eLearning Design Tips

November 29, 2012

Test And Assess – Be A Curator!

Paint cures but what’s that to do with testing? Curation as a process has been going on a long time; you probably had teachers who shared reading lists, sites of interest, things to do on your next family vacation.

by William J. Ryan

November 19, 2012

Benefits Of Using eLearning Templates

Should you be using eLearning Templates in your online course development? eLearning templates can be a great tool for eLearning designers to use, and can play an essential role in the development process.

by Andrew Scivally

November 11, 2012

How To Design Assessments That Promote The Learning Process

Assessments are critical elements of instruction; they determine accomplishment of lesson objectives. However, you can design assessments to be more than an evaluation of what has been learned. You can design them to be a part of the learning process itself.

by LuAnne Holder

October 29, 2012

Screen Tutorials in Technical Learning

In technical subjects, learners respond well and benefit from the inclusion of imagery and video. How Do I Make a Good Screencast?

by David Demyan

October 5, 2012

eLearning 101 Part 4: Developmental Process

eLearning 101 Part 2: Planning eLearning, describes best practices on script writing In eLearning 101 Part 3: Developmental Roles, discusses the communication process. eLearning 101 Part 4: Development Process, provides a more detailed development process.

by Anita Horsley

October 1, 2012

eLearning 101 Part 3: Development Roles

eLearning 101 Part 3: Development Roles includes the roles and responsibilities that are included during the development process. Some roles are mandatory during any course development process, while other roles may be optional depending on the needs of the course.

by Anita Horsley

September 22, 2012

eLearning 101 Part 2: Planning

Planning your eLearning course is the most important step. The worst experience anyone can encounter in an eLearning environment is finding traditional written training materials simply moved to the computer screen. Talk about a high snooze-factor! And this is not only boring -- it's ineffective training and a waste of time for everyone involved.

by Anita Horsley

August 19, 2012

How To Create A "Design Blueprint" With A Flexible Learning Sequence For Your Online Course?

Over the last three years I have focused my instructional design efforts on a specific context: higher education courses delivered via a learning management system (LMS) by subject matter experts (SMEs). I have been particularly interested in developing best practices and a standardized framework for online syllabi.

by George Joeckel