get a lot of questions about book recommendations from people just getting started with elearning. Let’s suppose you were on a desert island and in between catching fish and talking to volley balls you had a deep desire to learn more about elearning. Elearning 101. Here is what I see as the three core elements of a successful elearning course. shared a little about this in this post on mapping out elearning courses. Learning activities : What will the learner do with the content? Design for How People Learn. You can only bring three books. MORE >>

Over the years elearning software has become easier to use. With the ease of authoring, it’s placed the burden to do all of it on the shoulders of the rapid elearning developer. In an ideal world you’d have all the resources you need to build your elearning courses, but for many of you that’s not going to happen. So anything you can do to find inexpensive assets that you can be used for elearning helps. And many of them offer low cost or even free access to the types of assets you can use in your elearning courses. But with that comes some challenges. MORE >>

Recently someone asked how to combine their mentoring program with elearning courses. However, there are a few challenges with this type of training and many are overcome by blending elearning content with the peer coaching. Much of the new person’s learning is dictated by the peer coach’s own work flow. Learning can be intimidating. The Value of E-Learning. That’s where elearning proves valuable. learning courses are effective in dealing with these challenges. The Learning Journal. What’s included in the learning journal? MORE >>

In the past I’ve built similar elearning courses for organizations that taught their employees about having these disaster kits. While there’s nothing wrong with creating a list to state learning objectives, there’s probably a better way to engage the learner emotionally. When I first learned to build elearning courses the rule was that you HAD to have a page that stated the learning objectives. On top of that many organizations require that each course have an objective screen that has an explicit list of learning objectives. Understanding Objectives. MORE >>

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, August 20, 2007 Getting Started in Instructional Design Many readers find their way to this blog because they are interested in learning more about instructional design. Ill share with you what I know and point you in the direction of some great resources where you can learn even more. Ive been working as an instructional designer in the corporate training and e-learning field since the mid-1990s. My learning has all been completely informal. MORE >>