmatic learner” and how to design eLearning content to meet their needs. (Spoiler Alert: Microlearning is a good bet)

by Adam Gavarkovs

eLearning Events

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

Corporate eLearning

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

eLearning Challenges

June 14, 2016

Learner Failure: Are You Solving The Right Problem With Your eLearning Course?

To create an eLearning course that truly impacts behavior, we must identify the factors that contribute to learner failure. In this article, learn how to apply 3 potential growth areas (skills, confidence, and motivation) to solve real performance issues.

by Hannah Hunter