Online Courses

July 6, 2016

Designing Effective Online Courses: 10 Considerations 

Careful attention to Instructional Design can determine the online learner's experience. This article offers 10 suggestions for creating effective online courses.

by Mary Burns

July 4, 2016

Game-Based Learning: Redefining Engagement In eLearning

This article discusses game-based learning and its benefits in eLearning compared to traditional ways of delivering online learning. Here, you can also download the whitepaper from team Raptivity and explore how one can add game-based interactions quickly to an online course.

by Poonam Jaypuriya

July 1, 2016

5 Skills That Online Teachers Are Constantly Developing

Online teachers are often too busy juggling a heavy workload to notice an important fact - we may be teachers, but we're students, too! Online teaching improves your existing skills and helps you develop new ones (whether you realize it or not). Here are 5 skills you’ll probably refine today.

by Dr. Liz Hardy

June 29, 2016

3 Must-Have Apps And Tools For Your Summer Courses

This article is regarding the use of technology during summer term in school, as well as a few other tips regarding college students and how they can make their summer courses easier on themselves.

by Sandra Rodgers

June 23, 2016

Lessons Learned From Building An Open Online Course

In this article, we will discuss how we went about designing an open online course based on the idea of flexible, student-centered learning, and we will provide recommendations for how you might do the same.

by Chris Gaudreau

June 11, 2016

5 Creative Ways For An Effective eLearning Experience

With the advent of computer, notebooks, laptops, and other modern gadgets, the medium of learning for school and colleges has become quite easy. Whether you want to opt for distance learning or you wish to learn a foreign language, now all happens at your finger tip. In just a few clicks, you get an opportunity to learn whatever you want. The method of learning education or any kind of learning through an electronic device is called eLearning and it is becoming extremely popular everywhere. So, how can you, as a learning professional, create an effective eLearning experience?

by Anand Timothy

June 8, 2016

6 Tips To Create Interactive And Efficient Digital History Courses For Students

History courses shouldn’t be boring! Interactivity plays a huge role into every digital course. If you’re looking for tips on how to increase interactivity in digital history courses, check out our article!

by Colin Christensen

May 20, 2016

Pros And Cons Of Having An Online Degree Instead Of An Offline One

With an advent of modern learning technologies, it becomes much easier to obtain the necessary knowledge for a career beginning. But the shortcomings of education online are quite a lot as well. Here are the pros and cons of getting an online degree.

by Benedict Brychta

May 12, 2016

5 Changes In Study Habits That Can Result In Better Test Scores

With the internet becoming an inseparable part of our lives, the changes in our study habits in last decade are very pronounced. Presenting to you 5 changes in study habits that can result in better test scores.

by Debjani Chakraborty

May 5, 2016

5 Ways Mobile Learning Helps Improve Study Habits

A recent study by McGraw-Hill Education shows that more students are turning to mobile devices to help them study. Most career advancement opportunities and educational programs rely heavily on exam performance, but there are many factors that hamper a person's ability to study effectively and pass those exams. Let's explore 5 ways in which mobile learning, or mLearning, helps improve study habits.

by Peter Murphy

April 22, 2016

eLearning Courses, The Saviors Of The Academic Textbook

Traditional book sales have dropped globally in the last half-decade. This is no longer some technology guru’s forecast, but a true and proven fact in the international publishing industry. The number of books sold has steadily dropped in recent years, decreasing by almost a third in countries deeply damaged by the economic crisis, like Spain or Italy, and hence the number of books printed has gradually been reduced. This trend includes trade, educational, and STM (Science, Technical and Medical) publications, the latter two being the most affected. A drop in sales reveals the need for a change in the business model so that the academic publishing industry can remain profitable. Enter eLearning courses.

by Teresa Lopez

April 14, 2016

Inline Editing: Change The Way You Create Online Courses

There are tools out there that let you build websites with simple drag and drop functionality, so why can’t you do the same thing with creating online courses? Now you can with inline editing!

by Scott Cooper