eLearning Design

January 27, 2016

Impressive Mobile Learning Design: The First Step To Successful Mobile Learning Delivery

Most organizations are now open to the idea of taking advantage of the increase in smartphone and tablet use in the workplace mobile learning for eLearning delivery. This increases the availability and accessibility of training for the employees, who can now utilize their time learning even when out of office. But the increasing use of mobile-enabled learning content creates a set of challenges for eLearning developers. Here is how effective mobile learning design can be the first step to successful mobile learning delivery.

by Heena Nanda

September 29, 2015

Top 10 eLearning Design Traps To Avoid

Does your eLearning falter due to simple design failures? In this article I will share 10 eLearning design traps and all the ways to avoid them. Don’t be ensnared!

by Ruby Spencer, CTDP

April 18, 2015

eLearning Interactivity: The Ultimate Guide For eLearning Professionals

Interactivity has been proven to have a significant impact on the effectiveness of the eLearning process. In this article you will find everything you need to know about eLearning interactivity, as well as the most essential ways in which eLearning interactive methods and techniques affect the learning process.

by Christopher Pappas

April 10, 2015

7 Benefits Of Mistake-Driven Learning

We all make mistakes; it is an inevitable part of being humans. However, it is what we do with the experience we collect from those mistakes that makes a world of difference. In this article I will share the many benefits that mistake-driven learning can offer your eLearning courses.

by Christopher Pappas

June 16, 2014

7 Tips To Develop a Successful Interactive eLearning Strategy

In this article you'll find some invaluable tips that can help you to create a winning interactive eLearning strategy, so that learners can receive the most benefit from the eLearning course that you've worked so hard to develop.

by Christopher Pappas

May 1, 2014

6 Ways To Build Atmosphere and Emotion in your eLearning Theme

To make your eLearning theme come to life you need to build atmosphere and emotion into it. There are many ways in which you can do this to make a memorable eLearning experience.

by Lorraine Minister

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 23, 2014

Top 5 Performance Support Apps for Learning Designers

Connie Malamed was one of the first in the learning industry to design and develop an app for learning designers. Naturally, during our interview with her, we were eager to probe and find out more about her inspiration and the thought process that went into the making of her app. This is also one of the many things that we were left wondering about after our interview. We set out on a journey to explore and learn more about other apps that are available for learning designers. Read on...

by Ravi Pratap Singh

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

November 24, 2013

How To Write Aims and Objectives for eLearning Courses

Aims and objectives can sometimes be incredibly confusing but every eLearning course needs to have them. Here's an explanation of what they are, why they're needed and a simple way to write aims and objectives for eLearning courses.

by Rebecca Ogrady-Marshall