eLearning Alchemy

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Buzzwords like gamification, micro-learning, mobile-learning, adaptive learning, rapid authoring, branching scenarios and responsive design have come with the promise of resolving all our eLearning woes… only to fall considerably short of expectations. The short answer is quality. Cost Savings.

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Compliance Training eLearning Micro-Learning Adobe Captivate 100

eLearning 24-7

JULY 29, 2019

Too many times I find that when talking about content, 3rd party content providers, content driven strategies from learning system vendors (which is quite hot) and marketplaces place more of a general approach to buying and pushing it. If your learning system provider offers content, take a look at it. The Grocery Store.

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Content Change Compliance Training ElementK 54

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 6, 2018

Content these days, well, it is an umbrella term to represent courses (micro too), videos, articles, materials, workbooks, other types of learning resources, podcasts and so forth. If one was to look at the e-learning industry (online learning), learning systems make up the biggest share of the space.

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Content NETg Authoring Tools SkillSoft 46

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 1, 2017

Trends at the show – vendor wise, some real surprises, some not. . As I hit the floor, I saw only a couple of vendors. . There were vendors on the video angle, but again it was not a “hot scene” vendor wise. Missed opportunity for a lot of vendors in the video arena. . Glad you asked.

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vendor Micro-Learning SkillSoft Courseware 40

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 21, 2016

Maybe you purchased it via Open Sesame, or Skillsoft. Maybe you scored it via Wiley, but in many possibilities you purchased the content thru your LMS vendor. What if instead of focusing primarly on the LMS, you went courses first from a vendor and in return got the LMS for free. But, what if the reverse was doable?

Courseware 40

Courseware SkillSoft Industry vendor 40

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 8, 2018

We place content onto our learning systems. . We assume that following a learner-centric model, heavily seen in any learning engagement platform, that this will work miracles, and thus increase someone’s knowledge – because hey, it is content they are interested in. The analysis is on your end, not the learning system.

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Online Learning Strategy Content Online 61

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 23, 2019

What is also frightening though to me, and people who know me can attest, very few haunted or creepy stuff scares me, are the amount of bad systems, bad content, erroneous information being presented to folks, looking to find the right solutions for the learning and training needs in the exciting world of e-learning. is now live.

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Authoring Tools Association LMS Association Learning Management System Oracle 41