eLearning Design and Development

November 20, 2014

Path-Goal Theory for e-Learning Motivation

So, you want to motivate your employees during e-Learning. And who better than your training instructors or instructional designers to lead that motivation? One strategy is for instructors to lead e-Learning by applying the Path-Goal Theory.

by Christie Wroten

November 14, 2014

Direct Learners’ Attention: 5 Tips For eLearning Professionals

In this article, I'll share some helpful tips that you can use to direct a learner's attention, so that you are able to design eLearning deliverables that offer a meaningful and memorable eLearning experience for your audience.

by Christopher Pappas

November 10, 2014

How To Use The 8 Learning Events Model In eLearning

In this article, I'll discuss how to use Leclercq and Poumay's 8 Learning Events Model in eLearning. You'll find applications and tips for each event, so that you can begin integrating them into your eLearning course design and development strategy.

by Christopher Pappas

November 8, 2014

5 Tips to Design eLearning Based On Persuasive Learning

In this article, you'll find out why persuasive learning is such a powerful tool in the eLearning design process, and you will also learn how to design eLearning courses that tap into the subconscious and make a long lasting impact upon your audience.

by Christopher Pappas

November 7, 2014

6 Tips For Adding Podcasts In eLearning

Looking for a simple and straightforward guide for adding podcasts in your eLearning course? In this article, you'll find all of the information you need to start integrating cost efficient, convenient, and high quality podcasts into your eLearning deliverables. I'll offer some invaluable tips and advice on how you can add podcasts to your eLearning courses, regardless of the subject matter or target audience.

by Christopher Pappas

November 6, 2014

Make It Clear: Writing Tips for e-Learning

“If readers don’t understand what you write, you might as well have written nothing at all,” explains Copyblogger, an online writing expert. Don’t let that happen in your e-Learning course! To create effective online training, you need to present your content clearly. Good e-Learning content is all about communicating clearly so that it’s not a chore for your learners to understand and learn the valuable information in your course.

by Christie Wroten

October 31, 2014

6 Tips On How To Create Characters In eLearning

In this article, I'll go over how to build an eLearning deliverable around a central character in order to increase learner engagement and interactivity. These helpful tips will allow you to create vivid and creative eLearning courses, without however sacrificing their effectiveness.

by Henson Gawliu Jr. | Digital Marketing Leader

October 27, 2014

How And Why To Use Custom Fonts In eLearning

This article will offer an in depth look at how to use custom fonts in your eLearning course, as well as the benefits that they can bring to the overall eLearning experience for your learners.

by Christopher Pappas

October 27, 2014

10 Strategies To Help Online Learners Complete An Online Program

“Successful” online learners are those students who complete their online course. “Unsuccessful” online learners either drop out of the online course or fail its requirements. As we all know, online learning suffers from much higher drop-out rates than face-to-face learning. And since most attrition occurs at the beginning of a program/course, it is important to frontload this preparation and interventions at the beginning of the course. This article offers 10 strategies online programs can undertake to increase learner retention.

by Mary Burns

October 25, 2014

eLearning Localization Benefits and Tips

In this article, I'll go over the benefits of eLearning localization. I'll also share some eLearning localizations tips that you can use when you're developing eLearning courses for audiences around the world, in order to make the eLearning localization process less stressful, more effective, and more profitable.

by Christopher Pappas

October 21, 2014

4 Tips To Use Color in eLearning

In this article, I'll share the basics of using colors to enhance the aesthetic appeal and effectiveness of your eLearning deliverable. I'll even discuss how each color can create a specific mood or effect, in order to make your eLearning course more meaningful and memorable for your target audience.

by Christopher Pappas

October 19, 2014

7 Tips For eLearning Professionals To Enhance Knowledge Retention

This article features a number of tips and techniques that eLearning professionals can use to enhance knowledge retention for their eLearning audiences. After all, without knowledge retention, the overall eLearning experience won't offer any real value to the learners.

by Christopher Pappas