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Asynchronous Learning

March 3, 2015

Writing For Online Learners And Readers

More and more educators are doing more than simply teaching in the 21st century. Technology has expanded and changed our role. You may already be in this position, either by chance or not. Are you an educator who is new to the job of writing eLearning resources? I was. Here is what I’ve learned.

by Caterina Mastroianni

Game-Based Learning

March 2, 2015

Gaming Design For eLearning

Gamification is the buzz word in eLearning at the moment, but of course, you don’t want to gamify eLearning for the sake of it. In this post, you’ll explore the principles underpinning good gaming design for eLearning, and set out an eight point checklist to help you create better, gamified learning.

by Li Whybrow

Asynchronous Learning

March 2, 2015

Helping Learners Get The Most Out Of Online Discussions

Online discussions are the lifeblood of an online class. Without rich, ongoing discussions, learning is minimized. However, many online courses don’t help online learners understand how to post a new idea or response; the types of communications or posts that contribute to learning or share examples of good posts. As a result, online learners are often left to their own devices with many online discussions stalling or sinking to a level of mediocrity.

by Mary Burns

eLearning Market

March 1, 2015

How To Get Prepared For The eLearning Job Interview Questions

Preparation is half the battle, particularly when it comes to an eLearning job interview. In this article, you'll find a few of the most common eLearning job interview questions and how to properly answer them. Hopefully, these will help you to get prepared for the eLearning job interview that might just land you your dream job!

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

March 1, 2015

5 Ways To Make The e-Learning Process Simple

The e-learning process needs to be designed with simplicity in mind. If you can do this when planning an e-learning program for any purpose, then the people who are expected to learn new skills or processes will certainly retain whatever it is you are trying to teach them. Here are a few smart tips that you can use when finding ways to make people learn a little more about whatever you want to help them discover.

by Sameer Bhatia

eLearning Market

February 28, 2015

6 Marketing Tips To Boost Your eLearning Course Sales

Wearing many hats is par for the course, when you are an eLearning professional. Not only should you be able to design eLearning courses that are engaging and enlightening, but you must also have the know-how to market and promote those eLearning courses to your target audience. In this article, I'll share some invaluable marketing tips to boost your eLearning course sales.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

February 28, 2015

3 Reasons To Switch To Online Training

The ‘80s and the ‘90s gave birth to a new generation – a generation that has forced organizations to rethink their training strategy. If your organization has not made the switch to online training yet, this article will make you rethink your training strategy.

by Heera Edwin

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

February 27, 2015 | Sponsored

Sharing Experiences: A Stepping Stone To Social Learning In The Workplace

A powerful social learning strategy that creates an environment of learning is through sharing experiences. Experiences are personal – but there is a lot of learning that can be derived from them as well.

by Heena Nanda

Corporate eLearning

February 27, 2015

Training and Responsive Design (Your Phone is Not a TV!)

It’s no secret that Bring Your Own Device is infiltrating our companies today. While it can lead to many benefits, it can also create headaches for your IT department. Besides security issues, there are responsive design elements that must be taken into consideration, especially for your training programs.

by Payton Sherry

Experiential Learning

February 26, 2015

Can Experiential Learning Be Applied To eLearning? Part 2

This is the second part of the article titled “Experiential Learning: Can it be applied to eLearning?”. In this article, we will talk about the two schools of experiential learning. We will learn how experiential learning works and, most importantly, how, we, as instructional designers, can apply it to our eLearning lessons.

by Marina Arshavskiy

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

February 26, 2015

The Buzz About Social Learning

Social learning—everyone’s talking about it. And if everyone’s talking about it, that means it must be fun, right? Like a party or an ice cream social? Add some sprinkles, and all your employees will be running to this mandatory training session. While social learning can be a fun, less intense approach to corporate training, it’s a serious learning strategy that can have huge results.

by Christie Wroten

Game-Based Learning

February 25, 2015

The Anatomy Of Good Gamified eLearning

You can’t go to a learning conference these days without seeing a session or ten on gamification; it’s becoming more common to be asked to “add gamification” to a learning experience. But what is ‘gamification’ and how can it help you to design great elearning?

by Li Whybrow