eLBX Online Day 16 – Evolution of Mobile Learning
Mobile technology plays a large role in how people receive information today. In today's eLBX Online webinar, John Blackmon, Chief Technology Officer at Trivantis, talked about the roots of mobile learning, how it started, and where it is going in the future. He...
eLBX Online Day 15 – The ROI of Gamification
Today we were joined by the amazing Stephen Baer, Head of Creative at The Game Agency to talk about the return on investment (ROI) of gamification. Stephen is also a gaming columnist for Forbes and previously worked at Atari. He's pretty much a gamification expert!...
eLBX Online Day 14 – Building an Advanced Game in Storyline
When I was first planning this webinar, I was going to get into the industry thinking around games, best practices, etc. About half and half discussion and practice—but honestly, having seen the great presentations we’ve had so far this week, I decided to let you...
Getting Everyone on Board With Gamification
We had a great webinar earlier this week with Misty Harding, Instructional Designer extraordinaire. During that webinar Game-Based Design, we had lots of questions that we ran out of time for. Misty kindly answered a few afterward for us. You can check out her...
10 eLearning Game Ideas for Instructional Designers
As part of eLBX Online Gamification week, let's take a look at this article from instructional designer Misty Harding on simple game ideas anyone can incorporate into their eLearning development! Instructional Designers have the ability to make awesome eLearning...
Building a 508-Compliant Game—Is It Possible?
Gamification is great, but is it accessible? That's a question we often receive from webinar attendees. So, our instructional designer, Misty Harding, answered a few questions for us on this very topic that came up during her Game-Based Design webinar yesterday....
eLBX Online Day 13 – Best Practices in Gamification
Gamification can take many forms, but following some key best practices can help you ensure success no matter what sort of game you’re developing! In this session, Jeff Batt, Learning Dojo Founder walked attendees through the basics of building gamification into...
eLBX Online Day 12 – Game-Based Design
What’s the difference between games, gamification, and quizzes? (Especially things people call games that are really just glorified quizzes!) Furthermore, how can they be used to build engagement and increase the transfer of learning? Today we hosted Misty...
eLBX Online Day 11 – Why Gamify Your Learning
Are you looking to engage your learners and encourage them to embrace your training material on a deeper level? Do you want them to lean in until they know your learning content as well as you do? If so, game-based is the answer. Today's webinar showcased best...
eLBX Online Day 10 – Business Benefits of Using an LRS
Today we had the pleasure of hosting Rob Chadwick, Co-Founder of Veracity Technology Consultants for eLBX Online. He started with a brief overview of xAPI—what it is and where it came from. As you may know, xAPI was created to address some of the issues of SCORM,...
Your xAPI Questions Answered
This week we entered the fantastic world of xAPI. We had guest webinars from Mike Hruska of Problem Solutions and Rob Chadwick, Co-Founder of Veracity Technology Consultants. In addition, our very own eLearning Brothers developer Bill Milstid gave 3 awesome...
eLBX Online Day 9 – xAPI in Action – Lectora Edition
Bill Milstid returned today to talk about xAPI and Lectora, rounding out our series of xAPI in Action webinars. We previously covered Adobe Captivate and Articulate Storyline. In Bill's opinion, Lectora offers the most out-of-the-box capability for xAPI of the big...
Behind the Scenes at eLBX Online
What does it take to make eLBX Online happen? 30 webinars within a 6 week period with guests from around the globe (and the office) requires coordination, communication, planning, and a quality recording booth. I chatted with our video specialist Andrew Townsend to...
Webinar: Get Rockstar Reporting with xAPI Templates from eLearning Brothers!
Editor's note: Originally posted September 21, 2018. Our Senior Developer, Bill Milstid, walked webinar attendees through a brief explanation of xAPI and then showed how we have integrated xAPI statements into our new Style templates—now known as Course Starters! What...
eLBX Online Day 8 – xAPI in Action – Captivate Edition
The amazing Bill Milstid returned today to talk about xAPI and Captivate. This was very similar to yesterday's webinar on Storyline and xAPI, and we'll be doing a Lectora one tomorrow. If you're just getting started with xAPI, here are a few things to keep in mind....
eLBX Online Day 7 – xAPI in Action – Storyline Edition
Today we dug into using xAPI with Articulate Storyline and it was eye-opening! eLearning Brothers developer Bill Milstid joined us to share his wisdom. Just a few things to know about xAPI before we get started. Tin Can = the Experience API = xAPI Yup, they're all the...
eLBX Online Day 6 – What is xAPI and Why Should You Care?
