eLearning Marketing Articles

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

May 13, 2013

10 Tips To Effectively Use Social Media In Formal Learning

We live in the era of social media and professionals of any level should not make the mistake to underestimate their power. We can easily understand why social media can be useful from a marketing point of view. What’s more interesting, however, is to see how social can be effectively used in formal learning.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

May 12, 2013

32 Tweets To Get You Started With The Gamification Of Learning

Want to get started yourself with gamification of learning?

by Dan Steer

Instructional Design

May 9, 2013

The Adult Learning Theory - Andragogy - of Malcolm Knowles

What does Andragogy mean and which are Knowles’ 5 assumptions of Adult Learners? Are you familiar with Knowles’ 4 Principles Of Andragogy? In the following article, I will answer the above questions and provide you with several highly recommended resources on Malcolm Knowles Adult Learning Theory.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

May 8, 2013

8 Important Characteristics Of Adult Learners

Adults are characterized by maturity, self-confidence, autonomy, solid decision-making, and are generally more practical, multi-tasking, purposeful, self-directed, experienced, and less open-minded and receptive to change. All these traits affect their motivation, as well as their ability to learn. So let’s see the adult learners' cognitive and social characteristics, and what instructional designers need to know in order to create the right course content and structure, and adjust their attitude.

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Management Systems

May 6, 2013 | Sponsored

How Is The eLearning And LMS Market Evolving? - FREE Report

How is the eLearning and LMS market evolving? The eLearning Ecosystem Report Trends, Leaders And Opportunities.

by Jacopo Mauri

Instructional Design

May 4, 2013

3 Reasons Why Failing As Instructional Designers is OK and Encouraged

As Instructional Designers, we often want the courses we design to be perfect. Every student must have an equal experience, our faculty members should be able to do everything with the greatest of ease, and our courses should be the envy of every institution in the world! Well, it rarely works out that way, but that’s ok. In fact, I think as Instructional Designers, it is important to create a space where faculty members, students, and even IDs make mistakes and sometimes fail. Here’s why:

by Jeff DeSurra

eLearning Design and Development

May 2, 2013

How To Convert Your eLearning Course From Boring To FUN!

This post is about the approach of using humor in your eLearning courses. Often eLearning is boring and tedious, but it doesn’t have to be! With simple and freeware available on the Internet you can easily incorporate humor into your eLearning environment. By following Keller’s ARCS model you can motivate your eLearners!

by Kara Leyva

eLearning Design and Development

May 1, 2013

Assessing User Experiences of eLearning Applications

What Is The Importance Of eLearning Usability? Have you heard about the Motivation to Learn usability evaluation method? 

by Panagiotis Zaharias, PhD

Instructional Design

April 30, 2013

7 Tips To Motivate The Instructional Designer

Have you heard the famous expression: "How will you change the world, if you can't change yourself?". Probably, you have, but I want to ask you another question: "How will you motivate other people to learn, if you can't motivate yourself?"

by Christopher Pappas

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

April 28, 2013

How To Use Twitter For Social Learning

I was never a huge fan of Twitter and I didn't see how a person could express himself in 140 characters, but apparently, Twitter has many benefits when it comes to reaching your learners.

by Christopher Pappas

General

April 27, 2013

eLearning Badges And eLearning Widget: The Recognition You Deserve For Your Skills

eLearning Badges and eLearning Widgets. IT jargon or the most sophisticated way to e-promote your skills to the world? Let’s take it one step at a time, see the story behind the words and the value behind the applications. 

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

April 26, 2013

17 Tips To Motivate Adult Learners

The introduction of learning technology and the changing workplace recently increased the importance of adult learning. However, there comes the problem of motivating adult learners. There are a few things that stand in the way to motivating adults to start learning.

by Christopher Pappas