Improve Learner Engagement by Using Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions
What do you remember more vividly? The steps of installing a piece of new software on your computer or the episodes from your favorite TV drama? Human beings are more ...
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3 Ideas to Give Your Next eLearning Course Visual Oomph
What do you think is the first thing people would remember about your eLearning course’s screen, if suddenly asked? It should be no wonder that what they will put design ...
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Use This Guide to Keep Tone Consistent Throughout the Course
In an earlier post, you got the low-down on how to find the right tone for an eLearning course. But writing in the tone that resonates with your audience is not just ...
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Strike the Right Tone for Maximum Impact in eLearning
Do you talk to your audience or talk down to them? What does your eLearning courses read like? Like a text book that makes your audience doze off or an interesting story ...
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WANTED: Creative Instructional Designers. Are You One?
If you scour Craigslist and LinkedIn regularly, you will often come across this ad: Creative instructional designers wanted. Requirements: Strong writing and ...
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How To Find Design Inspiration for eLearning
As an eLearning designer, you are expected to create courses that are quirky and engaging besides being informative. Normally, this wouldn't be a tall order for a ...
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What You Need to Know About Choosing and Using Photos in Your eLearning
What is the first thing that attracts a learner to your course? In most cases, it is a photo or a graphic. No points for guessing it right!
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4 Proven Ways to Make Your eLearning Courses Wow-Worthy
Remember those whodunits or the comic books from your school days that you stayed up late to finish? Or those old movies that stirred you so much that you still can't ...
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Create Life-Long Learners with Experiential eLearning
Knowledge vs Experience You may be a wizard with numbers, but what good is your knowledge if you cannot number-crunch your way through the mortgage documents? What good ...
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How to Make Infographics Work for eLearning Courses (Tips and Tricks)
If you had not been living under the rock (read: away from the Internet), you know infographics are everywhere. They are on websites. They show up on whitepapers. They ...
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Alignment Should Always Be Our Watchword in eLearning
“The instructional decisions we make will increase the probability that our students will learn”—Anonymous. How do you dress? For the occasion, of course. How do you ...
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A Do-Not-Do List for eLearning Designers
You have a Moleskin for your to-do lists. Or maybe you prefer an app. You probably get all (or most of) the items ticked off in the list. But what about the ones that ...
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