eLearning Marketing Articles

Corporate eLearning

August 6, 2015

Emotional Engagement: How Positive And Negative Emotions Affect eLearning

Using gamification adds fun to your eLearning course and increases engagement from your employees at an emotional level. In this article I will share some thoughts I gathered from reading a few interesting articles on how strategies like gamification and scenarios are effective in creating emotional engagement.

by Christie Wroten

Corporate eLearning

August 6, 2015

How To Nail Enterprise Resource Planning Training Programs That Appeal To Millennials And Boomers

Your workforce is currently made up of two very distinct groups of people; Boomers and Gen X in one group and Millennials in the other. In this article I will share 5 tips to create successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) training programs that appeal to all generations of your workforce.

by Boaz Amidor

eLearning Design and Development

August 5, 2015

Matching Questions In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

Multiple choice and True or False questions may be the most popular method of inquiry in eLearning courses, but matching questions offer their fair share of benefits. By using this two-column assessment tool, you can find out if your learners are truly comprehending the subject matter without having to create a series of questions. In this article, I’ll highlight 5 best practices you should keep in mind when developing matching questions, as well as 4 tips on how to effectively use them in your eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

August 5, 2015

Why Learning And Development Is The Most Important Department

The most important part for someone in Learning and Development to understand is that the world around us is causing your department to be more important than ever.

by John Eades

eLearning Articles

August 5, 2015

Why Students Need More Control Over Their Online Education

Traditional universities often boast about the relationships students build on their campuses, which ultimately provide students with powerful support networks. There’s no reason online students can’t enjoy these same benefits. In this article I will share why giving students more control over their online education enhances their online learning experience.

by Mattan Griffel

Educational Technology

August 4, 2015

Top 10 Free Timeline Creation Tools For eLearning Professionals

Timelines are incredibly powerful visual tools and can significantly enhance an eLearning experience. In this article, I'll share the top 10 free timeline creation tools so that you can create your own timelines without even touching your eLearning budget.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Project Management

August 4, 2015

7 Tips To Involve Your Learning And Development Team And Enhance eLearning Quality  

Can too many cooks spoil the broth, or can they make the broth taste better? In this article I explore 7 tips you can enhance eLearning quality by involving more of your Learning and Development team.

by Li Whybrow

eLearning Market

August 4, 2015

Becoming A Super Designer: 7 Ways To Help You Get And Stay There

Today’s curriculum designers can be tomorrow's Super Designers, incorporating both their knowledge of andragogy or pedagogy and their tech savviness to stay competitive in the ever-progressing field of eLearning. In this article I’ll introduce you to the concept of the Super Designer and offer 7 strategies to help effectively you become and remain one of these “crusaders for excellence in curriculum and technology”!

by Alexandra Barnett

eLearning Design and Development

August 3, 2015

5 Tips To Create Compelling Interactions

Learning becomes not only more fun, but also more effective when interactivity is involved. In this article, I’ll share 5 great tips to create compelling interactions that will turn any eLearning course into an exciting and greatly effective eLearning experience.

by Christopher Pappas

Online Courses (MOOC)

August 3, 2015

What Is Wrong With MOOCs? Key Issues To Consider Before Launching Your First MOOC

Despite the extensive critique they have received since they first appeared back in 2008, without any doubt, MOOCs consist today the latest trend in online learning. As MOOC initials stand for Massive Open Online Courses, by definition, they raise some key issues for which eLearning professionals who want to keep up-to-date with latest trends in the field may need further clarification. In this article, I’ll discuss these key definition issues, I’ll explain why MOOCs have not received the expected attention up to present, and I’ll highlight the critiques they have received as important factors to consider before launching your first MOOC course.

by Marisa Keramida (M.Ed.)

eLearning Project Management

August 3, 2015

The Marshmallow Challenge: What We Can Learn From Kindergarten Students About Team Collaboration

If you’re a Learning and Development manager, how can you get your team working together effectively so that all your eLearning projects result in ta-da! moments of triumph? Effective teams know how to collaborate. In this article, we’ll look at a simple exercise called Marshmallow Challenge that can help your team work together and embrace collaboration.

by Li Whybrow

Custom eLearning

August 2, 2015

How To Create Differentiated Online Training: 5 Strategies And 5 Tips For eLearning Professionals

Differentiating your online training offers a wide range of advantages that well worth the investment. In this article, I’ll present 3 types of differentiated online training, as well as 5 strategies and 5 tips to create it.

by Christopher Pappas