by Learning Solutions Magazine
At Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2010, with this handy free app for your iPhone, you won't need to tote the Program Guide and the Expo Guide around with you! Now available on the App Store — just use the links in this article to go directly to it.
by Benjamin Martin
Beta Testing is a key step in creating insanely great e-Learning applications. Often overlooked or omitted out of concern for budget and schedule, it is actually simple and cheap to do, and when planned with care it takes little time to execute. Done before development is 100% complete, it ensures faultless releases. Here’s a step-by-step guide from an experienced developer.
by Anne Derryberry
Collaboration is hot, and e-Learning developers can always use help. Here are three new online tools and services that you may find fit your needs (and your budget): Google Wave, Freebase, and Amazon Mechanical Turk. They are well worth checking out!
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.
by Seung (Yonnie) Chyung, Armi Treñas
An effective learning strategy for many organizations must include delivery of instruction through several modalities. E-Learning is an important part of this mix, but it is not the only one. Content domain analysis and content level analysis are two keys to selecting the optimum combination of methods and technology use, matched to the desired outcome. Learn how from this article and case study.
by Bill Brandon
How to design visuals that will totally engage your learners and add value to your e-Learning applications!
by Bill Brandon
Sometimes, if you are just starting out in e-Learning, or if you want to keep projects simple (because your world is already complicated enough), all you need is a little basic guidance. If that describes your situation, this is the book for you!
by Chris Daly
A Learning Management System essentially delivers the same content to every learner in the same way (with some ability to adjust the learner’s path through the content). This is great, but not all learners are the same. Intelligent Tutoring Systems also deliver content to learners, but in a way that adapts to the individual. Which method is better for your situation? This short column should help
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!
by Shevy Levy, Jim Yupangco
The visual pathway is enormously important to human learning, yet much of our attention in instructional design goes to text and sometimes to audio. Visual design is a complex topic, but it relies on a few basic principles. Even without “artistic talent,” you can learn and apply these design principles. Quickly improve the effectiveness of your e-Learning with the ideas in this article.
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