Video in eLearning has long been a key element in eLearning and mLearning courses, but in 2015, it’s nearly crucial. Without it, learners miss out on a highly impactful form of teaching and learning. And the use of video in eLearning isn’t going away or slowing down. In fact, some research shows that by 2016,…
Look around. Whether you’re at work, out to dinner, or in a meeting, you’ll notice that people are focused on a variety of devices. Maybe it’s a tablet. Maybe it’s their smartphones. Maybe they’re tapping away on a laptop. In 2015, this trend impacts the eLearning market in that it means designers have to take…
How can skill-based training offered in an eLearning format help individuals and teams improve business? Let’s look at some specific examples.
With the recent passing of the legendary Yogi Berra on September 22, 2015, it only made sense to stop and take a moment to think back on some of his famous quotes. At age 90 when he passed, Berra lived a full life. And during that life, he surely left his mark. While Berra was…
In this post, we’ll look at the roadblocks, the benefits, and a few best practices for adult learners and technology.
Training adults requires a unique approach that is different from how we were taught in our primary education. In order to create a compelling training course for adult learners, one needs to consider the set of motivators that drives an adult to retain (and later apply) lessons learned from a course—be it in a traditional…
The theory of constructivism is based around observation and scientific study on how people learn. Within this theory, learning is viewed as model constructed by the learner, which is different for each individual.
When research from this field is leveraged in an eLearning context, we can create courses that take into consideration the way adult minds process and interpret new information.
We should start off this post about eLearning text by saying that we generally prefer courses that are visual and interactive versus large walls of text. That said, there are certain cases where you just can’t get around presenting information to learners in a text format. For this reason, research into how people read online…
Malcolm Knowles released his book The Modern Practice of Adult Education in 1970—but the lessons we can learn from there are still as relevant as ever. In this post, we’ll look at how we can leverage adult learning theory to create eLearning courses that are designed specifically for the mind of an adult trainee. Andragogy…