If you are one of those stewards who started eLearning very early in your organization, I am sure you will be now wanting to convert your legacy courses for one of these reasons. When we started developing eLearning, way back in 2000, our primary tool was Flash. Although the customer just published the PowerPoint slides to an online format, using articulate studio, they now wish to convert them into bite-sized learning modules and make it more interactive, using ISpring. MORE

Larry Ober has been nominated as Best eLearning Designer in the Maestro eLearning Awards , dubbed the OSCARS of the eLearning industry. What follows is an interview between Steve and the award’s organizers, Maestro eLearning. How did you get your start with eLearning design? Several years ago we engaged a vendor to create three eLearning modules for a new product launch. As you know, good quality eLearning modules are expensive. MORE

Implementing eLearning appears to be a minefield because a lot of investment and time goes into shifting training from the classroom to e-learning. A successful eLearning implementation requires careful consideration of the process you follow, the team you choose, and the technology you use to design, deploy, and deliver courses. Let’s see what it takes to enter the eLearning bandwagon. In this phase, the team scales up the course design and development process. MORE

This has led to the need of having courses with a responsive design to create multi-device learning more effective, as learners now prefer to access eLearning courses from their choice of devices. This requires eLearning designers to develop courses that are responsive, to enhance learning experience of the learners. Both, responsive and adaptive eLearning designs are based on the web design principles. Hence, responsive courses require less development. MORE

What I’d really like to talk about though, is the way that accessibility, the process and principle of making content available to those with disabilities, relates to elearning. Drawing from various presentations, I’d suggest that accessibility can inform elearning in four areas in particular: the design process, content development, course production, and module testing. When you make elearning accessible, you make it available to all learners. Module Testing. MORE

Selecting the right authoring tool for rapid eLearning projects is a process riddled with uncertainty. How will you know which eLearning tool to work with? Today, I am sharing my views on the 3 widely used tools -Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and Lectora Inspire 16. Articulate Storyline 2, Adobe Captivate 9 and Lectora Inspire 16. Animations are a great way to bring your e-learning training modules to life. Rapid Development. MORE

What I’d really like to talk about though, is the way that accessibility, the process and principle of making content available to those with disabilities, relates to elearning. Drawing from various presentations, I’d suggest that accessibility can inform elearning in four areas in particular: the design process, content development, course production, and module testing. When you make elearning accessible, you make it available to all learners. Module Testing. MORE

As is the case with any worthwhile and rewarding career path, it takes time and dedication to be a successful eLearning professional. However, there are a number of ways that you can boost your earning potential and increase your profits even if you are new in the eLearning field. Review your competitors’ services, either these are eLearning freelancers or companies, to see how you can differentiate yours. . Capitalize on emerging eLearning technologies. . MORE

An interaction catalog can help you develop effective elearning under constraints. Developing Effective Custom Training While Respecting Resource Limitations. Learning development is a paradox. And this is a greater challenge when it comes to elearning (and other forms of online training). There’s no time to build engaging, exciting, effective elearning. Use an Elearning Interaction Catalog for Quicker Development and Lower Costs. MORE

In 1996 Macromedia first introduced the Flash Player, developed to play videos, animations, and audio and to support enhanced interactivity in web browsers. Increases in the use of mobile devices for learning, and the maturity of HTML5 to present content over the web, have also led to a decrease in the development of content supporting Adobe Flash Player. Impact on the eLearning Industry. You can chunk a longer course into multiple microlearning modules. MORE

Seriously, from a learning product standpoint, I was blown away by the CC (Customizable Courseware) concept of offering interchangeable Instructor-Led Training (ILT) and eLearning. In my former life, leading a custom learning development company, we developed a lot of training programs for large, geographically dispersed workplaces. Opening up a Customizable Courseware module is basically like Christmas, right? MORE

A major concern in e-learning development is the time constraint. It need not be if you follow these five tips for reducing e-learning development time. #1. Templates are standard screens that define the look and feel of the eLearning course and provide quick options for you to organize the content and graphics in each screen. If your course has many modules, use templates to develop them in short time. 2 Develop Common Screens. MORE