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Learning Management Systems

September 17, 2015

Yawn-Proof eLearning: 6 Learning Management System Tips To Keep The Boring Stuff Interesting

Remember college or high school? Remember that one course that was just hell on earth? The one where, even if you’d replace all of your blood with pure caffeine, you’d still find yourself nodding off? We do, and it’s part of the reason why we do what we do now. Here are 7 tips to help you choose the right Learning Management System for creating exciting eLearning courses.

by Gilles Mattelin (Hiring)

eLearning Market

September 17, 2015

How Do You Educate Institutionalized Educators About Online Learning In China?

Online learning is increasingly becoming popular in China. This fast growing trend is leaving a lot of local Chinese teachers in the dark. With the start of a new academic year this month, how do you explain online learning technology to a traditional “brick-and-mortar” teacher?

by Aristotle Domingo, CTDP, LSSGB

Learning Management Systems

September 16, 2015

Let’s Integrate: Mingling Like The Best Of Them With TalentLMS

Integration has become one of the main criteria for any business to choose any kind of software; and TalentLMS excels at it. From the easy stuff, SSO and other login options, to a robust API that can link to pretty much anything, there is plenty to learn about the integration option. Come along, let’s check it out.

by John Laskaris

eLearning Design and Development

September 16, 2015

6 Ways To Give Constructive Feedback In eLearning

It is our job to help our audiences through their learning experiences, and lack of feedback is one of the most effective ways to sabotage this process. In this article, I'll share 6 ways to give constructive feedback in eLearning in order to ensure that your learners get the attention they deserve.

by Christopher Pappas

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

September 16, 2015

Learning Communities As A Vital eLearning Component

People are social animals. In every single day, in relation to various professional or non-professional activities, we enter to and exit from various communities. Sometimes such a community lives for a very short time, like 10 or 15 minutes (eg. group of people waiting to the dentist). Sometimes, however, we become members of communities of much longer time of living and of much bigger learning power. These are the learning communities.

by Marek Hyla

Instructor-Led Training

September 16, 2015

Evaluating eLearning Teachers: Boosting Performance And Engagement, Remotely

Evaluating eLearning teachers, i.e. instructor performance, is already a big job, but doing so remotely (and effectively) adds a new set of challenges - unless, of course, you turn those challenges into advantages.

by Todd Whitlock

eLearning Project Management

September 15, 2015

Working With Subject Matter Experts: The Ultimate Guide

Relationships are a key to success and, during your eLearning course development one of the most challenging relationships you will ever have will be with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). In this article, I'll share some information about how to work closely with Subject Matter Experts, build a respectful working relationship with them, and facilitate your eLearning design and development process.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructor-Led Training

September 15, 2015

eLearning Solutions For Successfully Extending Learning Networks: An Impactful and Effective Case

While it is easy to create eLearning opportunities within the organization, reaching out to external partners is often a daunting challenge. While most organizations try to arrange eLearning solutions and instructor-led training sessions for their external partners on a regular basis, this approach often falters on many levels. Creating Learning Management System based solutions to deliver extended learning can be beneficial for learners as well as the organization as a whole.

by Heena Nanda

Educational Technology

September 15, 2015

Hacking The Learning Curve With Apple Watch

School’s out. With the abundance of online learning providers, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), online universities, and so on, it’s clear that learning is no longer confined to the classroom. Despite our incessant demands for convenience, however, learning still takes time. For this, we have our old friend the learning curve to thank.

by Thomas Oliver Holl

Corporate eLearning

September 15, 2015

8 Tips To Convert Flash To HTML5 That Will Help Your Business

Particularly over the last 4+ years, most organizations have evaluated mobile learning solutions integrating tablets and smartphones into their learning delivery. Mobile learning solutions are based on HTML5 technology. While it is fairly straightforward to create new courses using HTML5 that are mobile ready, there are several aspects that you need to watch out for when converting Flash to HMTL5.

by Asha Pandey

Educational Technology

September 14, 2015

8 Important Reasons Why YouTube Should Be Part Of Your eLearning Course

YouTube is not only the kingdom of digital entertainment but it can also be a great environment for learning. In this article, I'll share 8 important reasons why you should use YouTube in eLearning and I'll explain how making it part of your eLearning course can truly benefit your eLearning audience.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

September 14, 2015

10 Big Mistakes In eLearning Design And Development To Avoid

73.6 percent of technology-delivered training at the Fortune 500 firms comes through online methods (workforce.com). Out of the $200 billion Corporate Training industry, $56.2 billion is represented by eLearning (Global Industry Analysts). Online courses emerged in the 80’s and since then eLearning has been radically changing the training industry. While the eLearning industry is experiencing rapid evolution and organizations have seen massive cost and time saving through it, there are still issues like learner boredom, lack of interactions, lack of relevance, and inadequate real-world problem solving. How can you make sure that you don’t face these challenges during the design and development process of your eLearning courses? Read on to find out which mistakes in eLearning design and development you should avoid.

by Anand Timothy