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6 Questions to Ask when Moving from Face-to-face to Online

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Christopher Pappas has pulled together a myriad of very useful information for anyone considering moving their traditional corporate training centred on face-to-face training to, in part or wholly, online eLearning. There are lots of links to supporting articles which make this a very good place to start. However, it also serves as an excellent reminder and information souce for just about anyone who already uses eLearning as part of their… Read More »6 Questions to Ask when Moving from Face-to-face to Online

8 Ways to Choose a Colour Palette for eLearning

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A few weeks ago, Connie Malamed put together a beautifully concise article on colour palettes for eLearning. Connie suggests that there are probably at least four things you will want to get from a colour scheme: promote a positive experience, avoid causing eye fatigue, project the appropriate mood or psychological effect, and be appropriate for the audience and content. She then goes on to discuss: Branding Based on audience and content… Read More »8 Ways to Choose a Colour Palette for eLearning

4 Tips that will Make Learners Crave Your eLearning Content

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If you’d worked on as many different pieces of learning, across a myriad of industries, and just about the full spectrum of audiences, as I have over the last several decades then you’ll know that there are times when you have to just get it done and out there and others when time and resources are plentiful but it never ever seems to be as good as it should. What’s… Read More »4 Tips that will Make Learners Crave Your eLearning Content

6 tips for using images in your e-learning resources

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In a continuing series, Nikos Andriotis of eFront identifies 6 tips for using images and illustrations. Too often learning resources end up with images that just don’t quite do the job intended – often because of budget and time constraints. Knowing and sticking to some key points can enable savings to be made in both of these constraint areas. Nikos gives us some interesting pointers under these headings: Match your… Read More »6 tips for using images in your e-learning resources

More Memorable, Meaningful and Motivational Learning through Humour

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A very effective way to engage learners is through the use of humour (humor on the other side of the pond). However, there has to be a health warning here! You really do need to know and understand your target audience in order to achieve real success. For this reason, humour might not be as good an idea for a generic course as it is for a bespoke course targeted… Read More »More Memorable, Meaningful and Motivational Learning through Humour

Does Learning Need to be Totally Mobile?

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It seems a pretty safe bet that a large percentage of our target audiences make extensive use of smartphones and so it might make sense to deliver learning via these devices. On the other hand, surely these same people have access to desktops, laptops and tablets as well. In which case, unless it is imperative that a course has to be totally mobile, we can think of the desktop and… Read More »Does Learning Need to be Totally Mobile?

Your Greatest Source of Learning Content: Your Employees

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Once I had been attracted by the title, it was then the photo that enchanted me! But then, moving on and getting serious, Eric raises some great points and probably the greatest is that of knowledge retention in an organisation. In these days of staff volatility, it is too easy to see expertise fly out the window – and this is where a solid information and learning strategy can be… Read More »Your Greatest Source of Learning Content: Your Employees

Going Mobile: 10 Tips for Learning Designers

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Paul Clothier states in his 10 tips article, “It’s not always a good idea to adapt your existing content for mobile. Avoid it if you can, and create mLearning from scratch that supports what you already have. But if you must — then these guidelines should keep you in good stead.” Many of us working in instructional design will find ourselves getting more and more involved in designing for multiple… Read More »Going Mobile: 10 Tips for Learning Designers

So You Think You Can Really Select the Right Authoring Tool?

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Every week I try to make a point of visiting Craig Weiss’s blog to discover his latest interesting thoughts. Today I was not disappointed. All of us involved in developing LMSs or authoring tools know that there are a vast number out there and it is certainly mind-boggling as to how anyone can really pick either the best delivery system or the best authoring tools out there. Unfortunately, marketing can… Read More »So You Think You Can Really Select the Right Authoring Tool?

Mobile Learning: Device & Content to Drive the Content

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A few months ago, Paul Clothier made some extremely pertinent observations about smartphones and their use as a learning medium. He started by reminding us the extent to which we access our smartphones every day – can you believe it that on average 18-44 year olds check their phones 150 times a day!? He then goes on to make some interesting and important points relating to how smartphones are normally… Read More »Mobile Learning: Device & Content to Drive the Content