For many, tax time is a stressful season—one that causes many businesses to reassess how they’re deploying valuable resources. Should you splurge on new tools? Or find creative ways to get the most bang out of existing ones? Sometimes it’s as simple as discovering a new idea or strategy, and online learning can help with that. Why not check out one of the free webinars being offered this May? We hope they will inspire and motivate you.
Read MoreWe've spent some time discussing how to make your eLearning effective and engaging by building sure-fire motivators into your courses and integrating the WIIFM ("What's In It For Me?") factor. If you've incorporated best practices into your eLearning design, you have a great course all ready to go. So how do you get the most out of it?
Read MoreYou have content. You have learning objectives. You have authoring tools and you know how to use them. You’re all set to create an engaging and effective course.
Or are you?
Read MoreIf you’re just getting into eLearning, you may have heard the word SCORM come up. Terms like “SCORM-compliant” or “SCORM-conformant” get tossed around the instructional design world. But what does SCORM mean for you if you’re just starting out developing eLearning?
Read MoreWith many of us in the throes of financial year-end, and the scheduling irregularities that come with spring break, it’s sometimes hard to find the time to keep up with business best practices. That’s what makes an hour-long webinar such an effective tool. April offers plenty of great webinars to help you leverage your time and skills. We hope they will inspire and motivate you.
Read MoreIf your finger’s on the gamification pulse, you know that gamifying your instructional design is a great way to engage learners by creating challenges and instilling the sense of accomplishment that comes with progressing through a game-like course. Gamification makes learners think and engage, and that gives your instruction more impact.
So what’s the best way to apply gamification?
Read MoreThe year is off to a racing start. Have you implemented your New Year’s resolutions for your business yet? Or is your business a work in progress? Regardless of where you’re at, you’re not alone—March is full of insightful instruction and great ideas to boost your productivity. Recharge yourself with a free webinar or two this month—we hope they will inspire and motivate you.
Read MoreFor most of us, gaming isn’t a new idea. Surveys show that over 75 percent of us are regular gamers—whether those games are online puzzles, first-person shooters, medieval role-playing games, or word games. So we know what a game is: an entertaining activity that is played according to rules and often involves skill building.
But what’s gamification then?
Read MoreGamification is a hot topic in eLearning circles these days—and for good reason.
Instructional designers are tapping into a behaviour common to all ages and genders, all industries and demographic segments—something that people are already doing, and doing happily. Whether we’re shooting bad guys or crushing candies—whether we’re entry-level employees or in the C-suite—over three-quarters of us are engaging regularly in compelling virtual experiences.
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