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Instructional Design

December 4, 2015

Beyond Routine: Creative Approaches In Instructional Design

While designing instructions we tend to use the same approaches, tools, and techniques. This is completely normal - they are in our comfort zone as training intervention designers, developers, and trainers. We use them because we feel secure, because we consider them as good ones, and because we are convinced that using them we will deliver the promise. The problem is that many times these Instructional Design approaches are not optimal.

by Marek Hyla

eLearning Authoring Tools

December 4, 2015

Why You Should Be Creating Responsive eLearning Courses With Lectora

Responsive web design has been around a long time. Google even ranks websites based on how mobile friendly they are—which impacts how high those websites appear in your search results. The more mobile friendly your site, the better you rank in search results. So what about eLearning? Are you doomed if your eLearning isn’t mobile friendly and responsive?

by Stephanie Ivec

Corporate eLearning

December 3, 2015

Tight eLearning Budget: 6 Tips To Create An Amazing Online Training Course

Unlimited eLearning budgets are the exception, not the rule. So, how can eLearning professionals create effective and memorable online training courses with minimal resources? In this article, I’ll share 6 tips that you can deliver top notch online training experiences without paying top dollar.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

December 3, 2015

Explore, Fail, Practice: eLearning Games In Compliance Training

The unique qualities of serious games can help make your compliance training more engaging and effective. Learn what types of compliance training really benefit from eLearning games and what you can do to introduce them into your next compliance training programme.

by Alan Bourne

eLearning Trends

December 3, 2015

Video-Based Learning – The New Pitch and Resolution of Learning

The demand for video-based learning has surreptitiously witnessed an upward spiral in the recent times. Short, crisp, engaging, and elucidating video nuggets on various subjects are scaling across YouTube and other video social blogging and learning platforms. While it may sound more like a means of informal learning, video-based learning may soon become the most sought after phenomenon across the corporate and academic learning ambiance, specifically after the advent and rise in the use of smartphones in the education domain. This article explores the phenomena of video-based learning from the instructional design perspective and elucidates our nascent experience with this novel phenomenon in the academic domain.

by Sharjeel Ahmad

eLearning Design and Development

December 2, 2015

3 Ideas To Help You Create Better eLearning Beginnings

A poor beginning can make or break eLearning. You don’t want to bore learners and lose their attention. Read this article to discover 3 ways you can create more effective eLearning beginnings.

by Li Whybrow

Blended Learning

December 2, 2015

7 Tips To Plan For Effective Blended Learning

As known by all of you, blended learning offers the best of both the worlds – online training and classroom training. As a learner, you benefit from synchronous learning strategies that include traditional instruction methods, such as direct group collaboration and immediate feedback. Simultaneously, you are also benefited from the asynchronous learning strategies that allow you to learn at your own pace. But the question here is how you would plan for an effective blended learning that allows a successful combination of both these learning styles.

by Anand Timothy

Educational Technology

December 2, 2015

How MotionMagix’s Interactive Play Platform Transforms The Way Kids Learn And Play

Give kids a choice between playing and studying, they would most definitely choose playing! Kids tend to have a meager attention span. Various reasons could be associated with this; interests, child personalities, level of engagement, interactivity to hold the child’s attention while the child is getting entertained at the same time.

by Anup Tapadia

eLearning Design and Development

December 1, 2015

4 Tips To Apply The Redundancy Principle In eLearning

A number of different studies have revealed that the human mind does not have the capacity to truly multi-task. This means that eLearning professionals who pair verbatim text with audio and visual presentations in hopes of improving comprehension may, in fact, be hindering knowledge absorption. In this article, I will share 4 tips on how to use the Redundancy Principle in eLearning, and I’ll highlight some eLearning exceptions to the Redundancy Principle.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

December 1, 2015

Gamification For Serious Learning: 5 Facts That Will Impress Your Boss

Using gamification for serious learning is a hot topic right now. Organization heads and Learning and Development heads are keen to explore this and enrich their existing learning strategy. However, they have several questions that range from true benefits of gamification to ascertaining if it indeed improves the effectiveness of learning.

by Asha Pandey

Corporate eLearning

December 1, 2015

5 Tips To Create eLearning For Modern Learners

How do you educate someone who has never known anything but high speed broadband and internet access, instant gratification, and quick fixes? How can you grab their attention and keep it long enough to get your message across? In this article, I will share 5 key tips to create eLearning courses for modern learners that will convince them to stay focused, absorb the information, and get the most out of their eLearning experience.

by Harman Singh

Custom eLearning

November 30, 2015

7 Tips To Create Personal Learning Paths In eLearning

No matter what the subject matter might be or the background of your target audience, learning should be a personal endeavor. But how do you offer your online learners the key takeaways and fulfill goals and objectives while still catering to their individual needs and wants, especially if you have a large audience? In this article, I will explore how to create personal learning paths, and I’ll share 7 tips that can help you integrate personal learning paths into your eLearning course design.

by Christopher Pappas