eLearning Marketing Articles

Mobile Learning

July 25, 2015

Using BYOD In Schools: Advantages And Disadvantages

Do you remember how classrooms used to be during your school days? The blackboard, the whiteboard, chalks being used by teachers to impart the lesson; you being given paper copies or writing down notes with your pen. However, copies, chalks, and blackboards are fast becoming more and more irrelevant every day that passes by, thanks to the advance in technology. More and more schools and other educational institutions are using technology at a brisk pace; and to make technology an integral part of the classroom, they are implementing the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy.

by Sandip Kar

Corporate eLearning

July 24, 2015

Why Online Collaboration Is The Solution To Your Learning And Development Team's Efficiency Problem

Are you an eLearning manager working with a talented but large or distributed team? Looking for ways to increase the efficiency of your team? Read on to learn why online collaboration might be the answer.

by Li Whybrow

Microlearning

July 24, 2015

5 Steps To Address Micro Learning Moments: The New Learning Journey - Part 1

There has been a lot of buzz in the learning industry about micro learning and about shorter learning experiences having a better impact with learners. Several companies are implementing learning production and distribution models based on targeted content nuggets or pills that let learners control their learning time and ensure that learning occurs at the time of need.

by Alfredo Leone

eLearning Authoring Tools

July 23, 2015

The Experience API (xAPI): What You Need To Know

What if there were a simple way to store and retrieve learning records and learner experience profiles – no matter what platform you’re using? Now, there is; you may have heard of it at conferences, around your office, or in eLearning news. It’s called the Experience API (xAPI).

by Christie Wroten

Corporate eLearning

July 23, 2015

Employee Online Training: Back To School For Corporate America

Back to school! Back to school! Bells are ringing. Birds are chirping. But inside the office, it’s just another Monday. People are indifferent. Now’s the time to relive the back-to-school nostalgia with annual employee online training. Below is some A+ advice for gearing up.

by Max Yoder

eLearning Design and Development

July 22, 2015

Factual Questions In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

The famous author, Mark Twain, once said “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please”. As eLearning professionals, it is our duty to give our learners the facts, and to ensure that they comprehend these facts, so that they have the power to apply the information in whatever way they wish. In this article, I’ll explore the types of factual questions and how you can use them to gauge learner progress, improve knowledge retention, and build cognitive thinking skills in your eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

July 22, 2015

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet On Training Millennials

Employers today are full of anxiety over the growing population of Millennials in the workforce. Millennials make up almost half of the total workforce, with numbers still rising. At the same time, the generation of Baby Boomers is rapidly retiring. Business Insider reports that millions of these Baby Boomers have retired just in the last six years and 10,000 of them turn 65 every single day. With the Millennials coming in and the Baby Boomers going out, the climate of the workplace is shifting. While companies of all kinds want to appeal to Millennials and hire Millennials, they aren’t quite sure how to adapt to their differences. Read why training Millennials is a challenge worth taking.

by Laura Payne

Corporate eLearning

July 22, 2015

Albert's Successful Training Story

Albert drove home from the board meeting feeling very pleased with himself. He had been praised by his chairman for the work he had put in since joining the firm two years ago, and had been given a complete endorsement for the five-year training plan that he had presented to the board that afternoon in Mumbai, India. As he drove home, he reflected on those two tumultuous years. Prior to joining his current company, he had worked for five years as production manager in a small company that manufactured plastic coat hangers in his native Gujarat, and had made a name for himself there. When he arrived here, the company was barely profitable, with high absenteeism, shoddy work practices, and little or no quality control. He immediately saw there were two problems; low morale and lack of training. Here is how his successful training method helped increase productivity.

by Heera Edwin

eLearning Design and Development

July 22, 2015

Teaching About Plagiarism In The Online Classroom

How do you help students understand, and avoid, plagiarism? Teachers have reams of tutorials and steps to take to avoid the trap of plagiarism, but many students tune out the advice. I’ve had some success getting students to understand plagiarism in the online classroom by using a short video that illustrates do’s and don’ts by example.

by Oliver Hedgepeth

Educational Technology

July 22, 2015

Digital Learning Technology: How Will Technology Transform Digital Learning In The Next Decades?

In this article I will cover the main technological trends in digital learning today and the concerns eLearning providers should explore further about how technological advances will shape digital learning environments in the future.

by Kate Kalamara

eLearning Design and Development

July 21, 2015

Typography In eLearning: 5 Key Tips For eLearning Professionals

Typography is critical for eLearning design and development; it can make your eLearning course look professional and well organized, or amateurish and sloppy. Most importantly, it affects your learners’ attention. In this article, I’ll share 5 key tips for great typography in eLearning, so that you can make sure that you use it effectively in all of your eLearning courses.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Challenges

July 21, 2015

The Mobile Challenge: Giving The Modern Learners What They Want

Modern learners are mobile learners. They want to access the information and tools they need, when they need them, and on a variety of devices. It is all about learning at the point of need these days; we know this much. But is the modern learner getting the mobile experience they want at work?

by Laura Overton, FCIPD, FLPI