Professional Development

October 4, 2015

5 Little-Known Facts About eLearning Professionals

eLearning outsiders may already know that eLearning Professionals are the ones working behind the scenes to create eLearning courses. However, there are some tidbits about eLearning professionals that may come as a surprise to online learners, and even some industry newcomers. In this article, I’ll share 5 little-known facts about eLearning Professionals.

by Christopher Pappas

October 2, 2015

Top 16 Leadership Books For Chief Learning Officers In 2015

As you build your leadership foundation, it is important to know what leadership means to you and how you will apply it throughout your life. While you journey down your path of leadership, it will help you to read about and study how others became such successful leaders. Through reading these leaderships books you will be able to learn how to strengthen your own leadership skills while motivating and inspiring those around you.

by Curtis J. Morley

August 29, 2015

The Top 10 TED Talks For eLearning Professionals

Exploring a learning topic from a whole new perspective is a rare opportunity. Fortunately, TED talks offer the chance to dive into the minds of other educators, subject matter experts, and eLearning professionals. In this article, I'll introduce 10 talks that are definitely worth a watch.

by Christopher Pappas

August 27, 2015

5 Things You Can Learn From Taylor Swift About eLearning

Taylor Swift is taking over the world. That’s my prediction anyway. Her accomplishments go far beyond just music, although her many awards there -including 7 Grammy Awards, 22 Billboard Music Awards, and 8 Academy of Country Music awards- reveal her talent. In 2015 she was the youngest woman ever to be included on Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women list. Here are a few things you can learn from her and apply them to your eLearning development.

by Stephanie Ivec

August 27, 2015

Physical Activity And eLearning Development: What eLearning Professionals Need To Know

What running shoes have to do with eLearning development? This article discusses the connection between physical activity and eLearning development and the importance of taking breaks while working on an eLearning project (or any other related computer task for that matter). Read how to keep your physical and mental health while avoiding CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome).

by Rambo Levin

August 25, 2015

Let's Become Collectors Of Learning Experiences

Everybody has one's own model of learning; some of them more effective than others. In this article, I would like to convince you to become collectors of learning experiences which will help you to build learning context by experiencing things.

by Marek Hyla

August 23, 2015

Building New Skills For Learning And Development

What impacts the effectiveness of Learning and Development teams? In this article I will show you how to deal with the growing skills crisis in this critical department.

by Laura Overton, FCIPD, FLPI

July 18, 2015

Learning Battle Cards: A New Tool For Instructional Designers

There are many models which should be taken into account while designing instructions. As an Instructional Designer you know them all; you can mix and match ADDIE with Kolb Cycle, 9 Events of instruction with Bloom's taxonomy... You may even know how to use brain rules and take care of your development process' Flow. Ok, so you are an Instructional Designer expert. But don't you feel overwhelmed with all these new tools and methods, which may be used for learning but you don't know them well enough to fit them into your development process?

by Marek Hyla

June 29, 2015

5 Best Practices For Transforming Faculty Into Fully Online Educators

It is no easy task to train faculty to become teachers of fully online courses. This article presents a few tips for helping develop and prepare faculty to design, develop, and deliver engaging online courses to the students they teach.

by Sabrina Taylor

June 5, 2015

Should Your HR Department Deliver Compassion Training?

More and more Human Resources departments throughout the United States are being asked to weigh in on the issue of compassion training, and often they are charged with the responsibility of determining how compassion training can be delivered to managers and employees.

by Roz Bahrami

May 27, 2015

How Do You Infuse A Culture Of Innovation?

It is common for human resources professionals to be included in teams designed to foster innovation in today's corporations, institutions and organizations. But how does one even start to persuade other people to adjust their thinking from the comfortable, safe ruts it has settled into?

by Roz Bahrami

May 15, 2015

eLearning Communication: The Most Important Non-Technical Skill For eLearning Success

Experienced instructional designers and eLearning developers know a lot about creating effective and engaging courses. In corporate settings where time is money, we only have minutes – or seconds – to state our points. Without credibility and respect, we are too often bullied and pushed around into decisions that don’t always make good sense or could steer the project in the wrong direction. Learn about the one skill that can make or break a successful eLearning career.

by Geoffrey Peart, M.Ed, CPLP