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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

Learning Management Systems

May 14, 2013

Multiple Business Solutions in One LMS: Who Wants More?

Is your business thriving in the world of social learning, content management, and long distance collaboration?

by Jeffrey Roth

Microlearning

May 14, 2013

4 Steps to Microlearning Mastery

How does your team get into the microlearning mindset and then use its power?

by Brian Bishop

Corporate eLearning

May 13, 2013

5 Tips To Motivate Employees To Better Performance

Motivating a company's employees has never been an easy task, especially if we consider that we live in the era of speed, where people want everything to be fast and accessible. As a result, many companies invest high sums of money into a training program which fails provide the aimed results. However, by implementing a set of well-thought strategies, the employees can easily become more engaged and ready to deliver performance. Below, I present to you 5 ways in which executives can motivate their employees quickly and efficiently.

by Jason Silberman

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

May 13, 2013

10 Tips To Effectively Use Social Media In Formal Learning

We live in the era of social media and professionals of any level should not make the mistake to underestimate their power. We can easily understand why social media can be useful from a marketing point of view. What’s more interesting, however, is to see how social can be effectively used in formal learning.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

May 12, 2013

32 Tweets To Get You Started With The Gamification Of Learning

Want to get started yourself with gamification of learning?

by Dan Steer

Instructional Design

May 9, 2013

The Adult Learning Theory: Andragogy Of Malcolm Knowles

What does andragogy mean, and what are Knowles' five assumptions about adult learners? Are you familiar with Knowles' five principles of andragogy? In this article, we will answer these questions and provide you with several highly recommended resources on Malcolm Knowles' Adult Learning Theory.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

May 8, 2013

8 Important Characteristics Of Adult Learners

Adults are characterized by maturity, self-confidence, autonomy, solid decision-making, and are generally more practical, multi-tasking, purposeful, self-directed, experienced, and less open-minded and receptive to change. All these traits affect their motivation, as well as their ability to learn. So let’s see the adult learners' cognitive and social characteristics, and what instructional designers need to know in order to create the right course content and structure, and adjust their attitude.

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Management Systems

May 6, 2013 | Sponsored

How Is The eLearning And LMS Market Evolving? - FREE Report

How is the eLearning and LMS market evolving? The eLearning Ecosystem Report Trends, Leaders And Opportunities.

by Jacopo Mauri

Instructional Design

May 4, 2013

3 Reasons Why Failing As Instructional Designers is OK and Encouraged

As Instructional Designers, we often want the courses we design to be perfect. Every student must have an equal experience, our faculty members should be able to do everything with the greatest of ease, and our courses should be the envy of every institution in the world! Well, it rarely works out that way, but that’s ok. In fact, I think as Instructional Designers, it is important to create a space where faculty members, students, and even IDs make mistakes and sometimes fail. Here’s why:

by Jeff DeSurra

eLearning Design and Development

May 2, 2013

How To Convert Your eLearning Course From Boring To FUN!

This post is about the approach of using humor in your eLearning courses. Often eLearning is boring and tedious, but it doesn’t have to be! With simple and freeware available on the Internet you can easily incorporate humor into your eLearning environment. By following Keller’s ARCS model you can motivate your eLearners!

by Kara Leyva

eLearning Design and Development

May 1, 2013

Assessing User Experiences of eLearning Applications

What Is The Importance Of eLearning Usability? Have you heard about the Motivation to Learn usability evaluation method? 

by Panagiotis Zaharias, PhD