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eLearning Events

April 14, 2013

What You Need To Know About HTML5 - Upcoming FREE Webinar

Are you still wondering what HTML5 is? Trying to figure out if Flash or HTML5 is better for you? Will your organization be able to make the transition?

by Nick Murphy

eLearning Community

April 13, 2013

Harvard Researchers: Frequent Tests Increase Retention In Online Learning

It's easy to get distracted--especially when you're in the midst of an online training course that shows no signs of ending. While most of us can agree on the utility of web-delivered training, we must also face the reality that even the most well-intentioned of learners, when left to their own devices, can be distracted by a sudden beep on their tablet or a buzz of their smartphone.

by Andrew Winner

eLearning Authoring Tools

April 12, 2013

Which eLearning Authoring Tool Should You Use?

Some of the most rewarding moments in my career are times when a colleague or client asks with wonderment, “How did you do that?” after viewing an eLearning module or Just In Time training tool or resource I have created. My initial reply to this question is nearly always to list the learning technologies I used. I guess that somewhere in my mind I expect them to go out, get a copy of the software and start using the tool themselves, and so they really need this information. Silly, I know but without these tools, my job would be a lot harder.

by Daryl Meissner

eLearning Project Management

April 11, 2013

Completing An eLearning Project - Questions To Ask When You Finish

One of the questions that I’m regular asked by clients and elearning developers is When is an elearning project finished? This can be a tricky question to answer if you don’t have an agreed end point or you have a maintenance contract.

by Scott Hewitt

eLearning Design and Development

April 11, 2013

How To Use Analogies In eLearning

Analogies play an important role in the learning process, yet very few eLearning courses use analogies to help learners grasp new information. Would you like to know how to use Analogies in eLearning?

by Parker Grant

Mobile Learning

April 10, 2013

Things To Consider When Planning For A Multi-Device World And Transitioning To HTML5

As an e-learning professional you are probably recognizing now, more than ever, is the perfect time to develop e-learning for mobile devices. Let’s face it, today is a mobile, multi-device world and tablets and smartphones are becoming work devices.

by Nick Murphy

eLearning Market

April 9, 2013

How To Get A Job As An Instructional Designer

Getting into instructional design is a very desirable career choice at present, and so many people want to get into it but are often not sure where to start. What skills do Instructional Designers need? What will the hiring manager or interviewer be looking for?

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

April 8, 2013

Soft Skills Training that Actually Isn’t

Do you remember taking a “soft skills” training class earlier in your career? Perhaps a sales skills training course? A leadership communication skills class? I’m betting you spent the majority of your training time listening to an instructor, watching a few video segments and taking some notes. What percentage of the time in your class was focused on role plays or other behavioral learning activities that allowed you to practice the skills you were supposed to learn?

by Bryan Austin

eLearning Market

April 8, 2013

How E-Learning Can Be Simplified By Becoming An Integrated Ecosystem “As A Service”

In the past, E-Learning was a technology only accessible to large companies and enterprises. Today, however, the E-Learning market is much more responsive and adaptive to small and medium sized business’ needs.

by Jacopo Mauri

eLearning Solutions

April 6, 2013

Autism Awareness Month: Talking Social Stories

Social stories, sometimes called visual scripts, are stories that describe with words and pictures different activities or events that happen in life in a step by step detailed way. They were devised as a tool to help individuals within the autism spectrum to better understand situations and nuances of interpersonal communication so that they could interact in an effective and appropriate manner.

by Paolo Leva

eLearning Events

April 6, 2013

Exclusive eLearning Summit Held At London Business School

On 14th June 2013, there will be an exclusive e-Learning summit held at London Business School. The summit will focus on the business of e-Learning within the academic and professional learning markets.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

April 5, 2013

How To Assure The Quality Of eLearning

There is so much eLearning now being developed by so many different methods and presented in so many different ways.  It seems that in some cases there is less and less time to produce the learning and in others there is a determination to be first with the latest development or to prove that eLearning really can be cheaper than face to face. Of course in many cases eLearning has become the way to present ‘compliance’ training.  Perhaps it isn’t any wonder that eLearning has gained a certain reputation for drop-out rates and boredom factors.

by Peter Condon