Articles

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

April 30, 2016

Assessing Online Collaboration: What You Need To Know

In this article I will share some key information about assessments and their characteristics, as well some easy ways to assess online collaboration in collaborative learning activities.

by Michael Higley

Educational Technology

April 30, 2016

Education Week 2016: Children Education

Education Week 2016 has accommodated many booths occupied by some of the most representative companies in the educational, training, and knowledge management sector. We talked to some of them about their current offer and here we tell you all about it.

by Leticia Lafuente López

eLearning Project Management

April 29, 2016

7 Tips To Find The Right Subject Matter Expert For Your eLearning Project

A Subject Matter Expert has the potential to become a valued member of your eLearning team, but only after you conduct a thorough vetting process. In this article, I'll share 7 tips to help you find the perfect Subject Matter Expert for your next eLearning project, and hopefully for many eLearning projects to come.   

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

April 29, 2016

Safe Learning Environment: Instructional Designers, Safety First!

Schools have long known that a main hindrance to any child’s learning is feeling unsafe. It makes sense; if a child is in fear they cannot learn. On the other hand, a supportive and safe learning environment makes children learn at a better pace. The same is true in any business setting.

by Alex Terego

eLearning Articles

April 29, 2016

eLearning On Purpose

How well does your job fit you? Is your personal purpose aligned to your company’s vision? Are you doing something you love for a company that shares your values, or are you plugging away for a paycheck, hoping it will all work out somehow?

by Ben Butina, Ph.D.

eLearning Trends

April 29, 2016

Organizational Trends In Learning And Development

This article highlights organizational trends around cost, time, modality, and content in the field of Learning and Development based upon ATD’s 2015 State of the Industry report, the latest available. In addition to presenting data, the article posits theories about what may drive certain metrics.

by Chris Straley

Corporate eLearning

April 29, 2016

4 Techniques To Fuel Employee Participation

You can have the best designed course with the most amazing content in your industry, but if employee participation in learning what you offer is low, what do you do?

by Roz Bahrami

Corporate eLearning

April 28, 2016

The Importance Of Raising Self-Confidence In Online Training

As Stephen R. Covey, the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal, so aptly put it: "To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions." But what roles does self-confidence play in online training? In this article, we'll explore how perceptions about ability and talent may impact your corporate eLearning strategy.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

April 28, 2016

3 Techniques To Improve Memory Retention: An Elephant Never Forgets, But Trainees Do

As an Instructional Designer, I build in ways to help the learners in my courses improve their memory retention of core concepts. Otherwise, I know that if they’re anything like me, most of them will forget older concepts as we move through the material.

by Eric Kean

Instructional Design

April 28, 2016

Instructional Designers + Introspective Thinking

Understand our gift for looking within and your job will be easier and your results better. To begin: What could introspective thinking or looking-within possibly have to do with Instructional Design?

by Alex Terego

Educational Technology

April 28, 2016

Creating A Virtual Spanish Language Learning Community

Spanish speaking children, teens, and adults use their public libraries for a variety of programs, classes, materials, and other services and resources. Many public library professionals who don’t speak Spanish lament their inability to serve these patrons as effectively as they would like. Many, though, have an admirable desire to learn. As you would guess, we don’t have time or money to travel to instructor-led language classes and, anyway, we are 16% through the 21st century! So, the Indiana State Library Spanish Language Learning Community is getting together in a virtual environment to learn and practice speaking in ways that relate to our library roles. Here is my first chapter in Aprendiendo con Bibliotecarios (Learning with Librarians) with details on the framework, development of the curriculum and assessment tool, and the web-based tools we are using for learning and conversation practice.

by Emily Schaber

Corporate eLearning

April 28, 2016

7 Simple Zen Principles To Improve Your Online Training

Here are 7 simple Zen principles you can put to use in order to improve your online training courses.

by Anand Timothy