These days, a lot of e-learning designers are laser-focused on one big question: “How can I make my courses more engaging?” It’s hands-down one of the most common topics I hear in my workshops. The good news? There are plenty of ways to crank up the interactivity and engagement in your courses. But here’s the […]
3 Things E-learning Designers Can Learn from the Oil Spill Interactive Graphics
In the weeks since the Deepwater Horizon, news agencies have produced dozens of interactive graphics, timelines, videos and infographics covering every angle of the event. This wealth of interactive graphics offers e-learning designers a rare opportunity to view and analyze multiple design models and approaches on a single topic. Here are three ways e-learning designers […]
Creative Process: Designing a Hollywood Movie Poster
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 their best Articulate work while competing for fame and prizes. One of the biggest challenges for many e-learning designers is coming up with a visual […]
Creative Elearning via Email
Lately I’ve been working on identifying some alternative and cost-effective ways for delivering training. It’s an important area of focus for my group right now. So tonight, while reading through some white papers, elearning blogs, books and forums, I received a joke via email. As someone who loves (and welcomes) interruptions, I opened and read […]
Made to Stick – Going the Extra Step in Elearning Design
One of the more meaningful books I read last year was Made To Stick. If you’re a learning professional, you need to read this book. There are many great examples on how to make ideas (read: training) “sticky”. In particular, the Beyond War scenario: Statistics are rarely meaningful in and of themselves. They will, and […]