eLearning Design and Development

June 23, 2016

Top 8 eLearning Activities Online Learners Love

As Benjamin Franklin so aptly put it: "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." eLearning offers individuals the rare opportunity to interact with the subject matter. This is probably why it's become so popular in recent decades. In this article, I'll highlight 8 eLearning activities that online learners love to see in eLearning courses, so that you can integrate them into your eLearning course design.

by Christopher Pappas

June 23, 2016

Lessons Learned From Building An Open Online Course

In this article, we will discuss how we went about designing an open online course based on the idea of flexible, student-centered learning, and we will provide recommendations for how you might do the same.

by Chris Gaudreau

June 23, 2016

Using The Net Promoter Score To Evaluate And Improve eLearning

In this article, I will introduce the Net Promoter Score, commonly used in customer satisfaction analyses, and how it can be applied in the evaluation and improvement processes of eLearning development.

by Adam Gavarkovs

June 22, 2016

6 Trends For Creating Iconic eLearning

Rapid eLearning design is back in fashion. Once the poor relation of mass produced eLearning, organizations are increasingly turning to leading edge responsive authoring tools to create stylish content, fast and effectively. This article highlights 6 trends to help you develop iconic eLearning.

by Wesley Atkinson

June 20, 2016

Explore And Compare eLearning Interaction Building Tools

Explore the eLearning Interaction Building Tools Comparison sheet that enables Instructional Designers, content creators, and Subject Matter Experts to present their content interactively. This sheet lists various features that an interaction building tool should have and the support of various tools for those features.

by Poonam Jaypuriya

June 18, 2016

5 Significant Ways eLearning Can Support Learner Development

Through the eLearning approach which is globally transforming the academic culture, students are able to grasp course content quickly enabling them to get the most out of their learning development and potential. Here are 5 key ways in which eLearning can help support learner development.

by Josh Carlyle

June 17, 2016

7 Tips To Choose The Right Music For eLearning

Music is a highly influential medium. It has the power to persuade us, to make us feel and think differently. The question is: how do you harness that power in your eLearning course design? In this article, I’ll share 7 tips for choosing the right music for your eLearning experience.

by Christopher Pappas

June 16, 2016

6 Tips To Build A Thriving Online Learning Community

Creating an interactive and engaging environment for your learners can be the key to running a successful online program. By building an interactive online learning community for your learners you are not only improving your course, but providing a much greater learning experience for everyone involved.

by Scott Cooper

June 16, 2016

5 Ways To Humanize The eLearning Experience

How can we humanize the eLearning experience? Addressing dropout rates and providing strategies to make students feel more connected online, we look at how to improve the online classroom experience through the use of tools, creativity, social networking, and teacher-student contact.

by Cara-Jane Feingold

June 13, 2016

6 Tips To Use Animations In eLearning

Animations may bring out our inner child, but they also have the power to improve knowledge retention, engage online learners, and simplify complex concepts. In this article, I'll talk about why you should use animation in your eLearning experiences and share 6 tips for using them in eLearning courses.

by Christopher Pappas

June 12, 2016

The eLearning Color Guide: Evoking The RIGHT Emotion

Without color, the world would be bland and boring shades of gray. Color has the power to calm us, to put us on high alert, and to get us in touch with nature. It also allows us to convey certain emotions in our eLearning course design. In this eLearning color guide, I'll explore the psychological significance of each color, so that you can evoke the right emotion in your online learners.

by Christopher Pappas

June 11, 2016

5 Creative Ways For An Effective eLearning Experience

With the advent of computer, notebooks, laptops, and other modern gadgets, the medium of learning for school and colleges has become quite easy. Whether you want to opt for distance learning or you wish to learn a foreign language, now all happens at your finger tip. In just a few clicks, you get an opportunity to learn whatever you want. The method of learning education or any kind of learning through an electronic device is called eLearning and it is becoming extremely popular everywhere. So, how can you, as a learning professional, create an effective eLearning experience?

by Anand Timothy