Learning Management Systems (LMS’s) seem like large, mysterious infostructures that are impossible for the lowly instructional designer to comprehend or set-up, or so people have come to believe. LMS’s are having difficulty shedding the enigmatic reputation even though they...
The Rapid E-Learning Blog hits the nail on the head with tips for how to hire and how to get hired for eLearning professionals. I said in a previous post that people need to take responsibility for their careers...
Want to learn how to create award winning eLearning? Need to kick-start your creative juices with new ideas in online and mobile learning? The eLearning Guild recently recognized several stellar eLearning and mobile developers in their DemoFest. These award-winning...
– This post is by Therese Longo, my right and left hand (and sometimes my brain). My first generation iPad mini was about to die, so I recently decided to retire it and buy myself the new iPad mini...
How can you get your learners to actually learn? Do you want to empower them to choose the learning method and amount of content that is best for them? How can you develop one training program to meet the needs of...
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Action mapping can be a very helpful tool when developing training. It helps to streamline training by delivering the information that is needed to get the results desired. The resulting training is scenario-rich, and project sponsors can see how...
Check out this great article from eLeaning Brothers on making the most out of the first minute you have in a course to capture your audience’s attention. How to Get Your eLearning Audience Hooked From the First Slide
You’ve spent weeks developing an amazing course and now it is time to create the assessments. Nothing kills an award-winning course like a poorly developed assessment. There is more to creating a good assessment than pulling the main points...
We all have those little things that drive use crazy … pet peeves. Have you ever considered that you can learn good practices by paying attention to someone’s pet peeves? Changes are that if it bothers one person it...
Develop elearning that encourages your audience to explore, try, and learn instead of forcing facts into their brains. Here is a great article by Nogginlabs Custom e-Learning about some of the mistakes designers make and how to improve...