Do you remember the alligator from elementary school math class? In case you don’t remember (or you weren’t exposed to it), here is a refresher: To remember how to write the expression for one number being greater than another, think of a hungry alligator that wants to eat the larger number because it is bigger.... more
In this post our guest blogger, Ant Pugh, discusses exploring the why, an often missed step, before jumping to the what when developing an elearning course. One of my favourite videos I ever saw on the brilliant TED website was called ‘Start with Why’ by a guy called Simon Sinek... more
First, a little information about Litmos Live Sessions. Litmos can be used to schedule sessions, inform learners about the sessions and manage attendance and scores using the same software as your online courses courses. Live sessions are designed to take place either in a classroom or using a third party virtual training... more
Our guest blogger, Ant Pugh, brings us a list of great resources for designing creative and engaging elearning courses. Happy New Year everyone! Throughout the last few years of building presentations and subsequently elearning courses, I have been noting down the web addresses of any sites that I have found to... more
Being in the learning industry, I feel like I come across this topic every few months. But still with all the information available on creating inventive, fun and exciting PowerPoint presentations, I feel as though few people succeed in making engaging presentations. After rereading our December 6th 2008 blog post – Avoiding Death By... more
I read a great post yesterday from the eLearning Coach, Connie Melamed, that reminded me just how important storytelling is to learning. Not only is it one of the oldest forms of education but it can be found across all cultures, transcending spoken language. There’s something about a story’s unique ability to... more
This is the 2nd post in my “Online Course Design Tips” series and today’s expert advice has been very kindly contributed by Instructional Designer Jason Willensky: Old news: Make sure your learning objectives are clear and measurable, then make sure that your content and assessment align with your objectives. The... more
We talk a lot about Instructional Designers, Trainers, Teachers and SMEs. While each claims to have what it takes to design effective online training courses, I had yet to run in to an Interaction Designer (IxD) making these claims. A recent encounter on Twitter has shown me how they flip... more
Instructional Design combines the design of effective educational content with a well though-out course structure, while keeping the target audience’s specific learning needs in mind. The roots of which are in cognitive and behavioural psychology. I know it’s not that simple, but that’s the general idea. So, you can see... more
We’re all very familiar with PowerPoint for building presentations. But what happens when you find yourself on a computer without access to PowerPoint and you need to create, edit or view an important presentation? For many people this could be a real disaster. Who / What is 280 Slides? 280... more
