eLearning Design and Development

August 29, 2014

Why, What and How To Move To Online Courses

As K-12 and university institutions and school districts shift to an online strategy, an important question is to ask, which courses should be online, face-to-face or blended? Universities, school districts and educational institutions in general often wrestle with which courses should be online and which face-to-face (F2F). This article offers three considerations to help universities and learning institutions think through this decision.

by Mary Burns

August 28, 2014

5 eLearning Websites to Revisit Before School Year

The new school year is nearly here, and it's a fair bet that you've forgotten most of what you were taught. All that summer fun has a tendency of pushing school right out of your head! Thankfully, with the advent of eLearning websites, it's easy to refresh your memory and brush up on all of those skills that you'll need to be successful in the coming year.

by Adam Fort

August 17, 2014

Top 10 Tips on How to Use Avatars in eLearning

In this article I'll share the top 10 tips that will help you to effectively use avatars in eLearning. So, if you're ready to motivate your learners and get them excited about eLearning deliverables, read on to find out how avatars can become an invaluable instructional aid in your next eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

August 15, 2014

9 Tips To Apply Adult Learning Theory to eLearning

In this article I'll discuss how Knowles' 5 adult learning theory assumptions can be translated to modern day eLearning experiences, so that you can integrate the 4 principles of Andragogy into your eLearning course for maximum learner engagement and motivation.

by Christopher Pappas

August 13, 2014

Responsive eLearning Design – Are we ready yet?

Please take a moment to think “do you really need a responsive eLearning design solution?” eLearning industry is driven by the principles of delivering eLearning courses to learn effectively. It has to be learner centric. With every eLearning course we create; it has to impactful, keep the learner’s attention and achieve the learning objective.

by Anand Timothy

August 12, 2014

The Rapid Storyboard Development Process

Inserting visuals into a storyboard, normally a boring manual task, can be streamlined with this process. You will learn how to move screen captures and pictures quickly and reliably into the storyboard document, eliminating the manual repetition of copy, paste, resize, and repeat. And if you need to link your visuals instead of embedding them, there's an easy way to do that, too.

by David Demyan

August 8, 2014

Make Your eLearning Content Addictive

Make learners crave your eLearning content by using these four dopamine triggers to make your eLearning content addictive.

by Vicki Kunkel

August 5, 2014

5 Questions To Get Started With Online Learning

Developing a powerful e-learning program for your school or district should begin with some questions. In this article, senior technology specialist, Mary Burns, of education Development Center, outlines 5 questions to get you started on the e-learning journey.

by Mary Burns

July 27, 2014

Approaching eLearning Assessment Design Like eLearning Content Design

In some parts of the world, teachers of young kids are instructed not to mark answers with red ink. Why? Because the psychological fear of being wrong (and marked in red) inhibits a child’s learning. Do our eLearning assessments end up marking our adult learners in red?

by Garima Gupta

July 25, 2014

eLearning Responsive Design Isn’t Responsive to Your Solutions

As an eLearning designer, making your eLearning content responsive across devices shouldn’t be a main concern; rather creating optimal learning or performance experiences should be your focus. This article talks about mobile use cases and how this will help you create these optimal eLearning experiences.

by Steven Loomis

July 21, 2014

5 Tips for Designing E-learning for Adults with Low Education Levels

When designing e-learning for adult learner populations with low education levels, it’s essential to consider all the instructional design and multimedia elements, and how they work together to support this unique audience’s learning. Here we have compiled five tips from a recent project to help you create effective e-learning courses for ESL and similar learners.

by Catherine Davis

July 16, 2014

What Type Of Video Should I Put In My eLearning?

The type of video you choose should match the learning objectives. For instance if the learning objective is, demonstrate asking open ended questions with customers ("How can I help you today?" as opposed to "Can I help you?"), a behavioral modeling video with questions asking the learner to choose a path is ideal.

by Chris Karel