We kicked off xAPI week with a visit from our friend Mike Hruska of Problem Solutions. He joined us—from his hotel room in Bangkok at 1 am his time, no less!—to explore the business value behind learning ecosystems. While Mike did briefly cover the differences between...
How xAPI Benefits the Learner
xAPI has been a buzzword among eLearning professionals for a while, and rightly so. It’s very exciting to know that you can see exactly who looked at what page in your eLearning and for how long they looked at it. Seeing the results come in that say 200 people...
eLBX Online Day 5 – Boost Your Training ROI with Course Starters
eLearning Course Starters, Games, Customizable Courseware … when budgets are tight, how do you convince business leaders to fund all the eLearning goodies on your wish list? To make a compelling case, business-savvy training professionals use ROI–Return On...
eLBX Online Day 4 – Turning It Up: Taking Course Starters to the Next Level
With eLearning Brothers course starters, the sky is the limit. In this eLBX Online webinar, Andrew Vass walked attendees through how the templates found in course starters can be modified to take courses built in Articulate Storyline 3 to the next level and how you...
HCD Meets ID: Part 2- Developing Learner Empathy
As I discussed in my last post, Human Centered Design (HCD) provides us with a valuable process to assist us in empathizing with our learners so we can better meet their needs. For this post, I’d like to focus on the core of how to achieve this—developing empathy for...
eLBX Online Day 3 – Getting Started: Creating Training with Course Starters
Time is the most valuable resource when building online training. Why waste it creating a course from scratch when you can get a head start with a course starter? In this eLBX Online webinar, developer Andrew Vass demonstrated the time-saving elements of eLearning...
Design Thinking: Your Questions Answered
We had a great first eLBX Online session, Design Thinking Meets Instructional Design, on Monday with Chris Willis, Senior Product Manager – Customizable Courseware. Attendees asked tons of great questions and we tried to answer as many as we could during the webinar....
eLBX Online Day 2 – Streamline Your Storyboards
Authoring an eLearning storyboard can be fun and exciting—that is until deadline pressure threatens to drown out all your creative energy! We covered tons of great stuff in today's eLBX Online session, Streamline Your Storyboards. eLearning Brothers resident usability...
HCD Meets ID: Part 1 – What is HCD?
Have you ever experienced a really bad teacher? My worst teacher, let’s call him Dr. Smith, was a professor who failed our entire class based on a poorly written exam question. What could possibly compel an instructor to set up an entire class to fail? What happened...
eLBX Online Day 1: Design Thinking Meets Instructional Design
Today we kicked off eLBX Online with an info-packed session, Design Thinking Meets Instructional Design, with Chris Willis, Senior Product Manager - Customizable Courseware. Chris covered these main points: How Design Thinking aligns with Instructional Design The...
Decoding Interactivity Levels
In this week's webinar, Award-Winning Projects – It’s All in the Design!, Richard Vass, Director of Custom Solutions & Strategy shared some past projects our custom team has created and gave attendees a look behind the scenes at some of the processes and strategies we...
Are You Ready for the Biggest FREE Online Conference Event Ever?
This is big, ladies and gentlemen. I know we say that a lot. We said it about DevLearn 2018. We said it about eLBX 2018. And those were big. And we'll probably say it about the 2019 iterations of both those conferences. But this... This is big. We are about to embark...
Webinar: Award-Winning Projects – It’s All in the Design!
Feast your eyes on deeply immersive and visually explosive ELB custom eLearning projects that have won recognition through industry awards. During this webinar recording, you'll get to understand the key design elements that make for award-winning solutions. Richard...
A Tip-Top Two Days at Learning Technologies UK
Can you believe that Learning Technologies UK has been around for 20 years? And this conference is not slowing down! Learning Technologies UK 2019 featured: 30+ conference sessions 70+ leading speakers and facilitators 700+ attendees The opening keynote, Can we...
Webinar: Micro-Learning and the Learning Life Cycle
In today’s quick-consumption world, learners are demanding more and more just-in-time learning solutions that provide just the right content when and where they need it. But what's the best way to create and provide a good micro-learning resource? In this webinar...
Share the Love of eLearning With This Valentines-Ready Course Starter
To the masses, eLearning might not seem all that romantic. But to you, dedicated instructional designers and developers, you know that crafting each piece of eLearning content is a labor of love*. So why not turn your next module into a valentine in disguise with the...
Webinar: Learning Strategy and Organizational Development Services
We burst onto the eLearning scene and quickly made a name for ourselves with our awesome eLearning resources like easy-to-customize templates, games, quizzes, and more. But there's more than just cool templates behind these rockin' orange shirts. We do custom work...
eLearning Brothers Announces Free Virtual eLearning Event: eLBX Online
eLearning developers and instructional designers can tune in for 6 weeks of info-packed daily sessions American Fork, UT — Tuesday, February 12 — eLearning Brothers announced today that they will be hosting a 6-week virtual event called eLBX Online beginning at...
