eLearning Development Best Practices

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April 17, 2014

Win Over Your e-Learners with Storytelling

Storytelling is a powerful technique. Stories are what keep us captivated at the movies, through all 12 books in a series - and they’re what keep you glued to the couch for every Tuesday night episode of your favorite drama. But did you know that stories have been grabbing your attention in places you may not even realize?
by Christie Wroten
March 24, 2014

Are You Already Microlecturing?

When it comes to online learning, we are often faced with libraries with untransparent lists of resources, among which there are also narrated slide presentations that could be long from 40 minutes to several hours. These long online presentations are not aligned with our attention span and are not suitable for using on mobile devices also. So what is the solution for this problem? In this article I’ll present microlectures as a possible solution and also the procedure of how to create them.
by Jana Jan
March 13, 2014

The Ultimate Checklist for Using Video in e-Learning

Ever wanted to be a movie star? Here’s your excuse to bust out that inner screen star-research has shown that visually demonstrating a new skill or behavior can be an important and effective instructional technique. Adding live-action video enhances your e-Learning content by showing your learners how to perform new tasks and providing a human element that can be lost in animated scenarios.
by Stephanie Ivec
March 12, 2014

How To Bring Micro-learning Into Reality?

More than ever before we are in search for ideas and solutions of how to prepare online learning materials which take into account the basic principles of cognitive load theory. In this article you’ll find one of the possible solutions for making online learning experience more memorable by utilizing learning maps which rely on micro-learning framework.
by Tadej Stanic
March 6, 2014

The Secret to Effective eLearning Games

Serious games do more than just offer a few badges for finishing a quiz here and there. An effective serious game creates a learning environment where learning objectives are translated into important behaviors, where the context is meaningful to the learner and decisions are consequential.
by Stephanie Ivec