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Learning Management Systems

November 19, 2018 | Sponsored

Better At Soft Skills: How Onboarding Can Help You Fill Your Staff’s Soft Skills Gap

You can teach employees hard skills at any time. Soft skills, on the other hand, are better taught early on in an employee’s career, as bad soft skills habits can be tough to shake off. Learn how you can combine onboarding with soft skills training and get your employees ready from the get-go.

by Nikos Andriotis

Learning Management Systems

November 19, 2018 | Sponsored

4 Tips To Select The Right Course Management System For Your Training Company

How do you know which Course Management System is right for you? Here are 4 tips you need to consider to make sure you pick the perfect system for your business.

by Kim Morrison

eLearning Design and Development

November 19, 2018 | Sponsored

Here's How I Design eLearning With Adobe XD

Have you ever wondered about the design process of other eLearning designers/developers? In the following videos, I design a form to be used in eLearning to collect a user's name and email.

by Melissa Milloway, MSIT

eLearning Market

November 18, 2018

8 Tips To Choose Your eLearning Career Niche Today

Are you ready to finally settle into an eLearning career niche and move away from generalized eLearning services? In this article, I’ll share 8 tips to select the ideal eLearning career niche based on your personal interests, professional goals, and skill sets.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Trends

November 18, 2018

Editors' Choice

Online Education: 7 Key Trends In 2018

The interest in distance learning has been growing, but the real boom is still ahead. In the coming years, the education market will adapt to the needs of people born in the digital age, with an emphasis on technology.

by John Unger

Online Learning Platforms

November 18, 2018

eLearning Platform Sharing Rules: 5 Golden Ones For The "Communal Living"

Sharing eLearning platforms across many training providers raises a number of legitimate concerns both for the platform owners and the providers to consider. I believe there are 5 "Golden Rules" the training providers and the platforms’ administrations need to follow religiously.

by Michael Baron

Instructional Design

November 18, 2018

2 Traits Instructional Designers Need Most

What does training mean to you? Is it a simple process of transferring information, or a complex platform for transforming people and organizations – improving their performance, processes, customer relationships, and more? If you are new to this idea, consider this tip: think outside the classroom!

by Crystal Hunter

eLearning Design and Development

November 18, 2018 | Sponsored

Interactivity In Adult Learning: What You Need To Know

Adults learn differently than children and teenagers. They have certain perceptions about the learning process and special needs as learners, needs that should be taken care of while designing and developing an eLearning course. In this article, we’ll explore the concept and the use of interactivity in adult learning.

by Isha Sood

eLearning Authoring Tools

November 17, 2018

5 Tips To Make The Move To A Responsive Design eLearning Authoring Tool

Is your eLearning course far from user friendly? Does your eLearning content live up to modern learners’ expectations? In this article, I’ll share 5 tips to make the move to a responsive design eLearning authoring tool to make your eLearning course multiplatform friendly.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

November 17, 2018

How Human Performance Technology And Learning Experience Design Are Integrated

Learning Experience Design, LXD, is big and broad, and encompasses the entire ecosystem of learning both on the macro and micro scale. A trend is occurring in the eLearning space, where ISD models have taken precedence over HPT, and we miss out on the broader context of performance solutions.

by Sue Czeropski, PhD,CPT

Corporate eLearning

November 17, 2018

6 Reasons Why eLearning Programs May Fail, Plus Tips To Avoid Failure

Despite the fact that in comparative development corporate eLearning has grown by a stunning 900% since 2000, multiple training programs are still offered in an old-fashioned way of delivering eLearning courses. This lack of evolution is often obvious because of 6 common mistakes.

by Theodosis Karageorgakis

Educational Technology

November 17, 2018

'Information Is Water': A Metaphor To Show How Our Educational Technology Must Radically Change

Imagine information is water, a metaphor that I posit will illustrate how our educational technology must radically change in the future. I describe historical periods using this metaphor and explore ways educational technology must innovate to address today's educational challenges.

by Jonathan Spackman