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Custom eLearning

December 26, 2016

8 Reasons Why Outsourcing Custom Content Development Helps Every Business

With changing business dynamics, businesses need to focus on core activities and outsource other functions. Outsourcing custom content development is now an established and beneficial practice. This article outlines 8 reasons why you should go for outsourcing and how this will help your business.

by Asha Pandey

eLearning Authoring Tools

December 26, 2016 | Sponsored

5 eLearning Examples Created With Elucidat (2016)

Here are 5 excellent eLearning examples created with Elucidat's authoring platform in 2016. Draw inspiration from these unique, high quality eLearning projects that use social polling, microlearning, gamification, badges, and single-page scrolling.

by Steve Penfold

Corporate eLearning

December 25, 2016

Yuletide eLearning Distractions: 8 Tips To Keep Your Corporate Learners Focused During The Holidays

Online training is the last thing on people's minds during the busy holiday season. So, how do you keep the Yuletide eLearning distractions at bay and help your corporate learners focus on the task at hand? In this article, I'll share 8 tips to help your corporate learners concentrate during the holidays.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

December 25, 2016

5 Ways To Avoid Overwhelming Learners

We constantly hear of people suffering from information overload on social media. But we don’t realize that this can happen in a controlled environment too. What happens when we throw too much content at learners? Information overload. In this article, we talk about ways we can avoid overwhelming learners.

by Srividya Kumar

Virtual Training

December 25, 2016

How To Choose A Web Host For Your Online Courses: 7 Factors To Consider

There are many things to consider when you are comparing web hosting companies. Here is how to choose a web host for your eLearning courses.

by Sarah Smith

Educational Technology

December 25, 2016

8 Ways Live Streaming For Education Is Going To Change The Future Of Learning

Using live streaming for education, students will be able to watch the experts in their field as they solve problems in real time. This is more conducive for learning as studies show, we learn more when we are able to visualize.

by Damian Wolf

eLearning Design and Development

December 24, 2016

10 Tips To Take The Stress Out Of eLearning Outsourcing

You already have enough on your proverbial plate. So, the idea of dealing with a long and stressful eLearning outsourcing project might be out of the question. Thankfully, there are some ways to make the task much less complicated. In this article, I’ll share 10 tips that can take the stress out of eLearning outsourcing.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

December 24, 2016

5 Steps To A Successful Corporate Learning Program

When you navigate development for your corporate learning program, are you asking the right questions, looking in the right places, and engaging the right people? This insightful, step-by-step guide to successful corporate learning program creation starts with strategic insight.

by Micah J. Griffo

Microlearning

December 24, 2016

4 Best Practices For Converting Dated Content To Microlearning

Tons of dated training content on your hands? Instead of trashing it, converting dated content to microlearning can help engage the modern learner! Let's talk about whether content conversion is right for your situation, and the four keys to successful content conversion.

by Katy Tynan

Educational Technology

December 24, 2016

How To Close The Skills Gap In Africa

Africa is the youngest of all continents; there lives an incredible amount of young people. This population needs education and skills in order to participate at the economic growth. Read more to learn why eLearning is one part of the puzzle to close the skills gap in Africa.

by Jens Ischebeck, Africa and Middle East

eLearning Trends

December 23, 2016

3 eLearning Market Trends For The Next 5 Years

The eLearning market is massive and on the way to expanding and maturing as we move ahead. In this post we discuss some of the findings in Docebo's massive eLearning Market Trends and Forecast: 2017-2021, a free report on the current state and future of eLearning globally. Here are a few insights.

by Paul Leavoy

eLearning Design and Development

December 23, 2016

The Surprising Skill That Makes Online Teachers More Effective

Every day, online teachers draw from a deep well of diverse skills. But there's one (often overlooked) teaching skill which can have a massive impact on student outcomes. This skill also has career benefits for you, as it makes online teachers more effective.

by Dr. Liz Hardy