Do Learners REALLY Know What They Want?
Instructional design can be a controversial field. There are so many learning methods and theories out there. Education overall is constantly influenced by new technological trends and emerging research and cultural shifts. How do you know which teaching strategy to...
Webinar: Best Practices for Setting Up Captivate Projects
Are you looking for ways to streamline your Captivate development process? Recently, we brought in Alan Marquez, our Captivate expert, to show you some best practices on setting up Captivate projects. Alan's tips will help you get started quickly, especially if you're...
Learner Engagement Lessons We Can Learn From Super Bowl Ads
When you're an eLearning developer, you're often not JUST an eLearning developer. You're also a graphic designer, an instructional designer, a project manager, a writer, a teacher, and so on. And sometimes, you're called upon to be the marketer of your course as well....
Webinars That Will Make You Do A Double Take
You know the great thing about webinars? They're an endless source of inspiration and ideas for your next development project—and they're usually free! Webinars are a great way to: Discover new techniques, and/or Learn about new products and services This month, we...
LMS for Healthcare: 5 Essential LMS Features You Can’t Ignore
Today, we're bringing you a guest post from our friends at iSpring Solutions! To keep pace with the changes in the healthcare sector, medical practitioners must constantly update their professional knowledge and skills. In an environment where schedules are busy and...
2 Awesome Things You Can Do With an eLearning Brothers Free Account
Critics are raving about the new eLearning Brothers 7-day Free Trial. It's a huge departure from our previous free offering. You're no longer limited to pre-selected free layouts and graphics. Now, you can explore the entire eLearning Brothers Asset Library and choose...
Webinar: How to Get the Best Free eLearning Assets
Picture this: You're an eLearning developer—this won't be hard to imagine, if you're reading this blog, you probably ARE an eLearning developer—and you need graphics. There's a big training program rollout coming up and you have tons of courses to build for it. You...
Travel Around the World With Our Cutout Characters
It's time to take a virtual trip around the globe with our diverse collection of cutout characters. As eLearning becomes more and more global, it's even more important to make sure that the characters you're choosing for your content accurately represent your...
Webinar: Up To Speed – Secrets of Reducing Time to Proficiency
We had two very special guests for this week's webinar! Marty Rosenheck, eLearning Brothers Director of Talent Development and Consulting and Steve Rosenbaum, Founder and CEO of Learning Paths International joined us to cover all things learning strategy and...
5 Reasons to Sign Up For the New eLearning Brothers Free Account
By now you've probably heard about our crazy new free trial offer. With just a few clicks of your mouse, you can sign up for a free 7-day eLearning Brothers Asset Library Trial. What makes this different from the eLearning Brothers free account you may have had...
Visualizing Your eCourses for Enhanced Learning
While the integration of eLearning is an effective tool of corporate training, some information or methods presented in these online courses do not always keep the learner interested and attentive. There are a number of reasons for a lack of engagement—maybe the...
Webinar: Working with Themes in Storyline 3: Everything You Need to Know
A well-designed Storyline theme can save hours of development time and ensure each one of your courses looks and functions the best it can. Andrew Vass, eLearning evangelist joined us for a webinar covering: Working with Master slides and Feedback Master slides...
eLearning Rockstars Stage – Getting Started with xAPI in Rapid Authoring Tools
xAPI is the darling of the eLearning industry these days. It’s a spectacular option for gaining deep insights into learner actions—or opening up the learning environment entirely. Exciting stuff indeed! Getting excited is easy; getting started is another story. ...
eLearning Brothers is Giving Free eLearning Templates to Developers
eLearning Developers Can Choose Free Downloads With the New 7-day Asset Library Trial AMERICAN FORK, UTAH (PRWEB) JANUARY 22, 2019 eLearning Brothers, provider of the planet’s largest and most robust eLearning library has announced a new free trial subscription that...
Free is the New Free — Explore the Wonders of an eLB Free Account
We’ve changed how our free accounts work—and we think you’re really going to like it. Previously, free account holders only had access to specific free layouts and resources. While those were still some pretty great templates and graphics, there were so many more in...
Save $5,000 with the eLB Master Suite
Do like saving money? And building awesome eLearning training? What about having extra time on your hands? Or perhaps you just think guys with ponytails are really cool? If you answered yes to any of the above, then we have the perfect webinar recording for you! Our...