Articles

Virtual Classroom

September 18, 2014

Webinar vs Virtual Classroom – Lecture vs Learning

At the following article you will find 3 tips that will help you go from Webinar to Virtual Classroom in order to engage and delight your audience.

by Grant Williams

eLearning Design and Development

September 17, 2014

What You Should Know About Software Training

In this article, I will present the basics of software training. To illustrate, I will walk you through different stages of software training development and most importantly I will discuss how knowledge is effectively transferred during these stages.  

by Sukumari P

eLearning Design and Development

September 17, 2014

Creating Context in Product eLearning Design

There have been numerous articles written about the importance of creating context in your e-Learning design. In this article I will show a few examples of how I successfully created context in e-Learning designed for clients using our payroll software. This approach has received rave reviews and the clients feel confident after this training – all the necessary ingredients for a winning recipe. It is a privilege to share my lessons learnt and I hope it is of great value to others!

by Celeste Mulder

eLearning Authoring Tools

September 17, 2014

Articulate Storyline 2 Review: An E-learning Authoring Tool Evolves

Hot on the heels of the Articulate Storyline 2 release, Misha Milshtein, SweetRush Director of Technology, highlights some of the new features that designers and developers will want to know about this e-learning authoring tool.

by Misha Milshtein

Corporate eLearning

September 16, 2014

Top 10 Tips To Create a Corporate Learning Community of Practice

This article features top 10 tips that will help any organization create a corporate learning community of practice to improve performance and encourage innovative thinking through collaboration and expertise sharing.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

September 16, 2014

eLearning Strategies: Creating Employee Development Training

In the competitive job-market today, organizations have to constantly strive to provide training and learning opportunities – not only to enhance their skills but also to provide opportunities for growth. The more an employee is ‘engaged’ in the workplace, the more he or she will be able to perform. Employee development trainings are important in the corporate scenario to help employees perform and extract the best out of their work environment.

by Heena Nanda

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

September 16, 2014

How To Use Twitter As A Learning Tool

In a previous article I described 5 reasons why I chose to use Twitter as a learning tool in a distance university course. This post will go into more details as how I incorporated Twitter into the course design as a learning tool.

by Lorraine Minister

Educational Technology

September 15, 2014

7 Tips To Use Google Calendar in eLearning

In this article I will dive into the many ways that you can utilize Google Calendar in eLearning. The article also includes valuable and simple tips and tricks that will help you to integrate this great tool into your eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Resources

September 14, 2014

eLearning Books - The Ultimate List (2017 Update)

This article highlights 74 eLearning books from the industry's top experts. The insight and advice offered by experienced eLearning professionals give you the opportunity to create winning deliverables for both private and professional learning audiences.

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Management Systems

September 12, 2014

10 Tips To Create a Winning LMS RFP

In this article, I'll share 10 tips that can help you create a winning LMS Request for Proposal (RFP). Whether you're developing an LMS RFP for a private company or for a public organization, these tips and strategies can give you the opportunity to make the task as simple, straightforward, and stress free as possible.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

September 12, 2014

ELearning Development - The Agile Way!

Since the word "eLearning" was first used at a Computer Based Training (CBT) systems seminar back in 1999, a number of structured design methodologies (ADDIE, SAM) have been used to develop eLearning content. As far as methodologies go, you will be hard pressed to find two eLearning project managers (PMs) who agree upon which methodology is "right" and which is "wrong". The fact is that many of those "iterative" models, where content is developed using a cycle of repeated processes, have proved immensely resilient over the years in projects that produced high-quality content. However, now, there is a new kid in town. "Agile" (has been around for several years!), and eLearning sponsors and PM's are taking notice of it!

by Marina Arshavskiy

eLearning Design and Development

September 11, 2014

Is Responsive Design Right for Your e-Learning Course?

What is responsive design? This type of design describes when onscreen content automatically changes layout in response to the size of the screen it’s being displayed on. The idea is to provide an optimal viewing experience with easy reading and navigation. That means a minimum of resizing, panning and scrolling no matter what device you are using. Many websites have been doing this for quite some time—try looking at The New York Times, IKEA or Lectora on your phone. But should you be creating responsive design e-Learning?

by Stephanie Ivec