Creative E-learning

3 Creative Examples for Using Lesson Plans in Your E-learning Courses

Many e-learning designers are understandably focused on creating more engaging courses these days. In fact, “How can I build better e-learning?” is one of the most popular questions we hear [...]

Creative Process: Designing a Hollywood Movie Poster

Creative E-learning

As many of you know, the Academy Awards of E-learning, aka Articulate 2010 Guru Awards, is coming up. The Guru Awards are a great opportunity for e-learning designers to showcase [...]

Heavy Metal Makeover: 5 Design Ideas to Rock Your Learners Into Compliance

Creative E-learning

Let’s face it, no one takes compliance e-learning seriously. Slide by slide, learners glaze over the rules and regulations while unconsciously clicking the next button. The problem is that most [...]

Macbeth Motion Comic as E-learning Scenario Model

Creative E-learning

If you’re an e-learning designer looking for examples of engaging scenarios, visual storytelling and learner control all in one asynchronous course, you’re in for a real treat with this Macbeth [...]

3 Ways to Create Engaging E-learning Bullets

Creative E-learning

Like ‘em or hate ‘em, bullet points are a big part of e-learning. And when used appropriately, they’re an effective way to chunk content. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. [...]

Compliance Poetry

Creative E-learning

How many times have you heard compliance training is too boring to be taught in an entertaining or meaningful way? Most designers would agree that compliance training is the least [...]

Design Mapping: Creating the Right Look and Feel for Your E-learning

Creative E-learning

Design mapping is a structured process for identifying the right elements—fonts, objects, people, textures, sounds and colors—for your multimedia projects. The process helps instructional designers move past the “blank page” [...]

O’reilly Rough Cuts as Rapid E-learning Model?

Creative E-learning

Remember the good old days of e-learning development when your courseware would remain fresh and current for at least six months, maybe longer? It seemed even compliance courseware only needed [...]

Happy the Hedgehog Knows Compliance E-learning

Creative E-learning

Mobile phone companies continue to raise the bar for the most creative compliance public service announcement (PSA). It continues to amaze me (read: annoy) how groups *outside* the training department [...]

10 Tips for Ensuring Image Neutrality in Elearning Courseware

Creative E-learning

Anyone who’s ever designed an elearning course, corporate brochure or any form of graphic design, has at one time or another been asked to replace one or more images that [...]