eLearning Design and Development

April 28, 2014

4 eLearning Websites to Introduce Coding to Students

The world is digital and many of the currently growing careers have something to do with coding. It doesn't matter if you want to go into site building, game design or any other IT field, it is important to introduce students to coding, preferably as early as possible.

by Adam Fort

April 25, 2014

23 Inspirational eLearning Quotes For eLearning Professionals

Quite often, short but sweet thoughts or ideas can help eLearning professionals with the motivation and inspiration needed to get maximum eLearning results. In this article, I will share some of the best inspirational eLearning quotes from top eLearning professionals who have reflected upon the benefits and significance of eLearning Industry. 

by Christopher Pappas

April 18, 2014

7 Tips to Create Aesthetically Pleasing eLearning Courses

In this article, you will find 7 tips on how to create aesthetically pleasing eLearning courses that engage the learners and allow them to achieve the best possible eLearning experience!

by Christopher Pappas

April 10, 2014

The Ultimate eLearning Course Design Checklist

Looking for a comprehensive "must-have" eLearning checklist for your next eLearning Course Design project? This is a checklist that every eLearning professional should have on hand, especially since there are so many steps involved in the eLearning course design process.

by Christopher Pappas

April 4, 2014

The Ultimate e-Learning Checklist: 10 Questions to Ask

Whether you’re new to e-Learning or a pro developer, you can use an e-Learning checklist to help you stay on track. Make sure you’re not missing any course essentials, so your online training program is a success!

by Christie Wroten

April 2, 2014

Continuum in E-Learning: People, Process and Product (P3)

In e-learning, people are involved in the process of creating e-learning materials, or products and making them available to its target audience. The People-Process-Product or the P3 continuum can be used to map a comprehensive picture of e-learning (Figure 3).

by Badrul H. Khan, Ph.D.

April 1, 2014

How To Improve eLearning Course Design Usability By Adopting The 10 Usability Heuristics

Asynchronous eLearning is different from traditional classroom studying and requires strong motivation and self-discipline from learners. As there is no person-to-person contact and immediate reaction to problems emerging in the process of learning, eLearning professionals should pay special attention to eLearning course navigation and usability. To help you remove all the barriers to effective eLearning course design the article provides an idea of what eLearning usability is and how to improve it by applying common usability heuristics. 

by Ilona Hetsevich

March 31, 2014

Corporate Training Tips: Designing for Global Audiences

In today’s global economy, we often find ourselves designing corporate training — be it e-learning, m-learning, or classroom (ILT) — for audiences around the world. Keeping some important considerations in mind during the design process will ensure your training delivers on its objectives, no matter where your audience is located.

by Cindy McCabe

March 27, 2014

Use Perfect Learning Objectives To Boost The Quality of your e-Learning

The best way to create terrible e-Learning is to dump content in an authoring tool (as if it was PowerPoint) add some questions and call it a course. Everybody knows (or should know) that learning development starts with defining clear learning objectives. This blog post precedes the course and tool to explain to you the basics on how to create good learning objectives. 

by Kasper Spiro

March 26, 2014

Listen Up - Coursera, iVersity, and Udemy!!!

I recently took a couple of courses from Coursera and iVersity. The former is an established American name in the world of MOOCs while the latter is European and showing tremendous growth. I also took a course from Udemy, which is a major player in delivering reasonably good quality free and paid courses. In this post, I’ve…well…identified a few basic issues related to learner engagement.

by Rupen Sharma

March 21, 2014

Open Education: Why It's Fair Game For Everyone

Open education doesn't discriminate. It doesn't matter whether you're a genius or someone with minimal education background. It poses a lot of possibilities to anyone who wants to learn without having to worry about grades and rewards.

by Dorothy Hunter

March 18, 2014

Top 10 e-Learning Tips to Transfer Knowledge From Theory to Practice

In this post, I will share the top 10 e-Learning tips that can help you to effectively transfer knowledge in learning settings, instead of merely providing instruction.

by Christopher Pappas