Articles

eLearning Design and Development

September 6, 2015

4 Mistakes Creating an eLearning Course

If an eLearning course doesn’t truly engage the self-motivated student, you’ll have a failure on your hands. Many of us think the transition of live workshop courseware to eLearning is as easy as recording an existing PowerPoint as a movie for viewing on a LMS website. I made plenty of mistakes attempting to create a self-study course directly from a traditional, live classroom course. It is easy to underestimate the courseware preparation and content differences between eLearning and traditional classroom learning.

by Ken Whitaker

eLearning Design and Development

September 5, 2015

4 eLearning Course Evaluation Strategies To Receive Valuable Feedback

Giving feedback in eLearning is one thing; but how to solicit it in order to gather valuable information about the effectiveness of your eLearning course? In this article, I''ll share 4 eLearning course evaluation strategies to receive valuable feedback so that you will be able to know exactly what is right or wrong with your eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

Educational Technology

September 5, 2015

5 Pillars Of Online Teaching And 40 Smart Apps And Tools To Make Your Life Easier As An Online Educator

In this article I will identify 5 pillars of the online teaching business and share 40 smart apps and tools to help strengthen each pillar. Each pillar will then strengthen the others, so that each aspect of the business becomes its own powerful hub of productivity, in and of itself, as well as beyond itself.

by Sylvia Guinan

Game-Based Learning

September 4, 2015

23 Effective Uses Of Gamification In Learning: Part 2

This is the second part of my article that shares 23 powerful uses of gamification in learning to show you how gamification can reshape learning and make the learning experience refreshingly appealing.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Market

September 4, 2015

Top 5 Things You Need To Do When Starting Your eLearning Job Search

Starting your first eLearning job search is like entering into a new phase of your life. Here are the top 5 things you need to do in a proactive job search.

by Swati Srivastava

Blended Learning

September 4, 2015

Blended Learning ≠ eLearning Course + Workshop

Blended learning could be a very powerful approach to building competencies. I see, however, a major problem - many of educators still understand it as a simple conglomerate of an eLearning course, used as a pre-work or post-work, with traditional training. In this post I will discuss this issue and present an example of an excellent blended learning process.

by Marek Hyla

eLearning Market

September 3, 2015

6 Tips To Price Your eLearning Courses

Content development, target audience research, and marketing are usually regarded as the most important elements of developing a successful eLearning course. Figuring out the perfect price point of the eLearning course belongs at the top of the list. In this article, I’ll go over 6 top tips on how to price your eLearning courses to sell.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Articles

September 3, 2015

Humanitarian eLearning: Helping Humanitarian Organizations Save Lives

Does eLearning have a crucial role to play in humanitarian organizations? The World Health organization (WHO) seems to think so. Earlier this year, the WHO published a report stating that eLearning could be the key to solving the current global shortfall of 7.2 million healthcare workers, particularly in developing countries where the need for healthcare workers is the greatest. But healthcare is just one very specific area where eLearning can further humanitarian causes – what else does humanitarian eLearning have to offer?

by Chris Barnes

Instructional Design

September 3, 2015

Getting To Know ADDIE: Part 3 - Development

The development’s stage involves having the format and the plan of the course approved by the higher-ups/clients and getting the Instructional Designers engaged with it. The Instructional Designers will be using content authoring tools to bring the concepts and ideas laid out in the course plan to life. This is where the storyboards, sketches, and detailed descriptions of various course elements you created during the Design stage will come in handy.

by Michael Treser

eLearning Authoring Tools

September 2, 2015

The Insider's Guide To Authoring Tools Pricing Models

The key to developing a successful eLearning experience is using every tool at your disposal. But first, you have to know what those tools are and what resources they'll require. If you're trying to build up your eLearning toolbox, then you are in the right place. Below I'll explore the authoring tools pricing models for both installed self-hosted and cloud-based solutions that you might want to consider.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Project Management

September 2, 2015

20 Questions To Ask When Taking A Brief For An eLearning Project

As a learning professional, it’s absolutely vital when you’re taking a brief from an eLearning project sponsor that you ask the right questions and are persistent in making sure you get a clear and satisfactory answer. Here’s my list of essential questions.

by Clive Shepherd

Corporate eLearning

September 2, 2015

Is eLearning Ageist?

We live in a world where being young is seen as a positive bonus in itself and seems to be a prerequisite for entry to, and advancement in, many industries today. This is particularly true in computer and hi tech industries, but is rapidly spreading to other traditional industries too. While the world is in a tizzy spin trying to “catch ‘em young”, I wonder about the eLearning Industry’s take on catering to the not-so-young.

by Heera Edwin