e-learning

On Twitter I recently shared a resource of more than 25 free e-learning books available for download. One e-book in particular caught my attention, and I thought it would be interesting to write a review for this blog. continue reading...

A recent “Tweet” on my Twitter account of a blog post I found generated a lot of traffic and discussion around whether or not the field of instructional design is suffering due to the popularity of rapid e-learning applications like Adobe Captivate or Articulate’s Engage and Presenter. continue reading...

Any time you can distribute your learning online you have the potential to reach more learners and reduce your costs dramatically. This is especially true in instructor-led training versus e-learning (self-paced or synchronous).

Building any kind of training comes with fixed and variable costs. Producing training materials and the development of the actual course itself is a fixed, one-time cost. It’s not until you release the training to the learners when you encounter variable costs that change based on need. continue reading...

I recently read an interesting blog post from a company who is well-versed in converting instructor-led training, usually consisting of a series of PowerPoint slides, to e-learning. The issues they lament are the same ones I have encountered when faced with this task, but I think we have different philosophies and take different approaches when tasked to move instructor-led training to an online environment. continue reading...