Articles

Instructional Design

November 18, 2015

How To Apply Gagné's 9 Events Of Instruction In eLearning

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a step-by-step guide that could help you provide a complete and comprehensive online experience for every member of your audience? In this article, I’ll show you how to apply the 9 Events of Instruction introduced by Gagné, in order to create effective and comprehensive eLearning experiences.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Project Management

November 18, 2015

9 Tips On How To Make Time To Finally Create Your Online Course

Everyone's pressed for time. Add the horrors of procrastination and you have the typical “I wish I had time to do this” scenario. Actually, we have time - we just don't manage it very well. Here are some little-discussed ideas on how to find time to build your money-making online course.

by Juste Semetaite

eLearning Trends

November 18, 2015

What Do Private Tutors Think About Online Tuition?

Online tuition is a growth industry worldwide, but there's been little research into this area. This article reveals what private tutors in the UK think about online tuition, and how they are using online technology to tutor their students.

by Henry Fagg

Mobile Learning

November 18, 2015

mLearning And Cloud Computing Are Making Browser Based eLearning Obsolete

Over the last 10 years, eLearning has evolved a lot with new technologies and standards. Right from SCORM standard in the year 2004 to the proliferation of new technologies, especially mobile technologies, eLearning has seen a tremendous transformation.

by Anand Timothy

Corporate eLearning

November 17, 2015

5 eLearning Costs That May Put At Risk Your eLearning Budget

Want to know how you can stay within your eLearning budget and get the most out of every resource? In this article, I’ll highlight the 5 most common eLearning costs that can put your eLearning budget in jeopardy, so that you can know how to tackle them when they show up on your expense sheet.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

November 17, 2015

How To Create A Meaningful And Engaging Compliance Course

Compliance courses are often driven by the corporate “compliance mandate” and tend to miss the ingredients for learners to relate to them, internalize the information, and apply it. As I see it, given the significance of the compliance mandate, there should be a higher focus on using approaches that appeal to the learners, impart learning that will stick, and finally ensure that this learning indeed gets applied at work.

by Asha Pandey

Learning Management Systems

November 17, 2015

Gamification And The LMS: The Case Of TalentLMS

Gamification is on the fast track to becoming an industry standard for eLearning, and is certainly a best practice for almost any service and piece of software. Find out how TalentLMS brings its legendary ease-of-use to this integral feature.

by John Laskaris

Microlearning

November 16, 2015

6 Ideas To Help You Create Nano-Learning In Under 15 Minutes 

Fast-paced organizations need just-in-time (JIT) learning. Nano or micro-learning gives learning managers a quick and simple way to adapt to the fast-changing needs of their learners. In this article, I'll show you how to create nano-learning in under 15 minutes.

by Li Whybrow

Learning Management Systems

November 16, 2015

SaaS Learning Management System: Is your LMS Truly SaaS?

If you’ve selected a Learning Management System (LMS) recently, you’ll know that SaaS is a fast-growing force in enterprise software. But all SaaS is not created equal. Read on to discover the differences between single-tenant and multi-tenant applications, and what to really ask about when selecting a SaaS Learning Management System.

by Sandi Lin

Mobile Learning

November 16, 2015

Why Mobile Learning Will Transform Your Workplace

Question: What do pre-packed gourmet pasta sauces and mobile learning have in common? Answer: Both are fast and easy to access and provide a consistent experience from anywhere.

by Ruby Spencer, CTDP

eLearning Design and Development

November 15, 2015

10 Questions To Get To Know Your Online Learners

The first step in creating an eLearning course is figuring out who you are creating it for in the first place. In this article, I’ll highlight 10 questions that will help you get to know your online learners, so that you can design eLearning courses that make their mark.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

November 15, 2015

3 Meanings Of Compliance And Why They Matter 

Hello, new eLearning developer. It’s nice to meet you. Have you heard about this thing called “compliance” yet? Compliance is a word we love to throw around in eLearning, and it can mean many things.

by Stephanie Ivec