eLearning Design and Development

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

March 13, 2014

The Ultimate Checklist for Using Video in e-Learning

Ever wanted to be a movie star? Here’s your excuse to bust out that inner screen star-research has shown that visually demonstrating a new skill or behavior can be an important and effective instructional technique. Adding live-action video enhances your e-Learning content by showing your learners how to perform new tasks and providing a human element that can be lost in animated scenarios.

by Stephanie Ivec

March 13, 2014

Digital Storytelling: an Efficient and Engaging Learning Activity

As an ESP teacher in a technical school for the last seven years, I have often used digital storytelling as a learning activity. Allowing students to create their own digital stories has proven to be a highly effective means of ensuring that students remember what they learn.

by Tiziana Saponaro

March 10, 2014

9 Top Tips To Engage Your Learners in eLearning

At the following article you will find 9 Top eLearning Tips to engage your learners right to the end. Just Keep It...

by Heera Edwin

March 9, 2014

Top 9 Competencies of an Informal-Social Learning Designer

Informal/Social learning is one of the major revolutions happening around us that demands a shift in the mere thinking of ‘learning’. It requires us to unlearn and relearn some of the traditional notions related to the learning style/preference, and the dimensions and the elements of learning design. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at the top 9 essential competencies that a learning designer is required to possess for designing effective informal/social learning interventions for today’s workplaces.

by Ravi Pratap Singh

March 9, 2014

How To Create Courses That Sell Online

Are you creating and marketing courses teaching others your expertise? Are you helping your clients to design courses they will market and leverage to grow their business? The “teaching others” business has expanded into a 7 billion industry and the opportunity to apply your e-learning design skills in this market is enormous.

by Jeanine O’Neill-Blackwell

March 2, 2014

Top 10 Competencies of a Gamified Learning Designer

Gamified learning is one of the major revolutions happening around us that demands a shift in the mere thinking of ‘learning’. It requires us to unlearn and relearn some of the traditional notions related to learning styles and preferences, and the dimensions and the elements of learning design. In this article, we will take a quick look at the top 10 essential competencies required for a learning designer to design effective gamified learning interventions.

by Ravi Pratap Singh

February 27, 2014

3 eLearning Techniques to Create Effective eLearning

What’s stopping your eLearning getting off the ground? Audience research from our Learning Technologies 2014 seminars exposed some common barriers to effective eLearning, so we’ve taken a look at three ways to overcome them.

by Kate Pasterfield

February 27, 2014

What Students Love about e-Learning Courses

Since a continually increasing number of students are turning to online education, there are numerous courses available on the internet. Designing a basic online course may be difficult and is no different than working on an eLearning course. If you wish to design an effective e-learning program, that’ll make the transition from classroom to e-learning as pleasant as possible for the students, then that is a different story. It requires a good deal of time, planning, and hard work.

by Candice Smith

February 22, 2014

Online English Language Learning with Rachel’s English

Online English language learning can be daunting when hunting for the right resource. Learning English online however is made easy with YouTube’s favorite ESL trainer, Rachel’s English. Rachel is also starting her brand new course on the WizIQ Virtual Classroom platform.

by Navleen Kaur

February 18, 2014

Exposing 5 Popular e-Learning Myths

People’s opinions on the effectiveness of e-learning vary based on their own experiences. Determining what is true and what is myth can be challenging. Based on the 20 years of experience Interactive Services has in designing and developing custom learning solutions for compliance, sales, manufacturing and technology, our company has addressed a number of popular myths about e-learning.

by John O Brien

February 17, 2014

The 5 Best Internet Safety Resources for Teachers

The Internet is one of the greatest tools on the planet for enhancing student learning. It is a smorgasbord of information waiting to be devoured by hungry minds. However, it can also be a dangerous place where students find themselves alone and uneducated about how to handle tricky situations. Use these 5 Best Internet Safety Resources for Teachers to educate yourself and your students about how to be better and safer users of the World Wide Web.

by Christopher Pappas