Avoiding Confusion During Reviews
Reviews are a key part of developing any eLearning. In my experience, they’re also one of the steps that cause the most confusion and delays. Whether you’re working with an outside vendor or someone within [...]
The Fact and Fiction of Online Training
You’ve probably heard some of the things people say about online training: “The courses are a lot easier than ‘regular’ courses, so you don’t learn as much.” “You lose that ‘personal’ connection that you get [...]
Go Mobile or Go Home
Go Mobile According to Statista.com, “As of 2013, worldwide mobile phone internet user penetration was 73.4%. In 2017, figures suggest that more than 90% of internet users will access online content through their phones.” While [...]
Creative: You Asked For It, But Now It’s Terrifying
It was a bright and glowing computer screen. The reviewer stared at it with wide eyes, frozen in terror. The association had asked for something creative, but this… Cold sweat formed on the reviewer’s brow [...]
Frustratingly Effective Learning
I worked on a particular course that had it all: pre-work, an individual practice activity, and then a live event assignment that drew on the earlier pieces. The learners demonstrated the skills they were supposed [...]
Learning Isn’t Linear
I heard a quote the other day that really got me thinking. “A three year old is not half a six year old.” The thought being that, on average, at six years old a person [...]
The Worst eLearning Course Ever
You read the title correctly. This post is dedicated to pet peeves, worst practices, and other abominations that terrorize an eLearning course. What follows is a combination of things that give Digitec-ies nightmares and headaches. [...]
If the User Experience Annoys, Fix It.
I had a bad user experience (UX) at a dollar store a while back. I’m not talking about customer service, but actual UX design. I swiped my card into the card reader to pay. A [...]
The Benefits of SaaS: Hosted LMS
SaaS stands for Software as a Service. It means software that is hosted on the provider’s servers instead of servers in-house. So, when an LMS provider say they have a SaaS LMS, they’re really saying [...]
Dense eLearning Isn’t Smart
“It was too much all at once. I was overwhelmed.” That’s not something you want to see in the feedback for your association’s eLearning. Luckily, there are ways to make eLearning more digestible, regardless of [...]