As I mentioned in a previous blog , not even lists can be boring. They are useful for splitting up information in an e-learning course and, as long as they have bullets and are logical, they will draw the learner’s attention to each point. Tags: Blog Plain English isn’t dull writing, and it’s not about banning new or long words. It’s all about using words that are easier to read and understand, and faster to write! Here are our top ten tips for writing an e-learning course in plain English. Think before you write. It’s crucial to plan the structure of an e-learning course. MORE >>

Formal information overload > email & intranets are being ignored. Micro-blogging is starting to become a very effective way in which organizations can mitigate some of the aforementioned points. personally don’t care what tool, application or technology is being used to drive enterprise-wide micro-blogging, but it must be secure and ideally it’s behind the firewall. Of course, if you already utilize platforms such as Confluence , Jive , SharePoint , IBM Lotus , Salesforce.com  amongst others, there are built-in micro-blogging or status update features. MORE >>

The other is to look at other’s experiences, and there are many who’ve documented their game design experiences in various blogs. Philomath Games – A constantly updated blog that includes posts that discuss a variety of game design and development issues.  Game Design Blog – Another frequently updated blog that contains a wealth of information about game design and development. The posts are categorized differently from most other blogs – ‘21 Behaviours of a Great Designer’; an interesting angle. more about that here. MORE >>

It is over-long and information heavy. online discussions using forums and blogs. In many ways, e-learning is doing well. The  Towards Maturity Impact Indicator report published last December showed that many UK organisations are experiencing significant benefits from e-learning in terms of efficiency and business agility.  Learning Light’s recent survey of the UK e-learning market showed growth of 8% in obviously difficult economic circumstances. However, it took the more recent  Towards Maturity2010 Benchmark Report to show that the true picture is rather less encouraging. MORE >>

I was recently asked for a list of the top ten blogs that relate to corporate eLearning by someone who wanted to get a sense of content quality and value of reading blogs. debated for a while, because I have quite a few blogs that I subscribe to and my personal style is to quickly scan a lot of blogs, selectively reading posts that I think are going to be interesting, comment on some, and post my thoughts about others. think a better list to use is in my Blog Roll in the right column of my blog. There you can find a lot of great blogs. MORE >>