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eLearning Design and Development

September 3, 2014

Top 10 Tips To Create Effective eLearning Presentations and Slideshows

In this article I'll share the top 10 tips that will help you to effectively create eLearning presentations and slideshows. The following simple and straightforward tips will offer you advice on how to take your eLearning presentations and slideshows to the next level, even if you haven't had much experience working with eLearning presentations in the past.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

September 2, 2014

Pre-boarding - The Vital Precursor to Onboarding

Organizations should put as much focus on “Pre-boarding” as they do on “Onboarding”. At the following article you will find out Why Pre-boarding is just as important as Onboarding when it comes to reducing staff attrition and time to effectiveness of new starters.

by Grant Williams

Instructional Design

September 1, 2014

How To Choose The Right Instructional Design PhD Program

If you're interested in Instructional Design at the University level, or if you want to expand your instructional design knowledge base even further, then you may want to consider an instructional design PhD program. These programs are ideally suited for those who have prior experience in the educational sector and want to gain a more comprehensive understanding of Instructional Design technologies, theories, and models. In this guide I'll highlight some Universities that you may want to consider, but first I'll share some tips that will help you choose the right instructional design PhD program for you.

by Christopher Pappas

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

September 1, 2014

Using Twitter As A Learning Tool

Twitter is a powerful social media tool used for micro-blogging and social networking. The fact that it is easy to access and simple to use, makes it a powerful tool to include in your eLearning toolkit. So, why not use Twitter as a learning tool? In this article, you will find 5 reasons why I chose to implement Twitter in a distance university course I was recently involved in.

by Lorraine Minister

Instructor-Led Training

August 31, 2014

6 Questions You Need To Answer To Successfully Move Your Corporate Training Online

This article will feature the key questions that you'll want to ask in order to successfully move your corporate training online. From delivery methods to eLearning course format, I'll share some tips that will allow you to make the transition from face to face training to engaging and effective Online Training.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

August 30, 2014

Gamification In Learning: Featuring Gains Through A Serious Game Concept

Wikipedia defines Gamification as "the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems”. While Gamification has been applied in several domains, our focus has been on its application in learning. Research certainly confirms the advantages of learning through Gamification. Let me share a case study that compares the gains in learning achieved through serious game concept vs a traditional eLearning approach.

by Asha Pandey

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