by Terrence Wing
Terrence Wing, App Fusion columnist since January 2011, passed away on December 1. We are publishing his final column, received hours before his death, together with tributes from some of the many people who knew him and whose work he influenced.
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by John DiGiantomasso
Instructional design approaches and authoring tools generally embed a certain structure and flow in the resulting eLearning. This creates problems when a designer wants to repurpose content for a different set of learning objectives, or for a different instructional strategy. An extended learning content management system avoids these issues. Read about this concept here!
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by William Sparks
Do you enjoy a challenge? The author had to determine if specific harvest skills had been transferred from a workshop to lead farmers and then on to individual farmers in remote villages in Rwanda. The key to his success was the “clicker”: an audience response system. Not working in Rwanda? His tips will help you use clickers to lead focus groups in the corporate world, too.
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by Mary Arnold
All projects have constraints, and it is important that the project team and the client are on the same page about which one is most important. It can be painful to discover, too late, that the client’s expectations were different from the team’s. This week’s column offers a simple process that will protect you from that pain.
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by Saul Carliner
Preparing a complete and persuasive effective business case increases the likelihood that decision makers will accept your proposals for learning projects. Here is a complete guide and template for this critical process.
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by Thorsten Giertz
Cost-effectiveness Analysis (CEA) is a less complex method for identifying economically beneficial e-Learning investments, as compared to Return on Investment (ROI) analysis. CEA does not require the translation of training outcomes into monetary training benefits in order to produce insightful results.
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by Stephen Gill, Sean Murray
The technology of e-Learning gets better every day, yet the results are often called into question by senior management and by critics. What is preventing employees from using and applying e-Learning to achieve business results in your organization? An understanding of the “5As” can help answer this question.
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by Megan Bell, Larissa Biggers
Some e-Learning projects are more challenging than others. This article traces such a project. The target audience was nursing instructors in higher education. Production involved making HD video in a hospital. The authors cover the project from inception to delivery, including content development, production processes, and lessons learned. If you want to make educational video, read this article!
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by Peggy Salvatore
Healthcare workers need additional training in the form of e-Learning. Find out what topics are most critical and how to leverage time, budget, and interest today in order to be ready for the demand!
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by Marcia Conner
Ten great tips for selecting vendors, from the eLearning Guild’s e-book: 99 Tips for Selecting and Working with e-Learning Service Providers! These address the tough questions you must ask vendors, the steps needed to obtain a rigorous demonstration, and the level of support that you have a right to expect from service providers. Set yourself up for success by studying them.
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