Here at SHIFT eLearning, we like to ensure we keep updated with the latest trends and news of the eLearning industry throughout the year, since we depend on cutting-edge information to evolve our expertise and services. We've highlighted eleven eLearning-related blogs that we're frequently thankful for (and believe you might feel the same way).

The idea of creating this checklist is for you to focus on creating eLearning courses that resonates with your audience. Creating content that's meaningful and that has a lasting impact is what every eLearning professionals wants. Because it’s the only kind of eLearning courses that keeps people there from start to finish. It’s the only kind that elevates your learning program from ordinary to extraordinary.

How do you design a course that is learner-friendly, engaging, and at the same time supports your training goals? Understanding how the mindworks during learning is basic. More than anything, building eLearning courses requires the ability to be effective.

If you want to create engaging courses you should start considering one main factor: relevance. This means creating compelling courses that speak directly to your audience.

Lately, I'm sure you've noticed there's been no shortage of buzz about employee motivation -- particularly when it comes to the benefits of employee engagement and it's effectiveness in motivating . Employee engagement is the new management must do. Understanding that workers are looking for career opportunities and personal growth rather than just monetary incentives, is basic.

Companies are taking note of eLearning and revamping their strategy and talent pool to generate higher levels of employee engagement. Want to know how you can transform your training department to become an eLearning generating machine helping your HR team rock it and lower costs and boost productivity?

It's a common phrase to say "learn by playing." Different communication theories confirm this. Games make us produce dopamine, a brain chemical that increases learning and stimulates our state of attention. eLearning experts believe that games and playing need to be part of a course for adults to learn effectively. As a result, learning games are a necessary part of great eLearning these days. Without them, your courseware wouldn’t be so engaging...“They are fun, competitive, rewarding, interactive, and attention-grabbing. Traditional training is…not any of those” says Steve Boller from Bottom-Line Performance Blog.

Stop us if this sounds familiar. You get into your eLearning tool and poke around. The features are interesting. The options are many. And yet, at the end of looking around, you still don't know how to use it. Many tools are not intuitive enough and require extensive training for creating eLearning courses.