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eLearning Market

June 17, 2015

12 Top Qualities That Shape A Successful eLearning Freelancer

Becoming an eLearning freelancer may not be the easiest career path, but it can be one of the most rewarding ones, as eLearning freelancers have to take on many roles throughout a typical work day. Part marketers, part graphic designers, and part subject matter experts, certain qualities are required to successfully wear the many hats that are included in the job description. If you’re thinking about starting out on your own in the eLearning industry, read this article to find out 12 top qualities that shape a successful eLearning freelancer.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

June 17, 2015

Adapting Your Onboarding With Diversity

The workday is busy enough as it is, and many people use standardization and routine as a way of making their seemingly endless to-do lists more manageable. While this is a great technique for many tasks, standardization in onboarding fails to make use of the inherent diversity each worker brings to the table.

by Max Yoder

Corporate eLearning

June 17, 2015

"These eLearning Courses Are So Dang Boring”

If this is what you hear your learners' say about your Corporate eLearning courses you are probably not alone and you shouldn't be surprised either.

by Girish Vishwanath C

Game-Based Learning

June 17, 2015 | Sponsored

Top 6 Benefits Of Gamification In eLearning

Gamification in eLearning helps create an effective learning system that enables learners to rehearse real-life scenarios and challenges in a safe environment. In this article, I will walk you through some of the benefits of Gamification for learners and how the experience of learning (recall and retention) can be enhanced through Gamification.

by Asha Pandey

eLearning Market

June 16, 2015

The Top Gamification Statistics And Facts For 2015 You Need To Know

The eLearning industry is changing, which means that it's time to reflect and look forward to what the future holds for the world of eLearning. In this article, I’ll share some important Gamification Statistics and Facts for 2015. These statistics and facts depict the significant changes in the gamification market, learners’ preferences, and gamification effectiveness on adult learning, that all eLearning professionals should know.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Authoring Tools

June 16, 2015

eLearning Software Tools: Develop Faster With These 8 Tools

Are you looking for software tools that speed up the development of eLearning? In this post, I will take you through the tools I love to use to quickly author more effective courses.

by Li Whybrow

eLearning Design and Development

June 16, 2015

4 Tips For Designing Captivating eLearning

The development of informative yet engaging and captivating eLearning can sometimes be a tricky balancing act. Read our top 4 tips below to find out how you can add that extra punch to your course and create a captivating eLearning experience.

by Tamar Elderton-Welch

eLearning Design and Development

June 15, 2015

Effective eLearning Navigation: 5 Key Principles!

Well designed eLearning navigation is crucial for the success of your eLearning course. In this article, I’ll share 5 key principles to consider when designing navigation for your eLearning course, so that you can offer your audience the best possible eLearning experience.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

June 15, 2015

2 Top Tips To Make Compliance Training Fun Through Gamification

Each year you can hear the cries of thousands of employees saying: “Oh, no, please tell me it isn’t time to do that boring compliance training again!” What’s an Instructional Designer to do when it comes to building more compliance training? We all know that no one likes to take it; but it has to be done. So how do we design compliance training that employees actually want to take? We think outside the box and gamify it.

by Melissa Dougherty

eLearning Design and Development

June 15, 2015

Flow In eLearning: How To Create A Flow In An eLearning Course?

To be honest - I will not answer to the question posed in the topic. The longer I think about it the stronger I see that I don't have “5 golden rules to create a flow in an eLearning course”. I hope, however, to provide you some food for thought - some directions which could help to find ways of creating flow in eLearning and building heavily engaging eLearning courses.

by Marek Hyla

Corporate eLearning

June 14, 2015

8 Tips To Create A Successful Employee Online Training Orientation Program

How can you make your new employees feel welcome, inspired, and proud to be starting a career in your company? In this article, I’ll share 8 top tips to create a successful employee online training orientation program in order to help you not only fully cover all important issues and considerations during the orientation process, but also make your newly hired staff feel lucky they work for your organization.

by Christopher Pappas

Educational Technology

June 14, 2015

The 7 e-Affordances In eLearning

An online course should provide a rich learning experience for all learners. Do you use technology to simulate traditional teaching and learning practice or do you do more with it? In fact, educational technologies should make it easier to incorporate activities that may not have been possible before. How do you do this? This is when thinking about the seven e-affordances can help you create that.

by Caterina Mastroianni