Author Archive

eLearning Design

May 10, 2012 No Comments by

I read a great blog recently by Ethan Edward of Allen Interactions,  Improving Your e-Learning Designs: What I Learned from a Flower . In the article Ethan focuses on a story from his youth about a night-blooming cactus. He compares the lessons learned from that cactus to how we can create effective learning events with [...]

eLearning, eLearning Tips, Instructional Design Tips Read more

Flash on an iPad?

May 02, 2012 1 Comment by

We receive many questions regarding viewing Flash on iPads and iPhones. iSpring recently published a great blog with a comparison of different tools available to view Flash on iPads . They spent some time testing Puffin, Appsverse Photon, iSwifter, and Cloud Browse, listing the pros and cons of each application. I decided to give Puffin [...]

Featured, Flash, PowerPoint Read more

iSpring PowerPoint to Flash Converter

Apr 26, 2012 No Comments by

Have you ever been challenged with the task of quickly converting a PowerPoint Presentation to Flash? iSpring has a cool product, Free PowerPoint to Flash Converter  that makes converting your PPT to Flash a very quick and easy process. Check it out…it’s FREE…and who doesn’t like free? Also, today they announced an upgrade to their [...]

Flash, PowerPoint, Products/Reviews, Software Read more

Come See Us – ASTD ICE 2012

Apr 18, 2012 No Comments

We want to let you all know that we will be at ASTD ICE , May 6 – 9. If you’re at the conference, stop by and say hello, we would love to chat with you! See us at booth #1619, generating lots of fun and excitement. If you ask nicely…we might even demonstrate some of our [...]

Read more

New eLearning Template Library

Apr 10, 2012 No Comments

We are excited to announce the launch of our new eLearning Template Library . This new library gives subscribers an “All You Can Buffet” of templates, images, and assets. Here’s some of the grub available on our Buffet: Flash Games, Quizzes, and Interactions PowerPoint Slide Layouts PowerPoint Classroom Games Articulate Player Skins Captivate Templates CutOut People [...]

Read more

Building an Internal eLearning Team

Mar 28, 2012 No Comments

Let me start out by saying that online training is not better than classroom training. It’s different! Both are effective ways of motivating and transferring information. You need to determine your training goals, to determine which training method is best for your organization. Here are a few factors to consider when deciding which training methods [...]

Read more

Best Practices for Creating Online Courses

Mar 21, 2012 1 Comment

There are many things to think about when creating eLearning. There’s no way that I can mention all of them in this post but I’d like to mention a few that come to the top of my mind. Course Outline / Storyboarding Know the audience Find good SMEs Always create an outline of the course [...]

Read more

Lot’s of New Flash Games

Mar 13, 2012 No Comments

Greetings from Hawaii. Do you want to build amazing training? Do you want to engage your learners? Well we have just the answer for you. We just launched some cool new Flash Games! These new games will help you build, to use a local term, ”mo’ bettah” training courses. Our new games include some exciting new features [...]

Read more

Why Use eLearning Templates in Your Course?

Mar 07, 2012 No Comments

Are you developing online training content (eLearning)? Do you want to save money and time? Are there multiple members on your team and you need everything to be consistent? Are there varying levels of technical expertise on the team? These are just a few questions that we come across while building online training content. Using [...]

Read more

“Nice to Know” vs “Need to Know”

Feb 29, 2012 No Comments

We have all had project “kick-off” meetings with Subject Matter Experts where they do an information “dump”. They share with us anything and everything they have ever learned about the topic. We are then left reviewing all the content/information that has been given to us and try to determine what is “Nice to Know” and [...]

Read more

Tips for Writing Successful Test Questions

Feb 22, 2012 No Comments

Previously we have talked about when we should test learners . Now let’s focus on writing successful test questions that support course objectives. Keep these tips in mind when writing test questions: Write test questions first. Once your course objectives are defined, write your test questions before writing your course content. This prevents the trap [...]

Read more

Ten Online Training Do’s and Don’ts

Feb 08, 2012 12 Comments

There are many things to think about when creating an eLearning team and creating online training. This posts list 10 DOs and DON’Ts to consider when building your next team and course. It isn’t a complete list but it does cover the main bases. You can also checkout the animated presentation. Feel free to leave [...]

Read more

Virtual Training

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments

The Learning eXplosion , by Matthew Murdoch and Treion Muller, is a great read that steps you through how to successfully move your classroom instructor-led training into the virtual classroom. The book specifically focuses on 9 Rules for Creating Effective Virtual Training: 1. The Rule of Continual Change – Learners and designers must always be [...]

Read more