eLearning Design and Development Archives

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.

by Christie Wroten

How To Create Section 508 Compliant eLearning Solutions

January 9, 2014

Creating Section 508 Compliant ELearning Solutions

This article suggests techniques an instructional designer can incorporate into eLearning projects in order to meet the needs of people with disabilities. The article also outlines steps for developing 508 compliant training courses.

by Marina Arshavskiy

January 7, 2014

The End of the World May or May Not Come This Year

This article discusses e-Learning trends and e-Learning technologies to watch in 2014 and beyond. In particular it focuses on mLearning, Big Data and the changing landscape of formal learning.

by Steven Loomis

December 21, 2013

8 Tips For Engaging Students In e-Learning

You might have been asking, “how can I make my students be more active in online or class discussions?” or “how can I make them more interested in what they are learning and doing?” At this article you will find 8 tips to address your questions based on my experience in teaching and designing online/blended courses.

by Elham Arabi

December 19, 2013

5 Rapid e-Learning Best Practices

When you feel the need for speed, there’s only one thing to turn to—your favorite rapid e-Learning tool, of course! Rapid e-Learning tools can be an absolute lifesaver when you’re crunched for time but still want to produce a quality presentation. Check out this overview of rapid e-Learning, plus a few best practices to keep in mind as you’re developing rapid e-Learning.

by Stephanie Ivec

December 19, 2013

Hook And Loop: Using An Alternative Material To Help Make Learning Fun

Hook and loop can added much-needed pop and pizazz to children’s art projects, school projects, or even daily responsibilities. This inexpensive tool adds a 3D aspect, and can help make learning a fun activity for you and your child. We highlighted a few ways you can use this material to encourage education.

by Stephen Ira

December 17, 2013

Your Brainstorming Pocket Guide

For all of you who aren't familiar with brainstorming, let's say it's that time when your mind is allowed to wander in close or far away circles, around a certain topic, picking up words, ideas, details, feelings, even sentences that are topic-related. You can do this individually or in a group. No limiting, no censoring information, no wrong answers. Once you have jotted them down, you can start putting the pieces in the right order, therefore, creating a solid framework. Hilarious as it might seem, I used a little brainstorming to write this post about brainstorming.

by Nadina Lupu

December 16, 2013

3 Options for eLearning Content Development

Why organizations make wrong decisions when it comes to eLearning content development. Take a look at the 3 options for eLearning content: Off-the-Shelf, Create it yourself, or Commission it from a specialist eLearning provider.

by Tim Buff

December 13, 2013

Outsourcing eLearning: How To Check And Evaluate eLearning Companies (2018 Update)

There are times when developing eLearning in-house simply isn’t cost effective. Or you may need to tap into the expertise of an experienced eLearning outsourcing vendor who understands the subject matter inside-out. In this article, I share 6 tips to check and evaluate eLearning companies for your next eLearning outsourcing project.

by Christopher Pappas

December 12, 2013

12 eLearning Buzzwords You Need To Know

Maybe you’re new to the eLearning industry, and all of this online training development language is unfamiliar to you—or maybe you’ve been in the industry for years, and you’re always discovering new trends and techniques to make your e-Learning development even better. Either way, if you’ve thought “Hmm, that’s a new term!” recently, then this post is for you!