eLearning Marketing Articles

Online Courses (MOOC)

January 3, 2013

Learning from Harvard: MOOC story, pt3

Viewing Harvard's CS50x MOOC from the inside to sort out teaching tips from the student perspective. Here's what this week taught me...

by Joseph Kern

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

January 3, 2013

Top 5 eLearning Communities At Google+ That You Should Join

Do you believe that it is important to talk about stuff you are into with professionals who love it too? Are you interested in educational technology, eLearning development, and Massive Open Online Courses?

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

January 2, 2013

The Friendliest Online Learning Guide Around - eLearning 101 - Book Review

eLearning 101 is a short, upbeat e-book that helps students to solve common eLearning problems. The book takes around an hour to read, and offers some quality suggestions for making eLearning easier.

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Technologies

January 2, 2013

31 Free eFront Video Tutorials

Would you be interested in a list of Free eFront LMS Video Tutorials? Would you like to know how to customize a lesson, work with categories, create a course or a lesson, work with job descriptions and certifications at eFront LMS?

by Christopher Pappas

Mobile Learning

December 31, 2012

Mobile Learning Tools

The following 42 Mobile Learning Tools allow specific creation of learning modules for mobile devices and/or allow output to HTML5 and/or provide delivery of mobile learning. Most major LMS and LCMS vendors either have mobile solutions in place or are quickly moving to include them.

by Don McIntosh

eLearning Articles

December 29, 2012

What Kind Of Support Do Online Graduate Students Need?

Online learners face many challenges – from staying motivated and beating procrastination, to meeting multiple deadlines. And, as we know, e-learning students are already busy; preoccupied with many competing priorities.

by Dr. Liz Hardy

eLearning Trends

December 28, 2012

Trends In Learning Technologies To Watch In 2013

Social/Informal Learning, Mobile Learning, Video – these three items have been “hot” for several years now, both in education and the corporate sector. Many are excited about them but the adoption of them has been slower than predicted.  Barriers include cost, technology issues still not resolved, confusion about the differences between formal and informal learning, design factors, cultural factors, concerns about security, etc.

by Don McIntosh

Learning Technologies

December 27, 2012

41 Free Moodle Video Tutorials

Would you be interested in a list of Free Moodle Video Tutorials? In case that you would like to add a Free Moodle Video Tutorial you can do so!

by Christopher Pappas

Educational Technology

December 23, 2012

14 Free Text To Speech Tools For Educators

Would you like to relax your students’ tired eyes? What if you could convert any written text into spoken words? What about running a PowerPoint presentation and also have a narration of the text on your slides? Would you be interested in a list of 14 free text to speech tools?

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Software

December 22, 2012

A New Way To Enable Today’s Experts and Learners

Typical learning systems tend to focus on the development of traditional training, deployment of learning content, and logistics of learning events. However, they do little to capture and retain valuable business knowledge.  For many of today’s businesses, this knowledge is not just about how to conduct transactions but how, when, and why to utilize these transactions within their business process.  It’s also about employees being able to make the best decisions and being able to apply operational talents and expertise to the ultimate practice of the business – satisfying and delighting customers and constituents.

by Christopher Pappas

Online Courses (MOOC)

December 20, 2012

Learning from Harvard: MOOC story, pt2

Continuing my elaborate plan to take CS50x, the introductory computer programming MOOC from Harvard, and to share what I’m learning about quality online course design from the student perspective, this week began some real programming, complete with cryptic coding commands, and lots of time spent staring and/or cursing at the computer screen while trying to figure out exactly why the program wasn't working.  (As such, you may notice a more negative batch of comments this time around).  Let’s see what this week had to offer…

by Joseph Kern

eLearning Articles

December 20, 2012

10 LWF Talks Perfect For the Future of Education, Teaching, and Learning

How children and teenagers can teach themselves to code? Why technology can be used to make a difference on learning? What if Steve Jobs had re-invented the education system? At the following 10 LWF Talks you will find new ideas and perspectives about education, teaching and learning. But what is LWF?

by Christopher Pappas