To develop effective training modules, it is important they are customized to meet the distinct learning needs of the workforce. Creating and maintaining e-learning in-house can be an important investment for employee development and your brand’s future. You will have control over employees’ learning plans and the LMS. Changing learning needs based on employees’ performance. However developing e-learning in-house comes with its requisites. MORE

You wanted to reduce your e-learning development cost, that’s why you thought of outsourcing. E-learning companies that use the agile e-learning development process, develop short courses, offer translation services, and work with rapid authoring tools can keep online learning development costs under control. Let’s check how these four aspects play a key role in saving e-learning outsourcing costs. MORE

You have heard about e-learning and are looking to contact vendors for a quote. But before doing that, it is a good idea to understand the typical services e-learning vendors provide and how they price those services. Services provided by e-learning vendors and how they are priced. Established e-learning companies typically provide the following services: 1. E-learning design and development. MORE

Check why the right e-learning vendor-partner is necessary to connect business and training goals. eLearning Design eLearning Outsourcing MORE

It was the savior to mobile learning. Now, you can do all these amazing things, but it’s real strength was for collaborative learning. Social learning. Add to the learning experience. No worries, companies are not buying it for their employees. At least one tablet vendor is launching a 3D version, although you have to wear glasses. A company called eyeSight uses software with your front end camera to use your tablet without ever touching it. MORE

Let’s say a company wants to outsource its e-learning project to a vendor but the shocking stories of outsourcing experiences gone sour compel them to think twice. The first concern would be the expertise of the vendor in developing e-learning projects. Ask for samples: Address this concern by asking the vendor to develop a sample prototype based on your requirements. When outsourcing your e-learning, it is natural to have concerns. MORE

I love Questionmark, its a wonderful product and it can use a “connector” to integrate into your learning platform or system. Greater increase in the number of learning management systems offering quiz/assessment tools. Considering the growth of authoring tools, learning platforms, even mobile platforms jumping into the assessment tool space with equal performance, it just seems to be moving down the opposite side of the bell curve. Collaborative Learning Systems. MORE

After one quarter (for most companies) into the fiscal calendar year, it is time to see what the future holds in our space. I mean ever&# , from a senior executive at a mid to large size vendor that has been in the market for several years. Across the board, a large number of vendors (from small to large) saw increases in their quarter numbers. Especially, when vendors released their 2010 final numbers and saw big increases from the previous year. E-Learning 24/7. MORE

E-learning has become an integral part of the training initiatives in organizations today. Many organizations are turning to the outsourcing option to meet their e-learning needs. ” E-learning development requires the design and development of training modules for different verticals. Cutting edge being the norm in learning and its delivery methods, e-learning too has become a specialized function. MORE

This blog tells what a compliance officer and his team won’t have to do when they outsource their compliance course development to the right e-learning company. When you outsource your compliance course development, the e-learning partner you select will go through the heavy law manuals and come up with a Detailed Content Outline (DCO). When you outsource, the e-learning vendor will move to course development after deciding the instructional strategy. MORE

Two departments known at most companies as dollars spent, show me the ROI. Tell people at your company, business, firm, association that you can make money with e-learning and make training a profit center, many times, you will get a “sure, sounds great”, with snickers behind the go for it. . A C-Level is going to start noticing because you are generating revenue for the company, and thus you are a star. E-Learning 24/7 . L&D. MORE

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, June 27, 2007 The Rise of Rapid e-Learning Mike Alcock, MD of Atlantic Link Ltd has written an article over at Trainingzone.co.uk: The Rise of Rapid e-Learning. Subject matter experts are embracing the more sophisticated rapid e-learning tools which allow server side development with international collaboration and “instant&# course deployment. MORE

Developing your e-learning course in-house might seem like a good idea. Outsourcing the development of e-learning courses is the way to go for most organizations. You gain the benefit of the immense skill and experience of the e-learning development company. By utilizing the time-zone difference between your country and the offshore e-learning vendor, you can significantly reduce the development time, resulting in quicker turnarounds. MORE

The buzz, hype, demos, salespeople, awful expensive food, hotels that overcharge (I always find better deals on Expedia or sign up for the hotel’s e-mail newsletter) and yes, sometimes beyond awful seminars. The second segment is for vendors – including insight from fellow vendors on various trade shows. I know there are people who will visit the conference’s expo section, where the vendors are listed, prior to the show. E-Learning 24/7. MORE