eLearning Design and Development

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May 7, 2016

Preparing Your Online Learning Strategy For The Millennials

Millennials are the first generation to grow up entirely with technology and is truly comfortable using it and being around it. For them, technology is not an extra… it is an integral part of their live, almost like an extension of themselves. Millennials want technology to make their lives easier, faster, better, flexible, and more interactive and have a more pervasive presence. While we might not want to generalize, the millennial generation wants technology to be a part of their homes, their community, and their jobs. However, if you go online you’ll find a number of articles branding this generation as shallow, undisciplined, non-aspirational, and extremely demanding. Now that, according to me, is where the gross generalization starts.
by Anand Timothy
May 6, 2016

6 Tips On How To Deliver Persuasive Speeches In eLearning

eLearning is a great tool for those who wants to learn new skills. Through videos, animations, and podcasts, you can virtually learn anything nowadays. And the advantages of this method are many, from studying at home and at your own pace to pay much less for tuition and extra resources. So it is understandable if you are interested in joining this trend and make yourself available as an online instructor. But, with so much competition out there, you need to stand out somehow. And one of the best ways to do it is by delivering persuasive speeches, so your students will remain interested and come back again for more courses.
by Diana Beyer
May 5, 2016

8 Tips To Create Α User-Friendly eLearning Course

Your learners don't have to time to muddle through maze-like eLearning courses or click aimlessly on links that lead them nowhere. An eLearning course should be intuitive, well organized, and easy to navigate if you want to achieve the desired results. In this article, I'll share 8 tips that can help you create a user-friendly eLearning course for your online learners.
by Christopher Pappas
May 1, 2016 | Sponsored

Adapting To Adaptive Learning

“Adaptive Learning” has been a frequently used term in education for many years but today, with the advent of more ubiquitous technology in schools, education systems are placing more emphasis on the advantages of leveraging adaptive techniques within both assessments and instructional programs. Adaptive Learning, in the domain of computer-delivered instruction, is now used as a fairly generic term and can describe a wide range of functionality from the fairly simple to the highly complex. The basic idea of adaptivity in learning is the ability to modify the presentation of material in response to a student’s performance.
by Artur Dyro
April 17, 2016

Creating An Adaptive eLearning Quiz With Storyline 2

You probably heard about adaptive learning, which is a learning model where the curriculum adapts to the learner. It can be achieved by branch scenarios, quizzing, and personalization tactics within an eLearning module. Here is how to create an adaptive eLearning environment and in particular an adaptive eLearning quiz with Articulate Storyline 2.
by Alexander Salas, CPLP
April 14, 2016

5 Tips For eLearning Quality Assurance: How To Get eLearning’s Worth

Despite the popularity of eLearning, there is a high degree of skepticism and concern being expressed by many Learning and Development professionals on the effectiveness and ROI of technology-aided learning, keeping in mind investments in technology and infrastructure. The principal concern for them is the lack of empirical evidence for learning enhancement, as compared to overheads and associated costs. The only way to relieve them of the skepticism is to provide adequate eLearning quality assurance (QA) and prove that it fulfills the training needs well.
by Heena Nanda
April 8, 2016

Localization: Taking eLearning Above And Beyond!

Can we expand the scope of localization to include more than just translations to other languages and cultural sensibilities? Can localization also mean making the course more intelligent to suit the learning preferences of the user? This article attempts to explore why localization should now be the next big eLearning revolution.
by Shweta Iyer