eLearning Design and Development

Everyone has unique training requirements and expectations you need to consider when developing your eLearning course. However, online learners with special abilities have their own set of challenges they must overcome to achieve their learning objectives.

Millennials opt for learning that is relevant and offered in different ways. So, how do you design eLearning courses that are millennial-worthy? Here are 5 important design elements that no millennial eLearning course should do without!

Are your eLearning courses failing to deliver real impact? Look at your eLearning course from the online learner’s perspective. In this article, I’ll share 6 top tips on how to use story mapping during the eLearning development process.

Emotional links make memories more vivid, which is great in principle for remembering what you’ve learned. But is there a place for ‘feelings’ in online training, especially in terms of eLearning?

Instructional Design has evolved, creating an ongoing need to promote the value of the ID professional role in talent development.

We are living in an age where 'viral' outplays 'vital' stuff. Visuals scream more than words. So, video learning is like creating a dish to stand out as a top pick on the menu card for longer times. This article explores the mystery and magic of metaphorical storytelling through video script writing.

Reviews are an essential part of the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) model. You can use peer and Subject Matter Expert (SME) reviews for analysis documents, design storyboards, narration scripts, and drafts of your eLearning courses. Then use final test reviews upon implementation and provide a survey for learner reviews for evaluation.

I am setting out to create a new blended course called "Young Person’s Guide to Project Management" for release in 2020. Rather than use an LMS, a DIY approach using great apps, quality recording equipment, and careful planning. This tutorial helps you create your own blended courseware.

As Instructional Designers, we are tasked with creating engaging, effective learning materials using our Instructional Design training to do so. Meanwhile, we rely heavily on our Subject Matter Experts so that our content is sound. Often, SMEs are colleagues from other departments or contacts from other organizations, and usually they do not report to us. This working relationship can pose a challenge, because most times SMEs aren’t held accountable to our same deadlines and goals.

Instructional Designers come from a wide range of organizations, industries, and locations. They are a group of professionals who understand the importance of constantly improving and reflecting on their skillset; from becoming better-evolved experts in their design to working with SMEs in a highly efficient and fluent manner. Lateral leadership has never been more relevant. Want to know more, then keep reading.

The learner-first training model is simple but radically different from the way a lot of organisations train. Here's how to take a learner-first approach to training design.

Examining research about how our brains react to different types of communication, and what this means for how we design and deliver virtual classroom training sessions.