by Anne Derryberry
In the third major consolidation in the e-Learning market in 2010, solutions provider Kaplan IT Learning has acquired rapid e-Learning tool provider Atlantic Link, Inc.
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by Annecia Berkley
Needs analysis helps instructional designers identify performance problems to be solved by e-Learning. You can perform this vital first step with surveys and interviews. But there is another resource, the Customer Support database kept by most Help Desks. Here’s how to tap into the information available, and how one designer saved time and money while creating effective solutions.
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by Greta Ballard
Defining your instructional outcomes in terms of competency models and proficiency scales can be the key to deciding on an instructional design. In fact, this also helps in deciding which tools to use. Here is a method and a decision table that will guide your critical choices, based on competency, proficiency, and instructional alternatives.
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by Michael Towse
While it is possible to make e-Learning production complicated, the process itself is simple. Cut to the chase with this outline of best practices. These may look basic, but they will save your project (and your reputation)!
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by Darlene Christopher
Effective use of polls during synchronous e-Learning events can increase participant engagement, help facilitator performance, and raise learning levels. This is a quick primer of best polling practices that will pay off the effort you put into designing and using these quick surveys!
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by Joanne Scouler
Designers are under a lot of pressure to skip the needs assessment. It’s a bad idea, and in this column you will gain some great reasons not to leave out this key step.
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by Mark Place
For many years, industrial organizations have used statistical methods and disciplines such as Six Sigma to identify the root causes of problems and to achieve continuous improvement goals. Training departments can adapt these methods into a model for learning improvement, if they also implement a learning intelligence system. Read this article to find out how!
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by Eugene O’Loughlin, Steven Osterlind
Educators face a dilemma when they attempt to determine the best method to assess learning. The considerations become more complex with recent advances in blended learning technologies. In this article, investigate the advantages and disadvantages of traditional pencil and-paper assessment versus multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with an emphasis on the online environment.
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by Patti Shank
Assessment of learning is one of those elements of design that many practitioners talk about but find difficult to do well, or to do at all. Yet there are ethical and even legal reasons why doing assessment properly is critically important. Fortunately, designing good assessments is simple, given some basic principles. An expert designer walks you through these basics and shows you how to succeed.
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