Articles

eLearning Design and Development

May 8, 2014

Before You Publish: Your e-Learning Checklist

This is it: the culmination of weeks of planning, development and design. You’re about to publish your e-Learning. All you need to do is click that button, and you’re done. But wait! It can be so easy at the end of a project to skip important last-minute checks.

by Stephanie Ivec

Learning Psychology

May 8, 2014

6 Scientifically Proven Brain Facts That eLearning Professionals Should Know

In this article, I will share some scientifically proven brain facts that you'll want to take into consideration before creating your next eLearning course. Keeping these interesting brain facts on hand may allow you to develop eLearning courses that offer the most value and benefit to the learner, given that you'll have a more comprehensive understanding of the inner works of the brain.

by Christopher Pappas

Blended Learning

May 8, 2014

eLearning Trends: Blended Learning 2.0

Organizations globally are recognizing that blending different training types is the most effective and cost efficient way to improve performance. But what does the blended learning look like in 2014?

by John O Brien

Corporate eLearning

May 7, 2014

6 Tips To Effectively Evaluate Your Corporate eLearning Strategy

This article will delve into some helpful and effective tips to evaluate a corporate eLearning strategy, so that you can determine if your current plan is offering the best possible return on investment.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

May 6, 2014

How To Choose The Right Instructional Design Bachelor Program

In this article, I'll delve into the significant factors you need to consider prior selecting the right Instructional Design bachelor degree program. At the same time, I will highlight some of the Top Instructional Design Bachelor degree schools that you may want to think carefully about during your search.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

May 5, 2014

7 Tips To Choose Multimedia For Your eLearning Course

In this article I will discuss the basics of selecting the multimedia that will draw in the learners and will provide them with the best possible eLearning experience, without taking away any from the value of the core content itself. I will share 7 eLearning tips on how to use the ideal multimedia tools, so that you can make an aesthetically pleasing, high quality eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

May 4, 2014

Achieving Worthy Performance in Healthcare Instructional Design

Do you want to design instruction that turns typical employee performance into exemplary performance? Then read on.

by Sheila D. McCray

eLearning Design and Development

May 3, 2014

5 Ways To Leverage Visual Design For Better eLearning

Myth: visuals are just decoration and don’t really impact learning. Fact: aesthetics have not only been proven to improve usability, but also to increase learning gains. Of course, this will depend on how well your visuals are designed... 

by Dorian Peters

eLearning Market

May 2, 2014

7 Steps To Become An Instructional Designer

In this article, I will offer you an analysis of the steps you should follow to become an Instructional Designer, regardless of whether you are entering into the private education or corporate training sector. From familiarizing yourself with Instructional Design Models and Theories to choosing your Instructional Design niche, I will provide you with essential matters you need to know prior entering into the new and always exciting field of Instructional Design.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Concepts

May 1, 2014

Why Matching Informal and Formal Learning Is in Style

Informal learning is in style—but does that mean that formal learning is so last season? Absolutely not! Recently, e-Learning professionals have been seeing how sharp informal and formal learning look together. The rise of informal learning is not a replacement for formal training; rather, the two have an interdependent relationship.

by Christie Wroten

eLearning Design and Development

May 1, 2014

6 Ways To Build Atmosphere and Emotion in your eLearning Theme

To make your eLearning theme come to life you need to build atmosphere and emotion into it. There are many ways in which you can do this to make a memorable eLearning experience.

by Lorraine Minister

Microlearning

April 30, 2014

Tracking Microlearning with Tin Can API

Learning analytics is one of the holy grails of today’s eLearning industry. It is a part of the Internet mainstream called big-data and Tin Can API or xAPI, as a relativity new technical standard, is introducing this mainstream to online learning. With this article I’ll share some thoughts on how microlearning and Tin Can API might be the key factors of the future learning.

by Tadej Stanic