Articles

Corporate eLearning

December 12, 2015

How MOOCs Can Transform Employee Learning In Your Organization

If you are looking for an effective, cost-friendly way to provide your employees with more chances to train and develop their skills and knowledge level, consider entering the world of MOOCs.

by Roz Bahrami

Learning Management Systems

December 11, 2015

5 Ways WordPress Learning Management Systems Outperform Standalone LMSs

WordPress is new to the eLearning scene, and boy has it made quite the entrance! Here are 5 reasons why WordPress Learning Management Systems (LMSs) outperform standalone Learning Management Systems and why your next eLearning website ought to be powered by WordPress.

by Rishabh Jain

Corporate eLearning

December 11, 2015

eLearning In Leadership Training And Development: Out Of The Xbox, Into The Office

Boredom is a killer. It’s a serial killer. Boredom’s gang includes other criminal elements such as Apathy, Cynicism, and Resignation. Victims include Enthusiasm, Innovation, and Creativity. And one of the greatest casualties is Leadership. Boredom afflicts many training programs today. Mostly, we’re either too nice (or too scared) to speak up. And typically, that which goes unspoken goes unnoticed and unchanged. So we invite you to ask yourself a potentially uncomfortable question: When it comes to training and development of your leaders, are your learners engaged and interested? Or are they bored?

by Joel Copeland

Corporate eLearning

December 11, 2015

Do You Need Transcreation For Your eLearning Content?

Translation and transcreation can be confusing but there are clear definitions to identify the difference between the two. Not assigning the proper language resources to your project could result in inaccurate or ineffective final products. These tips will help better define who you need working on your scope of work.

by Susan Bowles - Dir. of Client Strategies

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

December 10, 2015

4 Tips To Search Twitter For eLearning Content

Whether you are already using Twitter for eLearning purposes or not, this powerful social media tool can reveal and offer you extremely useful information. In this article, I’ll share 4 ways to search Twitter for eLearning content and show you how you can take advantage of this influential social learning platform.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Project Management

December 10, 2015

Keeping It Zen: Dealing With Different Personalities In Your Learning And Development Project Teams

Similar to any project teams, Learning and Development project teams are made up of unique individuals, which can result in hot beds for all sorts of behavior and conflict. More often than not, teamwork can get disrupted by personalities. It’s important to identify trends in your team to help develop your strategy for managing from things to meetings milestones.

by Aristotle Domingo, CTDP, LSSGB

Mobile Learning

December 10, 2015

Going mLearning: 2 Points To Ponder

Use of mobile devices to carry out enterprise processes and transactions is on the rise, and so is the demand by organizational users to make eLearning available on mobile devices. This is popularly known as mLearning.

by Vinayak Khadye

eLearning Design and Development

December 9, 2015

3 Effective Ways To Create Memorable eLearning Endings

The best endings offer more than a simple thank you page. Effective eLearning gives learners a summary, as well as follow-up activities. This article explores 3 methods you can use to create a more effective eLearning endings.

by Li Whybrow

eLearning Design and Development

December 9, 2015

9 Tips To Get Started With Your eLearning Course

In this article I will share 9 key tips on how to create an interesting eLearning course that engages and inspires your online learners.

by Megan Hicks

Educational Technology

December 9, 2015

Periscope For eLearning: Is It Worth The Bother?

With a six-month hoopla around Periscope, this app gained the affection of many educators who started thinking on using Periscope in classrooms. But is everything so trouble-free? What are the advantages and drawbacks of using Periscope for eLearning, and what changes would save this software's reputation for making it #1 app among educators?

by Lesley J. Vos

eLearning Design and Development

December 8, 2015

Visual Thinking In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

How can eLearning professionals create eLearning courses that appeal to our visual nature while still including all of the key subject matter? In this article, I’ll explore the basics, benefits, and uses of visual thinking in eLearning.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Software

December 8, 2015

Yes We Can: A Tin Can API Primer

This isn’t the first Tin Can API explainer article ever written. But the subject is so important to the future of eLearning that, basically, the more the merrier. If we adopt it, Tin Can API is going to be a genuine game changer, so read on if you’ve heard of it but aren’t quite sure what it is, how it works, and what it can do.

by David Hill