Articles

eLearning Design and Development

December 18, 2012

The History Of eLearning Infographic 2012

Would you be interested to review the history of eLearning from the first “testing machine” (1924) to the “social online learning” (2010+)?

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Concepts

December 14, 2012

Text-To-Speech And Presentation Voiceover, What Is The Real Question?

As eLearning professionals we need to build an arsenal of tools and the competence for choosing which ones are best suited for each project. When it comes to publish presentations online, Voice talents, home-made recording, Text-to-Speech voiceover, silent and self-explaining pictures are all tools at our disposals. We must learn how to use each one of them.

by Paolo Leva

eLearning Design and Development

December 13, 2012

The most influential eLearning Professionals on Twitter

Are you involved in the eLearning field? Do you use Twitter? At the following list you will find the Top 20 of the most influential eLearning Professionals on Twitter.

by Christopher Pappas

Online Courses (MOOC)

December 12, 2012

What I'm Learning From Harvard: A MOOC Story

Taking a bit of my own advice, I recently started working through a computer programming MOOC from Harvard, with the goal of distilling out teaching tips and online course ideas from a student’s perspective.  While learning some useful job skills, I will share my experience to help designers of MOOCs and traditional online classes think about best practices in their course design.

by Joseph Kern

eLearning Infographics

December 12, 2012

The Modern Student Learning Life Infographic

Would you like to have an inside look at the habits of the modern student?

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Technologies

December 9, 2012

Free Video Tutorials For eLearning Professionals

Would you like to have access to a collection of Free Video Tutorials for educational and learning technologies? Are you a student, teacher, educator, eLearning professional interested to learn how to use or master educational or learning technologies?

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

December 8, 2012

Learning Technologies Can Help Organizations Build Better Relationships With Customers

Does your organization use customer-centered learning? Would you like your organization to uplift sales by 10%, increase cross-selling/up-selling by 11%, and getting new staff up to speed faster by 17%?

by Christopher Pappas

Blended Learning

December 7, 2012

What Is A Flipped Classroom?

“Flipped”, as in “Flipped Classroom,” is a buzzword often heard among the community of innovative educators. But what does this actually mean? Here are three informative multimedia presentations on the subject. The first is by Salman Khan, the pioneer whose highly successful website challenged teachers to consider changing the traditional classroom script. The second is a video by Aaron Sams, a teacher who wants to teach students how to set their own educational goals and become independent learners. The third is an infographic by Daniel Grafton that addresses important issues concerning Flipped Classrooms.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Software

December 5, 2012

Visual Engagement Takes It Up A Notch With Camtasia 8

If you watched the Camtasia Studio for E-learning webinar last month you probably caught on pretty fast that the revamped quizzing feature and interactive hotspots available in Camtasia Studio make for an amazing degree of interactivity. But students can still find a courses boring no matter how much clicking and dragging they get to do if the course itself is not visually engaging.

by Michelle Schoen

Game-Based Learning

December 4, 2012

7 Tips For A Game-Based Learning Success

Are you thinking of using games as a new way to develop eLearning content? Are you thinking of applying the theory of gaming in eLearning but you do not know how to? In the following post I will give you 7 tips to succeed with your Game-Based Learning.

by Rosalie Ledda

Online Courses (MOOC)

December 3, 2012

Converting Large Group Classes to Massive Online Courses

Last month, the NY Times declared 2012 as the year of the MOOC. With so many educators and students involved in these courses, we should think about how we can best convert the university course experience to this new, scalable online experience. For simplicity, let's break the process of transferring knowledge into three parts: instruction, coaching, and assessment / feedback.

by Scott Rapp

Educational Technology

December 2, 2012

12 YouTube Videos Every Online Educator Should View

What are the benefits for the teacher and learner in the context of open education and OER? How does a blended-learning school boost student achievement? How can we design the schools for 21st Century Learning? How will be the classroom of tomorrow? What are the tools and resources for the 21st Century Educator?

by Christopher Pappas