The Four Stages of Learning
I recently had an interesting conversation about life and how life lessons occur in stages. We compared it to learning to ride a bike. It was so difficult to learn, yet now you find it [...]
When CEs Aren’t Enough: How to Engage and Empower Learners
My husband works in the emergency medical and public safety field and is required to complete X number of continuing education (CE) hours per year to keep his certifications. He can obtain his CEs by [...]
Setting up your Association’s eLearning
“If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra If you’ve been tasked with implementing your association’s eLearning what are you going to do to make sure you [...]
10 Reasons to Convert Your Credentialing and Certification Programs to eLearning
Need a reason to convert your credentialing and certification programs from instructor-led to eLearning? How about 10? As technology continues to innovate and become easier to implement, the business case for associations to move their [...]
How to Get the Most out of Your LMS Demo
If you’re in the beginning stages of selecting a learning management system (LMS) for your association, you might be feeling overwhelmed by all the choices and information from various vendors. If you’re not prepared to [...]
Bridging the Skills Gap: An Opportunity for Associations
There’s a huge skills gap problem facing our nation today, but this crisis represents an opportunity for associations to reinvent themselves and compete with traditional suppliers of higher education. I was recently asked to present [...]
Tips for Working Successfully with an eLearning Partner
According to the old saying, “it takes a village to raise a child.” Similarly, in eLearning, it takes a team to create a course. You might have a different person in each role or you [...]
6 Signs It’s Time to Invest in an LMS
We are currently in the Information Age and have had computer technology at our finger tips for nearly five decades. By now, most organizations have at least experimented with online learning in one way or [...]
How to Create Clear Learning Objectives
The phrase “learning objectives” gets thrown around a lot in discussions about training and development. Courses are supposed to have learning objectives, competencies should be related to them, quiz questions should assess how well they’ve [...]
How to Create Engaging Video-based eLearning
Visuals are processed 60,000 times faster in the brain than text. If that doesn’t make your jaw drop, then think about the fact that viewers spend twice as much time engaging with video content over [...]