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eLearning Market

February 21, 2016

Offering Free eLearning Courses: 6 Benefits For eLearning Companies

Offering your eLearning for free may not net you any profits now, but it can offer your eLearning company or organization a wide range of benefits in the long run. In this article, I’ll highlight the 6 significant advantages of giving away a free eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Authoring Tools

February 21, 2016

Online Training Providers: 8 Things To Look For In An Authoring Tool

You have an online training course that you're excited to create. That's fantastic. But how do you go about creating that training so you can sell it to paying customers? The right authoring tool can help you achieve that goal and make all the difference to ensure that both your bottom line and your customers are well-served.

by Steve Penfold

Corporate eLearning

February 21, 2016

5 Ways Training Cultivates Healthy And Engaged Employees

These days, it takes more than increasing salaries to cultivate healthy and engaged employees. Although the financial reward is why most of us need to work in the first place, encouraging true on-the-job motivation and enthusiasm is a slightly more complex matter.

by Ashley Casey

Corporate eLearning

February 20, 2016

7 Ways To Improve Your Next Online Training Course

Ineffective content, lack of multimedia, and humdrum visuals are some of the most common online training pitfalls. However, there are a number of lesser known mistakes that may be standing in the way of corporate eLearning success. In this article, I’ll share 7 overlooked improvements that you can make to your next online training course in order to increase knowledge retention and learner engagement.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Market

February 20, 2016

5 Things eLearning Professionals Need To Know About An Employer Before Joining Them

Here are certain elements about an employer that eLearning professionals should be aware of before joining them.

by Sophia Harrris

eLearning Project Management

February 20, 2016

Difficult Question: How Much Time Will An eLearning Course Development Take?

What would you reply if someone asked you “How much time will an eLearning course development take”? Here is how to estimate your eLearning course development time.

by Anand Timothy

eLearning Authoring Tools

February 20, 2016

Managing Large eLearning Courses With Darkan Cloud Solution

This is how to manage large eLearning courses with Darkan Cloud Solution, an effective authoring tool designed to create eLearning, presentations, and courses.

by Tomasz Wiśniewski

eLearning Design and Development

February 19, 2016

5 Tips To Use Cinemagraphs In eLearning

When a video is too much and a static image falls short, it is time to tap into the interactive and emotionally-gripping power of a cinemagraph. In this article, I will share the basics of eLearning cinemagraphs, and explore how you can use them in your next eLearning course to make it more effective and engaging.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

February 19, 2016

Dialog And Discussion: Instructional Designers Note The Difference

Productive teamwork depends on an appreciation of the difference between dialogue and discussion by all team members.

by Alex Terego

eLearning Market

February 19, 2016

Utilizing Open Educational Resources To Advance Online Learning In Sub-Saharan Africa

In many schools and institutions of higher learning across Sub-Saharan Africa students lack access to quality academic resources and teachers also lack access to teaching resources. Open Educational Resources (OER) are the ideal tool to leverage on the affordances of technology and the insights of online learning to reduce the inequalities in the Sub-Saharan African countries’ education systems.

by Danai Nhando

Corporate eLearning

February 19, 2016

Highlights Of A Training Manager

This article describes the highlights to a training manager, focusing on recent college graduates in fields related to HR and long term professionals that need to get updated.

by Leticia Lafuente López

Mobile Learning

February 18, 2016

Responsive Design In Mobile Learning: 5 Reasons To Develop Mobile-Friendly Online Courses

All of the statistics point to the fact that mobile device usage is on the rise. According to research conducted by Smart Insights, Internet users in the United States spend roughly 2.8 hours a day accessing digital media on their mobile devices. In comparison, this figure drops to 2.4 hours per day on desktop computers. What does this mean? Tablets and smartphones are now the go-to sources for information, and eLearning professionals should be focused on mobile-friendly online courses. In this article, I’ll share the basics and benefits of using responsive design to develop mobile learning experiences.

by Christopher Pappas