Tools like Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and Lectora Inspire, and the open-source favorite Adapt, are changing the way organizations are creating eLearning. Remember, you are not just creating a set of slides that will be animated to create a video course! MORE

Lectora on the other hand, has an online authoring tool, but for whatever reason continues to have it lag behind in features to their desktop tool, and continues to push their VR authoring tool more so, in my opinion, then the authoring tool itself. Social – ahh, folks think it means something so different than, what you think it means. The term social learning was established based on a simple premise – social media tied to learning, equals social learning. . MORE

It can manage elearning, ILT, dozens of languages, social integration, gamification, virtual classrooms and ecommerce. Substantial new capabilities for coaching, sharing and mentoring. Build course components using SCORM, xAPI, videos, files, HTML, slides. MORE

Maybe it is forward thinking or mobile, social, gamification, analytics or reports. While it does slide into the UX/UI, it has components that stand alone. Within the features piece, I look at mobile, social, gamification BUT also look at the newbies showing up – deep learning, content curation, coaching/social mentoring, video (inc. P2P, video streaming, video/webcam assessment/coaching, etc.) . Having social, some form of it. MORE

The other huge issue is that the course terms of chapter-page-lesson/scenario and so forth has turned into “slides” As an added bonus, some products do not enable folks to have a TOC or even push or mention of it. Layout screen – slides or whatever you wish to call them on the left side, the building of the course in the middle. I’ve seen a few vendors offer the “hierarchy” option rather than the slide look on the left side. MORE

Having content pushed on us in the form of bullets and slides is clicking boring. Instead of designing by focusing on content (let alone PowerPoint slides) as is so common, we produce engaging e-learning by focusing on the learning experience first and foremost. MORE

Maybe it is forward thinking or mobile, social, gamification, analytics or reports. While it does slide into the UX/UI, it has components that stand alone. Within the features piece, I look at mobile, social, gamification BUT also look at the newbies showing up – deep learning, content curation, coaching/social mentoring, video (inc. P2P, video streaming, video/webcam assessment/coaching, etc.) . Having social, some form of it. MORE

Like right now, I am launching a module on supporting civil rights, like how your USDA rights are established for purchasing food, a module on blood safety, a module on hand washing, and we’re working on a series of modules right now on supervisory skills to be better coaches and supervisors. MORE

How to add Fluid Boxes to the slides. Learn how a solid foundation for coaching was established and how the program grew and was scaled up for company-wide adoption, experiencing many challenges and successes along the way. Learn more about the ROI of coaching. MORE

Coaching and Mentoring tools (mobile is a key component). Social learning tools (not the same as a Social Learning Platform). I did not include PowerPoint or Slide tools that can be seen online. Because, that is a stretch to slide them (no pun intended) into the e-learning space, just because they are online. . Social Learning Platforms. Social engagement has never been overpowering in any SLP. Lectora Online. Coach and Mentoring tools . MORE