eLearning Design and Development Archives

February 4, 2014

Top 6 eLearning Fundamental Tips and Traps

If you are one of the many businesses considering how you can leverage the benefits of eLearning solutions, here are some fundamental eLearning tips and traps to be aware of before you get started.

by Rodney Beach

February 4, 2014

5 Keys to Rapid Course Development in Canvas Using Custom Tools

The time spent developing a course shell can be reduced dramatically by implementing custom tools into your Canvas interface.

by Travis Thurston

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February 1, 2014

The Hidden Barrier To Learning And What You Can Do About It

There is a hidden barrier that prevents people from learning - emotions. Instructional designers that fail to take into account the emotional barriers learners face will find their courses met with resistance. It’s important to account for emotions in the design process.

by Ben Nesvig

January 31, 2014

The 4 Primary eLearning Leader Types

To be an effective eLearning leader, you must be willing and able to understand the world possesses talents, which still remain undiscovered. In each organization, school, or learning environment (be it conventional or unconventional) there are individuals who are unaware of their true skills and abilities. As an eLearning leader it is your job to recognize this and to make your students or employees see their own true potential. You must keep them inspired, focused, and determined to gain as much as they can from the learning process.

by Christopher Pappas

January 23, 2014

6 Tips For Storyboarding Like A Pro

Storyboarding is a helpful planning technique, and it’s not just for mapping out movies! You can benefit from storyboarding your e-Learning course - but first, let’s take a look at where this brilliant idea came from! Then, we’ll explore some tips to help you storyboard like a pro.

by Christie Wroten

January 22, 2014

How To Write Multiple-Choice Questions Based On The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

Would you be interested to know how to write multiple-choice questions based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy? At the following article you will find 5 Tips to Write a Multiple-Choice Test Based on The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy.

by Christopher Pappas

January 22, 2014 | Sponsored

7 Top Tips for Creating e-Content Faster

One such crucial step in e-learning development is extracting relevant information out of Subject Matter Experts (SME), which can take up an unnecessary large chunk of the total development time. The article lists ways to ensure that SME interactions are faster and feed-in to the entire process if e-learning development.

by Heena Nanda

January 21, 2014

Educational Videos and Conceptual Objectives

This article provides guidance on developing videos for training objectives on conceptual knowledge. In particular it focuses on using animation, stories and other strategies to produce great videos.

by Steven Loomis

January 17, 2014

Learning Without A Teacher

Why a lot of online Learning material is letting down learners because it doesn't take into account how people learn.

by Chris Clayton

January 17, 2014

Why Average Typing Speed Is Important?

Touch typing is a "must have" skill in our digital world. After reading this article, you will know what is the average typing speed for men and women, why it's important to overcome these results, and how it may help to make your life easier.

by Adam Fort

January 9, 2014

4 Tips For Content Chunking In e-Learning

If your learners aren’t performing as well on their post-training evaluations as you’d hoped, you may want to try an e-Learning development technique to help them remember - content chunking.