I find that most rapid elearning developers are working by themselves or with very small teams. In those situations, their organizations don’t offer a lot of support to learn more about elearning. Typically, there’s no access to more experienced developers or others who can help them grow as an elearning developers. On top of that, because of time constraints, many organizations aren’t always looking for the best elearning courses. Become Part of the Rapid E-learning Community? You’ll learn and so will others. MORE >>

" As the great elearning pioneer, Dr. Werner Oppelbaumer says, "If you want better ROI, hire smarter people who don’t need training." " The same goes for elearning. So it’s in your best interest to set a clear timeline and work to meet it or beat it. Learn to be a performance consultant so you’re better able to help your clients focus on the right things. For example, a simple elearning course can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000 depending on what you do. start with rapid elearning software and move up from there. MORE >>

To get the most out of PowerPoint and build the best elearning courses requires thinking of PowerPoint in a different way. By practicing these types of techniques you’ll learn to get more out of PowerPoint and think about what you can do with it from a different perspective. Inspired by Ryan’s tips, I’m going to show you how to create a television icon for your elearning course using PowerPoint. It’s a great display for those times where you want to add a video to your elearning course. 101 Rapid E-Learning Tutorials. Download it here. MORE >>

Here’s my list: Best individual blog: Harold Jarche’s blog pushes my thinking beyond what I do at work currently, and shows a more practical view of the theories I’m learning in my graduate studies. Best individual tweeter: @janebozarth is a real eLearning practitioner who is not afraid to share her expertise with lowly grad students such as myself. Best group blog. eLearning Learning aggregates several different education blogs, and provides a way to navigate by blog or keyword. Informal Learning 2.0 by Jay Cross. MORE >>

Best individual blog – trainingwreck by Dan Pontefract. Best individual tweeter – @jclarey Janet Clarey is all time favorite of mine. Best group blog – Workplace Learning Today by Brandon Hall. Best new blog – Work, Learn, Play by Jay Shaw. Best resource sharing blog – Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies by Jane Hart. But hey, it’s the best. Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion – @eLearningDebate I was on the waiting list to attend the eLearning Debate at the Oxford Union. MORE >>