eLearning Marketing Articles

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

January 25, 2016

7 Tips To Use Blogs In eLearning Course Design

Blogs in eLearning are no longer just for personal sharing and expert opinions. In fact, they can be a powerful and versatile tool in your next eLearning course. In this article, I will explore 7 ways to include blogs in eLearning experiences.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

January 25, 2016

eLearning Best Practices For Digital Signage

Digital signage is a fairly new communication medium that evolved from corporate TV back in the seventies. This new communication technology really took off when the internet became popular and now anyone can run their own private communication channel. The main components of any modern digital signage system are: Hardware (TV and content playback device), Content Management Software (CMS), and an internet connection. Digital signage is commonly used for corporate communication, public information, and advertising. The skills required to deploy and use a digital signage network cover many disciplines, from creative to technical skills. However, as CMS products mature, we see more administrative personnel requiring training on these products.

by Maurice Doran

Educational Technology

January 25, 2016

7 Reasons To Use Beacon Technology On Campuses

Beacon technology can wirelessly transmit information to students within a specific range. In this article, I’ll highlight the ways beacon technology can improve college campuses and provide examples of how actual colleges are using this technology today.

by Morgan Scheuerman

Instructional Design

January 24, 2016

5 Tips To Create Multi-Sensory eLearning Courses

Transform your eLearning course into a visual, auditory, and tactile feast for the senses. In this article, I'll share 5 tips that can help you design multi-sensory eLearning experiences for your audience.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

January 24, 2016

How Gamification Will Impact Corporate Learning

At EI Design, we have been crafting gamification for serious learning (corporate learning) for over two years now. We now see a maturing in corporates’ understanding of its true potential and how a well-crafted gamification solution can create the right learning impact. Today, gamification is poised to impact corporate learning. It is more than a buzz and is steadily gaining momentum on account of increase in adoption of mobile learning or mLearning and significant numbers of millennial learners in the overall learner demographics that are asking for it.

by Asha Pandey

Corporate eLearning

January 24, 2016

5 Top Tips To Maximize Your Compliance Training Experience

The reality of compliance training for most organizations goes something like this: Legal responsibilities and regulatory requirements continue to increase, budgets shrink, and seat time pressures rise — not quite the formula for a winning training solution. Here are 5 top tips for maximizing your compliance training experience.

by Fionnuala Courtney

Game-Based Learning

January 23, 2016

Tips To Gamify Compliance Online Training Courses

Compliance online training courses are not renowned for their excitement and entertainment value. However, serious games may just change all that. In this article, I'll share 5 tips on how you can transform your compliance online training courses into amazing gamification experiences.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

January 23, 2016

Transfection (Trans- +[In]Fection) As Teaching: What Molecular Biology Has In Common With eLearning

What is the relationship between eLearning and transfection? Unlike social media, eLearning is more controlled, which prevents it from “going viral”; however, it can be transfected to a learner. Focus on Instructional Design marks an edu-tectonic shift to course content, delivery, and design in an effort to make the most lasting effect on learners. Ideal Instructional Design combines content, context, and personalized material in educational learning payloads.

by Carrie Bailey

Game-Based Learning

January 23, 2016

Design Thinking And Gamification

This article describes the application of Lego Serious Play to Design Thinking methodology, as well as the workshops that are taking place to investigate this adaptation.

by Leticia Lafuente López

eLearning Project Management

January 22, 2016

8 Ways Busy eLearning Professionals Can Improve Their Time Management Skills

If time management is not your strong suit but you simply don’t have the time to master the skill, then this article was written with you in mind. In this article, I’ll share 8 organization tips that can help you stay on track and improve your time management skills in order to achieve your eLearning project goals, without having to devote countless hours to mastering this all-important trait.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Challenges

January 22, 2016

Corporate eLearning In Asia: The Global Relevance

Comparatively speaking, corporate eLearning still represents a rather small portion of the overall eLearning market –8% according to one recent survey–, but in part because of that the upside potential is enormous, and nowhere is this truer than in Asia. Let us see what happens with corporate eLearning in Asia.

by Julia Bespala

Educational Technology

January 22, 2016

7 Benefits Οf Technology Integration Ιn Τhe Education Sphere

The future of the educational system is practically determined by the development of technology. Some educators and experts are against the trends of implementing EdTech tools and apps in every single aspect of the schooling system, mainly because technology is a source of distraction for students. However, proper technology integration guides students towards greater understanding of all concepts covered in class.

by Stephanie Norman