The eLearning Guild 's latest research report title Degrees for eLearning Professionals answers this question.and many more. They all agreed thatsomeone with the right mix of credentials and skills would be the perfect candidate.Many agreed that a Master’s would be extremely helpful to get the right kind of foundational skills. Tom Kuhlmann, community leader at Articulate and writer of the well-known Rapid E-Learning Blog provided various ways to get degree-related knowledge withoutgetting a degree." MichaelSpector, Alison A. MORE >>

The eLearning Guild are producing a new Guild Research Report on the subject of ‘e-Learning Authoring and Development Tools.’ In my view, the eLearning Guild is simply the best community of practice for learning professionals. To Complete the Surveys: Click here to navigate to the survey page on the eLearning Guild website. Well, you’ll get that warm fuzzy feeling that you’ve helped your fellow professionals, of course. And it's free.well, kind of free. and then re-submit the survey. So What’s In It For Me, you say? MORE >>

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. With the rise of rapid eLearning tools and the ease with which virtually anyone can now create a course, whats changing for the instructional designer? Consider this part two of my response to the Learning Circuits Big Question for February: Instructional Design - If, When and How Much? — Patti Shank , President, Learning Peaks LLC, USA Instructional Designer as Consultant Are we seeing this happen? SMEs using rapid eLearning tools)? MORE >>

I get lots of questions from those who are just getting started with rapid elearning. They want to know what they can do to build good elearning. The same goes for elearning. You won’t necessarily build world-class elearning the first time you build an elearning course. It’s just a matter of learning, which entails practicing your craft. Good books to get started: e-Learning By Design. Learning & the Science of Instruction. Guide to e-Learning. Learn to use the tools. Treat elearning like a textbook. MORE >>

Because of my job, I get to look at a lot of elearning courses. While these limitations are legitimate and present some obvious challenges, there’s no reason why you can’t take a step forward learning some basic graphic design concepts. When building elearning courses, everything on your screen should be there because you intended it to be there. Here are some previous posts that help you through the first two points so that you can build the graphics you need. There are plenty of books on graphic design to help you get started. Getting Started. Good examples. MORE >>