Sometimes you simply don't have a lot of time when creating elearning. Here's a great list of shortcuts and tips that will save time without sacrificing quality.
The process-improvement methodology known as Lean (eliminating the expenditure of any resource that does not directly increase business performance) can be applied to training.
Great suggestions from the graphic design world! You may have the best content in the world, but if it doesn't appeal to the eye, you may lose your audience. These suggestions can be used by anyone, even if you've never had a design course.
You don't consider yourself as an expert on eLearning design. But you do treat design as a crucial aspect of eLearning and understand its importance. The proverbial question, however, still haunts you: how does one design an effective eLearning course?
Whether you are designing an eLearning course or an instructor-led session, your solution will likely include a series carefully-planned learning interactions. These interactions should be closely tied to one of your instructional objectives: what learners should know, do, or believe after completing the activity.
The practice of equipping workers with the intellectual tools they need for their job, whether it is learning, training or instructing, remains critical to an organization’s success. But while learning is still necessary, it’s time to rethink our conventional approaches — particularly when more efficient and effective methods exist.
A description of the IMPACT project and it's success. Some key Most faculty members are not taught a systematic process to course design and, despite their subject expertise, might lack background in learning theory. Faculty can best adopt educational technology while designing or redesigning their course rather than retrofitting an existing course to include technology. A course design model can include practical application of theories, including best practices for instructional technology us
It's time to move beyond interactive tutorials for self-directed learning, the main format for decades. Today, there are many tools available to make self-directed learning more effective and efficient.