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 [...]
Often, due to shortened project timelines, the Analysis phase of the ADDIE process is cut short or skipped all together. This phase might very well be the most important phase of the ADDIE process. It is during the Analysis phase that you uncover the information critical for the learner to be successful in their job. [...]
Knoodle recently announced a new release of their software that makes it more intuitive and easier to use. With the new release, “you get more done in less time”, and let’s face it…who doesn’t want to save time these days. New updates include: Redesigned content creation workflow Reduction in the number of steps between uploading [...]
We thought it would be nice to start the New Year by sharing with you a sample PowerPoint Template…for FREE. That’s right, click the link below to go to our eLearning Templates website and download this free template. Free PowerPoint Template
Thought is was time to update “ELB Extreme” for the past year (2011). Here are a few of the extreme events: Couple’s Laser Tag We had to do a “couple’s laser tag” tournament before Brother Shawn moved to Hawaii. Brother Shawn and his wife are true snipers. eLB Pool Tournament Brother Shawn is the 2011 [...]
I recently read a great blog post by Articulates Tom Kuhlmann, titled Here’s Why Slide Count is Irrelevant to Your E-Learning Course . In the post he mentions the following key points: – Screen count does not matter to the elearner…what matters, is the interaction built into the course. – Do not auto-advance the slides [...]
It’s always a challenge to send a course out for review and determine the best way to capture and consolidate all of the comments. There are many online browser-based authoring tools that make the review process easy and seamless. However for desktop installed tools it can still be a challenge. Here are 2 tools that can help. [...]
Why is it important to create a course outline or storyboard before building an eLearning course? A course outline or storyboard will help you to organize both the course content and your thoughts on interactivity (audio, video, graphics, interactions, etc.). Here are a few things to consider when building your storyboard: On-Screen text What information [...]
Who would have thought that simply writing an eLearning course would require the instructional designer to have so many different writing skills? As an instructional designer our writing has to motivate the learner, as well as, instruct them on correct processes, policies, techniques, etc. In the eLearning Coach’s article 10 Types of Writing for eLearning [...]
Announcing…Captivate 5 Templates! Use our Captivate screen layouts and master slides to quickly build stunning online content. These Captivate Templates are a perfect addition to your eLearning toolbox. Use themes over and over again in many courses. Our goal is to provide templates that help you with the visual design or your courses. We also [...]
Brainshark is a quick way to get your PowerPoint presentations online and share them with others. We’ve tested our templates in Brainshark and they work great! Here are some samples of what we created. Demo Course This course combines our PowerPoint templates, flash interactions/games, and people cutouts. Course Screen-Shots Tutorial on How [...]
Scenarios are a great way to make courses more engaging, effective, and fun. We’ve recently launched some new products that can be combined to make some sweet scenarios. Here are some examples that we created to “get your creative juices flowing”. To build these examples we used: Thought Call-outs and Bubbles Cutout People Pictures Notes [...]
The ASTD International conference was great! We met tons of training professionals and had a lot of fun. The grand prize winner this year got an orange eLearning Brothers Unicycle. Check out the conference video and pictures.
