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eLearning Authoring Tools

November 12, 2015

Top 6 Practices For Rapid eLearning Tools

These are the most useful practices for using rapid eLearning tools which allow students to access them quickly and achieve success in education.

by Katherine Brunt

Learning Management Systems

November 11, 2015

TalentLMS Review: Create Online Courses On A Cloud Based LMS

TalentLMS is known for its easy-to-use platform that is custom tailored for rapid eLearning development. But is it really “the fastest path to awesome learning” that it claims to be? If you’re looking for an honest review of TalentLMS’ features, pricing, usability, and support, then you’ve come to the right place. In this article, I’ll delve into the standouts of the TalentLMS learning management system, and offer insight into whether it’s truly worth your investment.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

November 11, 2015

Audience Analysis: Human Resources Is Your Friend

If you don't have the time or money for formal audience analysis, there's a group of people in your company that can help: Human Resources. They know the people and they know the business.

by Ben Butina, Ph.D.

Corporate eLearning

November 11, 2015

Why Do We Still Bulk Buy eLearning Courses?

The way that companies buy off the shelf eLearning is changing. A new generation of online operators like Learndirect’s eCourses offer, Course-Source.net, Lynda.com, and eLearning Marketplace (to name a few) are offering various viable alternatives to the traditional “site license” that’s dominated eLearning procurement so far. So what should we expect as the industry’s new online buying models go mainstream?

by Tony Small

Virtual Classroom

November 10, 2015

Top 10 Video Conferencing Systems For eLearning Professionals

Whether you need to collaborate with members of your eLearning team, host interactive virtual events, or offer your learners a way to communicate with online instructors or peers, a video conferencing system is the ideal solution. In this article, I’ll highlight the top 10 Video Conferencing Systems that you may want to consider.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

November 10, 2015

How To Boost Your Workforce Performance With Interactive PDFs And eBooks

As heads of organizations and heads of Learning and Development departments, we are on a constant lookout for measures that can positively impact our employees' performance. There are many approaches that can be adopted to bring in performance gain. In this article, I will outline how to boost your workforce performance with interactive PDFs and eBooks (when used as Performance Support Tools or PSTs).

by Asha Pandey

Corporate eLearning

November 10, 2015

Top 5 Tips To Motivate Employees

How do you motivate employees to complete online training? Here are 5 top tips from PulseLearning to help motivate employees to complete eLearning courses.

by Ashley Casey

eLearning Authoring Tools

November 9, 2015

Adobe Captivate 9 Review: Create Amazing Responsive eLearning Courses!

A rapid eLearning authoring tool that offers responsive design AND an affordable monthly fee. Is this too good to be true? In this article, I’ll review Adobe Captivate 9 so that you can determine if you really are able to “create any kind of eLearning end-to-end. For any device” or if you may want to look elsewhere for your next all-in-one eLearning authoring tool.

by Christopher Pappas

Mobile Learning

November 9, 2015

3 Best Practices For mLearning Development

It’s a brave new mobile world out there; but are you developing the best mLearning you could be? If you’re not following these best practices, your mLearning course might be disappointing or disengaging your learners.

by Stephanie Ivec

Mobile Learning

November 9, 2015

Evaluating Mobile Learning: 4 Ways To Measure The Effectiveness Of Mobile Learning

A big part of learning is evaluation, to ascertain the impact of learning. Although there are some tried and tested methods for evaluation of technology-aided learning, there are no such existing comprehensive frameworks for evaluating mobile learning endeavors. This is because there is a relatively new and lesser number of learning managers or learners who have experience of learning through mobile devices.

by Heena Nanda

eLearning Design and Development

November 8, 2015

6 Tips To Apply The Goldilocks Principle In eLearning

eLearning courses that are too difficult may frustrate and overwhelm learners, while those that are too easy often lead to boredom? So, how do you strike the perfect balance and achieve the ideal level of challenge? In this article, I’ll explore 6 tips for applying the Goldilocks Principle in eLearning.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

November 8, 2015

6 Simple Tricks To Make Your eLearning Course Stand Out

eLearning is a dramatically expanding industry and way too many eLearning courses are pumping into the market every day. But many of the eLearning courses are poorly made. A good eLearning course is all about providing a good user experience and the right content. Here are 6 easy ways to make your eLearning course stand out and create a rockstar learning experience.

by Utkarsh Talwar