I have seen many posts on the “so and so numbers of things that instructional designers or eLearning professionals must do”, and many include the “chunking of information”. But what do they really mean by that? Displaying on the course lesson page a maximum number of words out of the total? Displaying a whole section?
It is true, and has been said over and over, that not all subjects can be integrated for eLearning delivery. This is mostly related to the nature of the subject and not limitations on technology or resources (although sometimes, it is). When you manage an eLearning program for an association, you need to consider the
For over 15 years, I’ve witnessed a simple truth in corporate training: generic content falls flat, but purpose-built eLearning Modules ignite change. They are not just information dumps; they are powerful, strategic tools designed to solve business problems.
Implementing a corporate eLearning program is more than uploading a few courses into an LMS, it’s a strategic, cross-functional project that requires instructional design expertise, stakeholder alignment, the right technologies, and a clear roadmap. Done well, eLearning improves training consistency, scalability, and learner engagement while reducing overall training costs. In this post, I outline the
If you have your eLearning business plan, congratulations, you are one step closer to your goal of managing that eLearning program. But now what? What do I do with this plan? How can I use it? Like I said in my previous post, the whole purpose of working out this plan was to create a
Many businesses fail every year, for various reasons. One of them is poor planning. Avoid the failure of your eLearning business start-up, you need to make a convincing business plan.
With tons of resources out there on how to conduct a successful webinar for eLearning it would a reasonable approach to follow those suggestions and skip this article. But that would be a mistake. See, most of the tips and suggestions you find out there focus on a webinar for promotional or informative purposes, which
Would you believe me if I tell you that you can convert a webinar into an eLearning webinar that actually works as a learning object? We understand that a learning object is a teaching device that supports learning in a suitable environment, eLearning in this case. It is widely understood that a webinar is not
In this post I show that making productive webinars using eLearning tools require the training of instructors.
In this post I want to cover some experiences on how I helped associations generate revenue by effectively using eLearning technology to develop courses that can be offered online. I want to emphasize that, although we are talking about repurposed content, the final product must be designed using sound instructional design and eLearning principles. Don’t