eLearning Marketing Articles

Educational Technology

April 6, 2016

Digital Devices: Motivating Above Average Students

Digital devices have become a crucial part of our everyday lives. Students are very diverse in the way they learn such as some being slower learners, faster learners, visual learners, or auditory learners. Technology has become an essential tool to equalize a variety of learners. For students that consistently excel, utilizing a variety of online tools will help continue expanding their minds.

by Christiaan Henny

Game-Based Learning

April 5, 2016

Gamification In Learning Management: What’s A Stick Without A Carrot?

Wondering what all the fuss around gamification in eLearning and gamification in Learning Management is about? This article explains the fundamental approach to incentives and disincentives that are provided by conventional techniques and gamification in order to broaden the tools learning managers can use to ensure that their trainees are getting the most out of training, and aligning to the organizational strategy.

by Allen Partridge

Instructional Design

April 5, 2016

4 Storytelling Strategies To Capture Learners’ Attention

Let’s take 4 principles from the storyteller’s playbook and explore how they apply to eLearning in order to capture learners’ attention.

by Ellen Burns-Johnson

Game-Based Learning

April 5, 2016

Keeping The Emotion In Enterprise Gamification

Is enterprise gamification being applied effectively? If yes, why gamification in large companies often gets a bad rap?

by Jayme Jenkins

Learning Management Systems

April 5, 2016

Salesforce Integration: 5 Reasons Why Your Learning Management System Needs It

If your organization uses Salesforce, you could be missing out on powerful features by failing to integrate the platform with your Learning Management System (LMS). Not only is integration simple, when done correctly, it will make work easier for admins and users. Learn about the 5 top benefits your organization could gain from your Learning Management System’s Salesforce integration.

by Antoinette Curtin

Instructional Design

April 4, 2016

Following A Discovery Learning Approach To Instructional Design

We humans are curious creatures. We are always striving to learn more about ourselves and the world around us, and seize every opportunity to soak up new knowledge. Discovery Learning capitalizes on this fact by encouraging learners to explore the subject matter. In this article, I'll share the ideologies and objectives of the Discovery Learning approach, as well as tips that can help you apply it in Instructional Design.

by Christopher Pappas

Custom eLearning

April 4, 2016

How To Decide If Custom eLearning Is Right For You

Not every situation requires custom eLearning, and a thoughtful consideration of when it is most useful will help us maximize our training budgets while still providing the most influential training at the most important times.

by Keith Gibson

Simulation and Scenario-Based Learning

April 4, 2016

3 Savvy eLearning Scenario Treatments

Here are 3 eLearning scenario treatments that help you bring online content to life. 

by Ruby Spencer, CTDP

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

April 4, 2016

Why You Should Adopt Social Learning

It is exciting to be part of the new era in corporate learning that leverages on social and collaborative learning. Today, social learning is more than a buzz and is increasingly used by forward thinking organizations to foster collaborative learning and more significantly its application on the job. While there will be a continued need for formal training that meets specific learning outcomes, there is a clear need to create platforms for informal or social learning where learners can network, share, collaborate, and exchange ideas on problem-solving. Here is why you should adopt social learning, from both learners' and businesses' perspectives.

by Asha Pandey

eLearning Press Release

April 3, 2016

eBook Release: The Definitive Guide To eLearning Press Releases

Distributing an eLearning press release can be one of the most effective marketing moves your organization can ever make; as long as it is well written and focuses on intriguing, inspiring, and enlightening its readers. But how you can do this if you have never written an eLearning press release before? Also, how can you make sure that your eLearning press release gets maximum exposure in order to achieve its objectives? Here is why the variety of tips and techniques you will find in the eBook: The Definitive Guide To eLearning Press Releases will help you craft your eLearning press release in order to significantly enhance your brand image and increase your sales.

by Christopher Pappas

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

April 3, 2016

7 Tips To Support Online Learning Communities

Online learning communities have the ability to connect your learners and make them feel like they are part of an effective peer network. In this article, I will share 7 tips to support online learning communities, so that you can give your learners the structure, support, and inspiration they need to improve their performance.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Challenges

April 3, 2016

4 eLearning Disconnects Within Higher Education Institutions

Higher education faces a number of challenges which need to be addressed in order to enhance prestige and market share. The prospect of providing online education is becoming increasingly appealing to institutions that wish to expand their offerings; however, such undertakings should not be thought of lightly. Especially since higher education institutions face a number of fundamental disconnects that make this prospect difficult, if not impossible.

by Arthu Schneider