In this podcast for Edentree, James and I discuss: why it’s important to have an expansive view of what e-learning is. the process we go through at the start of each e-learning project. my views on best practice e-learning development. my advice on how to select both a third-party e-learning supplier and an e-learning authoring tool. the place of traditional e-learning courses in today’s learning environment. Designing and Developing Great eLearning Podcast Interview with James McLuckie MORE >>

By Tess Robinson, Director, LearningAge Solutions. It is incredibly disheartening to put all of your creative efforts into a piece of learning design for it to be largely ignored by your target audience. You’ve identified the organisational need, followed a robust design process and come up with a killer approach – so why won’t people engage with it? The answer is often that internal marketing and communication about the project has been ineffectual, or even non-existent. Find out where your target audience hang out and focus your communications there. Find yourself some advocates. MORE >>

by Tess Robinson, Director, LearningAge Solutions. Being innovative doesn’t mean that you have to come up with big radical new ideas all the time. Sometimes the very best learning innovations are quite simple and subtle or are just improvements or diversions from existing ideas. Having just won an award for innovation, we’d like to share our 10 top tips for innovative thinking with you…. Look beyond what is in front of you and practice seeing more than what is directly before your eyes. The way you view something at first, is not necessarily the only way of looking at it. Where is the gap? MORE >>

Increasingly I find myself turning away from learning theories and looking to brain science to hel p me design engaging and effective learning content. Many of the established learning theories were conceived decades ago before the advent of the internet or even networked computers. Typically they were designed for teaching students in classroom environments over a period of weeks and months. Applying these theories to a 20-minute elearning module delivered solely by computer can be somewhat nonsensical. Bell bottoms, boot cut or skinny-fit. Rule 1: Exercise boosts brain power. MORE >>

After a 20-year break I’m getting back into skiing. I’ve just returned from a four-day ski trip to the French Alps. It was awesome. Returning to a soggy grey UK, I’ve been thinking a lot about the trip and reflecting on my learning process. went with three goals in mind: Learn to parallel turn (turn with my feet parallel). Start to carve (turn using the edges of the skis). Do one red (advanced) run. In order to achieve these goals I built up to them; I had an instructor show me how to parallel turn, I then practiced these on green (easy) runs and blue (intermediate) runs. MORE >>