eLearning Marketing Articles

Game-Based Learning

October 17, 2013

5 Ways Games Add To The Learner Experience

Gamification is a hot buzzword right now in eLearning and everywhere else. But does adding games to your eLearning course really help engage your learners?

by Stephanie Ivec

Learner Engagement

October 17, 2013

Progressive Education: The Rising Power Of Student Voice

Read many current educational articles or twitter feeds, and it becomes pretty clear that progressive educationalists are gaining voice. Project based, constructivist, experiential, problem solving curriculum is lauded and promoted at every turn, and thankfully so. Learning becomes deeper and more meaningful when students participate in knowledge building. However, there are a few educationalists who are really pushing and disrupting the boundaries of progressive education. They are those who believe in student-generated content.

by Paul Moss

Corporate eLearning

October 16, 2013

Making E-learning Interesting: Experiences in Soft Skills Training

About the turn of the century, e-learning was touted as the new great thing that would quickly replace traditional training. Everyone wanted e-learning. Text was quickly being digitized and called e-learning, but for many it was more of a sleeping pill. Then everything changed.

by Dale Olsen

Blended Learning

October 16, 2013

Teaching Online Courses At Home Not Realistic In Public Education

If you are a public school teacher forget about the dream of running your classes from home. The cool mornings, hot coffee, and the comforting warmth of a laptop is a thought better served by those college tenured folks.

by Russ Elburn

Virtual Training

October 15, 2013

Benefits of Synchronous and Asynchronous e-Learning

Online learning environments are becoming more frequent in teaching and learning than ever before (Bonk & Zhang, 2006; Er, Özden, & Arifoglu, 2009; Skylar, 2009). Synchronous and asynchronous learning technologies are the two most common online learning types (Hrastinski, 2008; Er et al., 2009; Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, & Zvacek, 2012). The purpose of this article is to discuss the advantages of using both synchronous and asynchronous technologies in an online learning environment.

by Michael Higley

eLearning Market

October 15, 2013

‘RFP’ Woes And How To Get The eLearning Solution Of Your Dreams

The path to eLearning bliss may not be so simple. If you are new to eLearning, pursuing companies for proposals can be a bit overwhelming, even a little daunting. Learn the ins and outs of defining your needs so you get the right eLearning partner and avoid surprises.

by Steve Lowenthal

Educational Technology

October 13, 2013

Top 10 Free Content Curation Tools For Teachers

Finding educational content in the web is no big deal- but managing it, is. Educational content curation is the art – rather than the act – of sorting out the vast amounts of educational content on the web and organizing them around a specific educational topic in a coherent way. 

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

October 12, 2013

The Challenge Of Teaching Soft Skills

It is easy to lecture on soft skills and then for students to pass a test showing that they have learned the material. But will behavior really change as a result of the lecture and testing? Do role plays result in behavioral change? Research shows that behavior changes at a minimum require repeated practice with extensive feedback. Simulation technology now offers the capability to go past traditional training and produce effective soft skills training.

by Dale Olsen

Educational Technology

October 12, 2013

The 5 Best Free Mind Mapping Tools for Teachers

Organizing thoughts is a difficult task, for both teachers and students. Lack of a medium to organize all these thoughts can lead to stress, confusion, and lack of success in regards to yourself, or your students. Utilize these 6 Best Free Mind Mapping Tools for Teachers in order to be the best educator possible and ensure that your students are able to reach their full potential. *Update: we added one more!!!

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Project Management

October 11, 2013

How To Help Your Tech Teams Love Learning Design

Many learning designers in large organizations find themselves working together with multimedia technicians, web designers, graphic designers and other specialists who actually create the online materials that students will use. This can lead to tensions due to differing perspectives and priorities. These differences though can be sources of creativity if approached constructively by the team. Consider the following 5 tips to help you work together with your team, make your learning design pop and keep the love levels high at the same time.

by David Hilton

Blended Learning

October 11, 2013

Secondary LMSs Are Not Necessarily Aligned To “College And Career Readiness”

Secondary Blended education classes notoriously fall short of developing online community. The standard by which all college courses find success is online student collaboration. One teacher has found an answer to getting students to chat about discussion questions.

by Russ Elburn

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

October 10, 2013

Social Learning Trends 2013

Is your company considering using social learning as part of your training and development program? Research suggests that this can be very beneficial. 

by Stephanie Ivec