Teaching or training adults can be very different from what you experienced in grade school. The process for adult learners is similar in concept, but often requires a different approach to ensure all of their mental needs are met. So how do you motivate adult learners so that the information in your eLearning course is…
Articulate just released Update 5 to Storyline 2, which can be found here. The main focus of this update was on Accessibility features. If you’ve ever worked on a course that needed to be 508 compliant, you know how much goes in to making an eLearning course accessible. There are several visual implications (as in,…
This post is part of an eight-part series on eLearning and graphic design. You can look for this series every other Thursday here on our blog (and sharpen your skills with each and every post.) With that said… We’ve talked before about graphic design as a whole for eLearning development, but today, we’re going to…
In the recently released Avengers: Age of Ultron, a team of superheroes comes together to save the world (and dominate the box office.) Each member of the team has a unique strength that makes this group unstoppable. Really, when you think about it, the team behind an eLearning course acts much in the same way….
Different types of eLearning require different levels of interactivity. Some are just needed to share generic information, while some need to really engage learners with material that can be transformed into hands-on training. Before you begin designing and developing a new eLearning course, be sure to identify which eLearning treatment level your course needs to…
When it comes to eLearning, the main focus should always be on learner experience. Why? Because even the best content and subject matter expert you can find can’t fix a poor learning experience. When learners can’t easily navigate material, digest information, and use the features you’ve built in, all your development work goes to waste….
Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and Meghan Trainor teamed up to sing “All About That Bass” using only classroom instruments. As evident from the music video, this group of creatives know an important lesson: It’s not always about your tools. Sure, these celebrities have access to the newest, most expensive instruments on the market. It’s The…
In our recent post on adding humor within an eLearning setting, we talked about knowing when to draw the line. And that got us thinking. How do you know how to avoid controversy within your eLearning course? Are there jokes you shouldn’t make, or issues you should avoid? In this post, we’ll discuss how you…
We see a lot of companies who are still sticking to their old training coursework because, “Well, it’s what we’ve always used.” But that mentality has to change. In order for training to be effective and efficient, the transition to an eLearning format is one way businesses are saving both time and money. In today’s…
Even though it’s years old at this point, we keep getting inquiries about this course that won Gold in an Articulate Guru Competition. That’s why today, we’re outlining what made it so successful. A little background: Sales orientation training is notoriously difficult because it requires the user to be highly engaged with the material. So…