Trainers have several roles and responsibilities in the eLearning environment. When a course is launched, its success and popularity depends on the input and involvement of a trainer. An indifferent trainer will have fewer...
Author - John Laskaris
How To Engage Millennials: 5 Important Moves
Ever wondered why young trainees complain about today’s training materials, especially when these training materials have been developed by seasoned and mature training developers? Why, despite being a state-of-art...
4 Ways to improve Video Conferences in Instructor-Led Training (ILT)
We have experienced the wonders and convenience of Skype video conferences. Notice how inexpensive and effective such online meetings are. The emotion, the human face and the human voice help fill for the missing warmth in an...
8 Elements of Writing Strong Questions for a Test
What are “strong questions”? Strong questions are the test questions that provoke recall and active synthesis of learning objectives. Not all eLearning developers are good writers though. Writing strong questions to...
4 Ways to Make Your Audio In Your Courses Better
When it comes to creating audio for eLearning, there are a lot of factors to consider. There is the software to record your audio, the microphone and other hardware to capture your voice. And of course, your audio editing...
3 Strategies for Developing Original Work Activities
As with any eLearning program, the final exam or the summative assessment is an expected end. Before learners even register for a course, they are keenly interested in the nature of the final exam. Would it be an online LIVE...
The What and the How of a Job Aid
When deciding between an eLearning course and a job aid, industries need to know that job aids direct performance as the need-to-know arises. On the other hand, eLearning courses build performance capacity prior to the...
How to Create Online Work Groups
Online work groups seems like a technical term, but it really is a collaboration teaching strategy in the eLearning environment. It gets tricky if certain dimensions are not handled with care. In this article, we illuminate those...
5 Tips on Using Videos for eLearning
eLearning programs are seldom developed without videos. If you have ever experienced one without videos, you may have noticed how lifeless it is. Videos add the “human” element to eLearning. The voice and the human footage...
Planning Collaboration Activities
Most instructional designers believe that their job ends with the launch of the eLearning program. While the content of your course determines its quality, the planning efforts needed to implement the course determine its...