Articles

May 22, 2013

Can Online Education Contribute To Overcome The Economic Crisis?

“The Global Economic Crisis and its consequences on the national educational systems: Can online education contribute to overcome the crisis?”. This is the main question the VI International GUIDE Conference 2013 will try to answer in Athens (Greece) on October 3-4, 2013.

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Psychology

May 22, 2013

Memory: Types, Facts, and Myths

Would you like to know the types of memory? What are the characteristics and operations of short-term and long-term memory? What is working memory? Sure you do if you are involved at the eLearning field! Last but not least, at this post I will present you 7 Memory Mythbusters!

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

May 20, 2013

Top 10 Instructional Designer Skills

All jobs require a certain set of talents and skills, whether natural or acquired. But what skills does an instructional designer need in order to be successful and stand out? Check out the following comprehensive list and bear in mind that it can be expanded depending on the course, its scope and the audience.

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Management Systems

May 18, 2013

The Ultimate List Of Cloud-Based Learning Management Systems (2018 Update)

Not having to worry about power, network access, and server maintenance? It’s no wonder there’s an incredible interest in cloud computing. In this article, I’ll share a list of 20 cloud-based Learning Management Systems you should definitely take a look at. Don’t forget to check it from time to time, as I’ll be updating it regularly!

by Christopher Pappas

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

May 17, 2013

How To Use Facebook For Social Learning

Just by reading the title, someone might think that this is a joke. It’s not. So ok, Facebook wasn’t created for educational purposes, but you ’d be surprised of how the social affordances of this versatile tool can generate great potentials for social learning.

by Christopher Pappas

3 Learning Strategies To Engage Millennials – We Aren’t That Different

Corporate eLearning

May 16, 2013

3 Learning Strategies To Engage Millennials – We Aren’t That Different

As a millennial, I feel like we already have a bad reputation before even entering the workforce. People think that we’re lazy, have no attention span, spend all day on social media and that we don’t respect the workplace. Now I can’t speak for my whole generation but I know from my experiences with my peers that we’re multi-taskers, self-learners, resourceful, very comfortable with technology and we’re just as dedicated to adding value to the workplace as any generation before us.

by Elisabeth Arellano

eLearning Events

May 16, 2013

Docebo Unveils The DConf 2013

Docebo unveils the DConf 2013, an International event on Cloud Business Apps & Services and E-Learning. June 27th / 28th 2013 at Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy. Powered by Docebo. Organized by Grafo Ventures. Partnered by GetApp. Endorsed by eLearning Industry.

by Jacopo Mauri

eLearning Design and Development

May 15, 2013

Piecing Together The Puzzle Of Your Ultimate eLearner Profile

Learners come in all shapes and sizes. Take a step back and piece together your eLearner Profile.

by Jordan Barrish

What I Learned from Harvard: MOOC Story Wrap-up

Online Courses (MOOC)

May 14, 2013

What I Learned from Harvard: MOOC Story Wrap-up

Through the final weeks of my Harvard MOOC experience, I learned a few things about setting rigorous expectation in a course, the value of competency-based grading (or “badges,” to fit the trending lingo), and how to plan for a final project that is valuable to students.

by Joseph Kern

Getting Started With SCORM: The basics of initializing/closing a SCO and sending/receiving data

eLearning Software

May 14, 2013

Getting Started With SCORM: The basics of initializing/closing a SCO and sending/receiving data

Continuing on in our discussion of the SCORM standard and how communication happens between a SCO and as LMS, today we will be talking about the first and last communication calls made by a SCO, LMSInitialize and LMSFinish. After that we will get into the basics of how course data is passed back and forth using LMSGetValue and LMSSetValue.

by Christian Gainsbrugh