eLearning Development Best Practices

December 21, 2014

10 Tips to Use Flashcards in eLearning

In this article, I'll share 10 great tips to use flashcards in eLearning. If you are planning to utilize flashcards in eLearning courses, these tips will give you the opportunity to not only boost the excitement factor for your learners, but to also enable them to acquire and retain more effectively the knowledge offered during in the process.

by Christopher Pappas

December 16, 2014

3 Tips For Creating Interactive Self-Paced Online Courses

The learning experience for self-paced online courses has historically been fairly static. Trainees absorb information passively by watching videos, reading written passages, and clicking through Powerpoint slides. In this article, we discuss new technologies and methods for creating interactive self-paced online courses.

by Sandi Lin

December 15, 2014

Audio in eLearning: Top 10 Tips For eLearning Professionals

In today's article I'll be share with you the top 10 tips to use audio in eLearning. I will also highlight the many ways that you can use audio to enhance the overall eLearning experience, especially if you are dealing with a complex subject matter.

by Christopher Pappas

December 9, 2014

Your Ticket to Great Instructional Design

Instructional design is certainly not an easy business. Having been in the learning, training and development industry for more than 27 years, I can assertively say so. Instructional designers shoulder the important responsibility of sugar-coating the critical learning content in such a manner that training becomes not just a mandatory activity, but something that employees love. Now how do you do that? How can you possibly turn something boring into something that employees love? The answer to that is what differentiates a good instructional design from a poor one.

by Harikumar

December 8, 2014

Create Effective Mobile Training Courses With These 8 Simple Tips

Learning when and where learners want is one of the most significant benefits of eLearning, and the best way to achieve this is by offering them mobile training courses. But how can you quickly create effective mobile training courses without spending a great deal of time or money on the process? In this article you'll find a number of tips that can help you to quickly create effective mobile training courses.

by Christopher Pappas

December 5, 2014

Who Really Uses e-Learning? A Look at Your Audiences

e-Learning is a great way for companies to deliver mandatory training, but do you know who really uses it? Knowing the audience for an e-Learning course is crucial to its success. The audience will change how you present the information, and even how much information you need to present in a course.

by Christie Wroten

December 4, 2014

8 Tips To Use Stock Images In eLearning

In this article, I'll share 8 unexpected and powerful uses for stock images that you'll want to consider when designing your next eLearning deliverable. Each of these can help you to create engaging, interactive, and effective eLearning courses that your learners aren't soon to forget!

by Christopher Pappas

December 3, 2014

5 Psychology Principles That eLearning Professionals Should Know

In this article, I'll highlight 5 psychology principles that you should use before you develop your next eLearning courses. Knowing how learners acquire information and why they need such information, is the key to becoming a successful eLearning professional. Using psychology principles in eLearning courses, offers eLearning professionals the chance to take full advantage of learning behaviors when creating their next eLearning deliverable.

by Christopher Pappas

November 27, 2014

e-Learning Graphic Design Fundamentals

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is good e-Learning design worth? A lot—after all, good design is more than just a pretty picture! But don’t let the idea of having to design an entire e-Learning course stress you out. Once you master these design fundamentals, you’ll be creating sleek, professional courses every time.

by Stephanie Ivec

November 26, 2014

How To Develop eLearning Production Guidelines For Your Organization

This article details the elements required to develop eLearning production guidelines for your organization. The article is written for eLearning Professionals introducing eLearning to their organization, and draws on the author's recent experience developing eLearning production guidelines.

by Carolyn White

November 25, 2014

5 Brain Hacks to Get Your eLearners to Learn Faster

What if you could give your elearners the superpower of learning faster? Sound impossible? Not if you know the cognitive hacks to boost brain performance. Your subconscious mind is smarter than you. It makes most of your decisions without you--and without the permission of your conscious mind. It’s the fastest-acting part of your brain. Yet most eLearning courses engage the slowest acting part of the brain - the neocortex, seat of logic and reasoning.

by Vicki Kunkel

November 24, 2014

Tips On How To Use The 6 Laws of Perception in eLearning

In this article, I'll highlight the 6 Laws of Perception, also known as the Principles of Grouping (or Gestalt Laws of Grouping), and show you how to use each one of them in your eLearning course strategy. Regardless of the subject matter, the target audience, or the eLearning objectives, these Laws of Perception can help you to design highly effective eLearning courses.

by Christopher Pappas