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Instructor-Led Training

April 4, 2013

How To Earn (and Keep) Trust As An eLearning Instructor

eLearning answers many needs of a 21st century audience. It eliminates travel, thereby reducing our carbon footprint. It provides immediate results, and is therefore a streamlined training solution. And eLearning is laser-targeted to develop precise skill sets. But eLearning instructors also have to contend with the drawbacks of the online experience; namely, recreating the physicality of a classroom. Better technology makes the training an ever more interactive experience. Still, the instructor-student relationship is not exactly replicated in an online environment.

by L. Michelle Baker, PhD

eLearning Design and Development

April 4, 2013

3 Ways To Start Creating Educational Video Content For Under $100

Video is a great way to make an eLearning course more interactive and more engaging. There's only one issue, video can be hard and expensive to create. Most eLearning professionals have avoided video simply because they have no idea how to get started with it.

by Ruben Daniel

Mobile Learning

April 3, 2013

Mobile Games for Adult Learning: What’s the Appeal?

This post introduces the potential of using mobile games as effective tools for adult learners living in a society of constant movement, where the massive penetration of mobile technology is an undeniable fact. Examining social practices, technology circumstances of use, the profile of the new learner and changing gaming cultures the emerging potential of mobile games for learning becomes apparent and is here discussed.

by Thaleia Deniozou

eLearning Design and Development

April 2, 2013

eLearning Authoring Revisited - Learning Objectives and Adaptive eLearning

Many eLearning courses are like a PowerPoint; click the page and move ahead. These are linear courses that measure progress based on screens viewed, and upon completion report a pass or fail to the Learning Management System. But you don’t have to settle for this anymore!

by Kasper Spiro

Learner Engagement

April 1, 2013

Creativity As A Gift Or As A Choice For The Learner?

There have been so many opinions shared related to creativity and its role for the educator and for the one being educated. No matter the field, creativity has become a common topic, for educators, businessmen, consultants, managers and other professionals alike.

by Mihut Naomi

eLearning Market

March 31, 2013

How To Keep Copyright On eLearning Content You Create

Several eLearning professionals wonder "what happens with the eLearning content they create for a company"? Do eLearning developers have the right to maintain copyrights and reuse their eLearning work or their employer is its sole owner?

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Authoring Tools

March 30, 2013

eLearning Authoring Tools Checklist of Features

Are you looking for a new tool for authoring eLearning? Content authoring tools vary widely in their capabilities. Many are specialists – converting PowerPoint presentations, capturing screens, preparing quizzes and assessments, developing mobile modules, etc. Some are desktop programs for individual use and others are web-based for collaborative authoring. A few are fairly comprehensive.

by Don McIntosh

Virtual Classroom

March 29, 2013

The Rich Value Of Online Learning - An Online Educator's Perspective

Most educators who are over fifty years old think that effective learning can only take place within the traditional Face-to-Face Lecture Theater and Classroom. They will not allow themselves to be fooled into the philosophy that learning is much more effective in an Online Environment than the traditional Face-to-Face classroom.

by Aubryn E.A. Smith Educator, Instructional Designer, J.P

Instructional Design

March 27, 2013

Tell, Show, Do, Apply: The Anatomy Of Good Instruction

There are a lot of opinions about how to design quality instruction. New technologies, theories, and processes are continually created and touted as the next greatest thing for instructional designers. And while these new technologies can be powerful, there are a few key instructional strategies that must be implemented to maximize learning effectiveness.

by Joel Gardner, PhD

Instructor-Led Training

March 26, 2013

eLearning Cuts Costs? Should I care?

I’m a big believer in the power of eLearning, but I get tired of hearing that eLearning cuts costs in comparison to face-to-face instructor-led training (ILT).

by Brian Bishop

eLearning Software

March 26, 2013

How To Build Instructional Videos

Tutorials are an effective way to deliver how-to knowledge on very well defined subject. There are plenty of tutorials on the internet on virtually any subject, from how to bake bread to how to solve a mathematical problem to how to perform an operation with a particular software.

by Paolo Leva

Online Courses (MOOC)

March 24, 2013

Using Data To Ease The Grading Process - An Educator's Perspective

I have become an educator and I am teaching a Spanish MOOC with over 1,000 students! They submit weekly assignments that are to be hand graded, and I alone simply cannot meet the task of grading these assignments. Obviously there is no silver bullet, and no proven technology to automatically grade writing assignments. So, out of necessity, we developed a process to ease our burden as teachers grading assignments.

by Scott Rapp