Articles

Game-Based Learning

August 29, 2014

Gamification: Engage Your Learners and Boost Return on Investment

The goal of any L&D plan is to secure return on investment. Yet training roll-outs only tend to focus on the 10% of learning which is gained through ‘formal’ training, meaning 90% of the investment is lost. Here’s how gamification can help to solve the problem and boost ROI across the board.

by Juliette Denny

eLearning Design and Development

August 29, 2014

Why, What and How To Move To Online Courses

As K-12 and university institutions and school districts shift to an online strategy, an important question is to ask, which courses should be online, face-to-face or blended? Universities, school districts and educational institutions in general often wrestle with which courses should be online and which face-to-face (F2F). This article offers three considerations to help universities and learning institutions think through this decision.

by Mary Burns

Corporate eLearning

August 28, 2014

How and Why: Motivating Adult Learners

“I’m too old to be doing that.” “Technology is for those young college kids.” “I’m not in school anymore, so why do I need to take that online course?” Sound familiar? Adult learners can be reluctant to get started with e-Learning, but that doesn’t mean you can’t engage them. You just need a few tricks up your sleeve!

by Stephanie Ivec

eLearning Software

August 28, 2014

An Introduction To Tin Can API

If you've been moving around the eLearning space lately you've probably seen reference to the Tin Can API, usually within the context mobile learning. I didn't really know what it was or why it might be valuable to an organization, so I decided to find out. Here's what I learned. Hopefully this will give some good basic insight into a trend that may become a huge part of eLearning over the next decade.

by Andrew Winner

eLearning Design and Development

August 28, 2014

5 eLearning Websites to Revisit Before School Year

The new school year is nearly here, and it's a fair bet that you've forgotten most of what you were taught. All that summer fun has a tendency of pushing school right out of your head! Thankfully, with the advent of eLearning websites, it's easy to refresh your memory and brush up on all of those skills that you'll need to be successful in the coming year.

by Adam Fort

Mobile Learning

August 27, 2014

Mobile Learning meets E-Memory

Studies suggest that access to the limitless information on the internet has changed the way our memories work. Researcher Robert Clowes argues that we now have two memory systems: an old system – our brains – and a newer system he calls E-Memory. If E-Memory is indeed the direction in which our memories are evolving, Mobile Learning is critical to effective talent development!

by Stephen Meyer

eLearning Benefits

August 27, 2014

eLearning Challenges and Opportunities

As with many things in life, elearning has its benefits and drawbacks, but in this case it’s extremely important to perform a careful analysis as the future of your company or training program and a lot of money is at stake. Take a look at these elearning challenges and opportunities!

by Dario De Angelis

Instructional Design

August 26, 2014

How to Be a Successful Freelance Virtual Instructional Designer: Part 2

Whether this is your first rodeo as a freelance virtual instructional designer, or you’ve been in the industry for a while, we’ve got some valuable tips on how to master your craft. In part 2 of this series, SweetRush’s instructional design team lead Catherine Davis shares seven best practices for how to conduct yourself once you’ve landed a project.

by Catherine Davis

Virtual Training

August 25, 2014

6 Tips To Use Google Hangouts For Synchronous Learning

There are a variety of advantages associated with synchronous learning, such as increased collaboration and immediate feedback for learners, just to mention a few. To get all of the benefits you have to know which eLearning tools will help you enhance your synchronous learning strategy. In this article, I will share 6 Google Hangouts Tips for synchronous learning that will help you utilize all of the features that Google Hangouts has to offer you.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Market

August 24, 2014

5 Tips To Market Yourself As An eLearning Professional

In this article I will share some invaluable tips and techniques for how to market yourself as an eLearning professional, so that you can get the word out about your top-notch eLearning services and attract the clients and projects that you really want!

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Management Systems

August 23, 2014

Mad At Moodle? 5 Tips for Moodle Novices

So, your school, college, company decided they need eLearning on Moodle, and you were put in charge. How difficult can that be? Or, maybe you found yourself in a job role where working with Moodle is your first introduction to eLearning, and you are struggling with the user-unfriendliness of this popular LMS? If you find yourself creating courses in Moodle, here are the key five pointers to keep in mind.

by Garima Gupta

Simulation and Scenario-Based Learning

August 22, 2014

7 Tips To Integrate Storytelling Into Your Next eLearning Course

This article will help you integrate storytelling in your eLearning design and development process in order to create a highly effective and engaging eLearning experiences for your learners.

by Christopher Pappas