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Mobile Learning

January 18, 2016

5 Things Modern Learners Love About Game-Based Mobile Learning

As eLearning developers, our main focus has to be on the ways that learners can be best engaged. Game-based mobile learning has been immensely successful in corporate circles as well, to create impactful learning opportunities for employees. Now learning games are available on learners’ mobile devices as well and this takes their popularity on a whole new level.

by Heena Nanda

eLearning Project Management

January 17, 2016

Top 6 Skills Of An Outstanding eLearning Project Manager

There is no other way to perceive the eLearning Design & Development process, but as a project, that is, as specific stages and actions to be planed and followed given strict budget constraints, delivery deadlines and limited available resources. In this article, I will examine eLearning from a Project Management’s perspective and I will identify the top 6 qualities an outstanding eLearning Project Manager should have in order to manage the eLearning team and be able to provide excellent eLearning deliverables to the client.

by Marisa Keramida (M.Ed.)

Corporate eLearning

January 17, 2016

3 Ways To Test And Improve Online Training

In today’s competitive online training landscape, it’s essential that you listen to learners and consistently find ways to test online training and improve learning experiences. Let’s look at 3 areas in which you can focus your efforts: Quality assurance testing, acceptance testing, and engagement analytics.

by Li Whybrow

eLearning Articles

January 17, 2016

Distance Learning: Still A Distant Possibility?

Distance from last bench to teacher in a huge class in Africa is the same as the distance between that student and a professor teaching a class at MIT in the virtual world. The entire construct of learning and distance learning has been undergoing a change thanks largely to the ever lowering cost of connectivity and access to the internet. There has been more innovation in the distributed education space in the last 10 years than in the convention classroom delivery model in the past 300 years.

by Samiran Ghosh

Corporate eLearning

January 16, 2016

5 Training Resolutions For 2016

We start the year with the best of intentions, but resolutions are difficult to keep when life gets in the way. But 2016 can be different with specific, achievable resolutions and mechanisms to track your progress. Here are 5 training resolutions that our team at Versal came up with to make 2016 the best training year ever.

by Carlos Cuadra

eLearning Design and Development

January 16, 2016

Simplify eLearning Content Development With Visual Feedback

Subject expertise, design, development, delivery, oh my! That looks like a job for a lot of people. In my previous article, I talked about why an eLearning course review is essential. In this one, I’ll focus on content development teams and introduce you to a platform where you can collaborate with your team to review your courses during the production phase itself and deliver better products faster by simplifying content development with visual feedback.

by Utkarsh Talwar

eLearning Software

January 16, 2016

Enterprises Investing Billions In Business Security

Enterprises invest huge money, efforts, time, and energy to compete in the race, but forget to implement basic security measures. And when these businesses suffer from cyber attacks and security breaches, they close down. Nonetheless, you could somehow manage to recover from cyber exploits and other failure issues, but it’s unworkable when customer’s data are at risk. These inevitable issues bring business security to the forefront so much so that even the topmost companies continue to invest millions and billions.

by Vaishnavi Agrawal

Instructional Design

January 15, 2016

7 Tips To Engage And Inspire Modern Learners In eLearning

Modern learners can adeptly navigate the virtual landscape. They are on-the-go, and demand that their eLearning go along with them. But how can you design an eLearning course that keeps up with the ever-evolving needs of modern learners? In this article, I’ll show you not only how to instruct the tech-savvy learners of today, but also how to inspire and engage them.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Market

January 15, 2016

Choosing An eCommerce Platform For eLearning: 30 Questions To Ask

If you sell your courses to customers, choosing an eCommerce platform is a case of balancing your budget with the features you genuinely need. It’s a good idea to think forward and anticipate problems before they arise, assess what your eCommerce needs will be, and how the system will scale as your business grows.

by David Hill

Learning Management Systems

January 15, 2016

Why Learner Analytics And Reporting Vs Traditional Report Cards?

End of academic year learner results are no longer a relevant metric for the 5 and growing list of interested parties who now support the learners. These 5 parties demand and now can have access to their learner’s academic path data of which they feel is much more important than the actual final academic scores achieved. One award winning education analytics company has been leading the way in easy-to-use learner analytics and report tools for Moodle and integration of third party add-ons.

by Enoch Kimmel

eLearning Design and Development

January 14, 2016

5 Tips To Choose And Use Style Guides In eLearning

Authors and journalists aren’t the only ones who need to know about style guides. In fact, every eLearning professional who creates written online content for their eLearning courses should learn as much as possible about these standards. In this article, I will share 5 tips on how to choose and use style guides in eLearning.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

January 14, 2016

Low-Cost Gamification For Adult Learners

Gamification is the process of changing the dynamics of any activity by incorporating several game elements. This technique has gained popularity in various fields because of its effectiveness in increasing productivity, speed, and learning. The field of eLearning also tapped into the use of gamification to enhance the efficacy of eLearning courses and materials. However, not all companies have extra money to spend on gamification features, which can get very expensive. In this article, I will discuss some ways Instructional Designers can use low-cost gamification for their eLearning courses.

by Marina Arshavskiy