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eLearning Design and Development

July 27, 2014

Approaching eLearning Assessment Design Like eLearning Content Design

In some parts of the world, teachers of young kids are instructed not to mark answers with red ink. Why? Because the psychological fear of being wrong (and marked in red) inhibits a child’s learning. Do our eLearning assessments end up marking our adult learners in red?

by Garima Gupta

Game-Based Learning

July 26, 2014

Gamification Is The New Corporate Performance Management

Corporate Performance Management is great for motivating managers. Gamification can do the same for employees. Employees are Often Left with No CPM. Gamification implementation emulates successfully a CPM.

by Gal Rimon

eLearning Design and Development

July 25, 2014

eLearning Responsive Design Isn’t Responsive to Your Solutions

As an eLearning designer, making your eLearning content responsive across devices shouldn’t be a main concern; rather creating optimal learning or performance experiences should be your focus. This article talks about mobile use cases and how this will help you create these optimal eLearning experiences.

by Steven Loomis

eLearning Trends

July 24, 2014

Big Data in eLearning: The Future of eLearning Industry

In this article I will focus on big data in eLearning, the unique advantages big data can offer to eLearning professionals, and how big data will impact the future of eLearning industry.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Authoring Tools

July 23, 2014 | Sponsored

Super 7 Tips To Create Responsive Courses with Adobe Captivate 8

With tons of devices in varied screen sizes being used by the trainees and employees, there is a dire need to make the content available on different devices. Thankfully Adobe Captivate 8 allows you to create responsive eLearning courses that can fit perfectly in different device sizes in both horizontal and vertical orientations.

by Dr. Pooja Jaisingh

Instructional Design

July 23, 2014

Becoming an Instructional Designer - Networking and Portfolios

This article is the last in a series about becoming an Instructional Designer. Check it out and learn about the value of Instructional Design networking and Instructional Design portfolios.

by Marina Arshavskiy

Learning Management Systems

July 22, 2014

Gamified Learning Management System: An Upcoming Motivation Strategy

Gamification has proven to be a successful motivation strategy – if done the way the learners want! So, how Learners would like to use their Gamified Learning Management System.

by John Laskaris

eLearning Market

July 22, 2014

The Rise of Competency-Based Education

Higher education is currently experiencing what is arguably the most extreme period of change of its entire history. Although over the past centuries, higher education has progressively become available to larger numbers of people, what goes on in the classroom has largely remained the same. Professors stand in front of classrooms and give lectures, sometimes to hundreds or even thousands of students, who are expected to absorb it all and then apply their knowledge to writing papers and taking tests.

by Sameer Bhatia

Instructional Design

July 21, 2014

Suite of Online Instructional Design modules to bridge the gap between "Theory" and "Application"

Suite of Online Instructional Design modules to bridge the gap between "Theory" and "Application" - The journey of creating a suite of courses dedicated to best practices in Instructional Design.

by Asha Pandey

eLearning Design and Development

July 21, 2014

5 Tips for Designing E-learning for Adults with Low Education Levels

When designing e-learning for adult learner populations with low education levels, it’s essential to consider all the instructional design and multimedia elements, and how they work together to support this unique audience’s learning. Here we have compiled five tips from a recent project to help you create effective e-learning courses for ESL and similar learners.

by Catherine Davis

eLearning Market

July 19, 2014

5 Tips And Resources an eLearning Freelancer With No Experience Should Know

In this article I'll offer insight into how you can start eLearning freelancing with no prior experience. From building a portfolio to landing your first job, I'll share a number of eLearning Freelancing tips that can help you to achieve success when starting out on your own as a new eLearning Freelancer.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

July 17, 2014

Using The Employee Engagement Funnel and Gamification For Business Transformation

Gamification should take center stage in driving the employee engagement funnel. Gamification is going through a process that is making it richer and better suited to make sustainable change in enterprises. This new era of enterprise gamification goes beyond badges and leaderboards and using compelling game mechanics such as narratives. This is a first post of three on the employee engagement funnel. The next posts will discuss gamifying lead generation program and how to optimize the transition inside the funnel.

by Gal Rimon