Instructional Design Tips

January 22, 2015

Pervasive Learning in eLearning

More often than not, the most memorable and exciting learning opportunities take place outside of formal learning environments. In this article, I'll talk about the basics and benefits of pervasive learning in eLearning, so that you can create eLearning experiences that are immersive, interactive, and collaborative for your learners.

by Christopher Pappas

January 20, 2015

Designing An Online Course? It’s Like Flying a Kite!

Have you been charged with developing an online course? Do you feel overwhelmed by content, and not sure how to organize it all? What should you do first? If you build a strong enough frame, instructional design can be as easy (and fun) as flying a kite.

by Guila Muir

January 16, 2015

Instructional Presentation Is Just As Important As Instructional Design

Good instructional design does not translate into a good instructor-led training if the instructional presentation is done poorly.

by Jeffrey Slapp

January 12, 2015

What Makes For Great Instructional Design?

Find out what a veteran instructional designer considers to be the three essential elements of great instructional design.

by Clare Dygert

December 31, 2014

The Forgetting Curve in eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

You may have devoted countless hours to content development and eLearning course design, but all will be for naught if your learners will not be able to commit what they've learned to long term memory. In this article, you will find everything you need to know about the forgetting curve in eLearning, so that your learners will always come away with the knowledge and skill sets they need to achieve their goals.

by Christopher Pappas

December 29, 2014

Tips To Use Learners’ Imagination in eLearning

Learning is mainly viewed as a practical and “down-to-earth” process. Therefore, imagination, which is one key area of the brain, is often left by the wayside during the eLearning design and development process. In this article, I'll share some tips that will help you to tap into the imagination of your learners and use it to your advantage.

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 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 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

November 20, 2014

3 Instructor-Led Training Pitfalls to Avoid - and 16+ Solutions

Instructional designers and facilitators: Are your tried-and-true techniques for instructor-led training killing your participants with boredom? Instructor-led training continues to be a critical component of many organizations’ training offerings. Yet it has the potential to become stagnant, as instructional designers and facilitators fall back on the methods they’ve used for years. Shake things up by recognizing three pitfalls to avoid and by getting new inspiration from Catherine Davis, SweetRush’s Instructional Design Practice Lead.

by Catherine Davis

November 20, 2014

Path-Goal Theory for e-Learning Motivation

So, you want to motivate your employees during e-Learning. And who better than your training instructors or instructional designers to lead that motivation? One strategy is for instructors to lead e-Learning by applying the Path-Goal Theory.

by Christie Wroten