eLearning Design

November 4, 2016

6 Tech Tools That No Design Professional Can Live Without

Designing is not an easy profession, but there are some tools that can make life easy for designers by solving the basic problems they face at work. The article puts forward 6 of the latest tech tools that every designer must have in order to succeed in his/her career.

by Sharon Thomson

October 26, 2016

Learning Designers – How Spooky Are We?!

As Learning Designers, what do we aim to achieve? Here's what I learnt from the spirit world!

by Amit Sarkar

October 18, 2016

Seeking Original eLearning Design

In this article, I will draw on my visit at Thomas Jefferson’s retreat near Lynchburg, VA, Poplar Forest, and share valuable lessons about original eLearning design I gleaned from this experience.

by Ethan Edwards

October 11, 2016

eLearning Design: Course Objectives Or Business Objectives?

Many a time, as learning designers, we tend to get into action without asking some basic questions. A simple but critical question can make all the difference to the solution we design: “What are the business objectives?”

by Ravi Pratap Singh

September 20, 2016

8 Learning Design Principles From The Learnnovators And Quinnovation Project

Learnnovators joined hands with Quinnovation to develop a course on “Workplace of the Future”, which was recently shared with the learning community free of charge. The idea of the project was to develop a course under practical constraints and show that it is possible to adhere to good learning design principles.

by Ravi Pratap Singh

July 23, 2016

Shaking Up Your Training Backgrounds

Like a good bartender who takes several ingredients, shakes them up, and creates a masterpiece of a drink, sometimes you need to shake things up in your eLearning designs and training backgrounds to create something new and improved.

by Melissa Dougherty

July 10, 2016

Training Design: The Essence Of Creating A Learning Experience

For all industries, in order to create an “experience” for the consumer (of all products and services), organizations are moving towards having the design team be involved right from the conception of the thought around the product/service to the very end. This is also true for training design in the training industry.

by Rahul Agarwal

July 9, 2016

Visual Thinking In The Education Sector

I met Rafa Vivas, founder of Visualizamos, in a paper on visual thinking. I wanted an interview with him, focused on the education sector. He invited us to the headquarters of his company.

by Leticia Lafuente López

June 29, 2016

5 Tips For eLearning Project Management Success Without Sacrificing eLearning Design

eLearning designers need time and freedom to design, but project managers want to closely define project dates and costs. The two do not need to be at odds. Here are some thoughts and tips for successful eLearning project management without sacrificing design.

by Peter Matamala

June 15, 2016

How To Design eLearning For The “Pragmatic Learner”

In this article I will introduce the concept of the “pragmatic learner” and how to design eLearning content to meet their needs. (Spoiler Alert: Microlearning is a good bet)

by Adam Gavarkovs

February 18, 2016

10 Authoring Tools For Easy eLearning Design

Check out this list of top authoring tools you can use to create eLearning materials.

by Stephanie Norman

February 6, 2016

How To Start With eLearning: 10 Basic eLearning Terms You Should Know

It takes time, dedication, and a healthy dose of memory cells to master every word in the eLearning dictionary. However, if you start with eLearning, you can go a long way with just a handful of basic eLearning terms in their eLearning vocabulary. In this article, I will share 10 words and phrases that everyone should know.

by Christopher Pappas