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Avoid these roadblocks and use the strategies to improve eLearning audience engagement.

Here are five things, Learning Managers can do to develop a culture of learning.

There’s always something new to learn that will make your life at work easier, and you, a more effective instructional designer.

"What is the first thing you do when you start designing a new eLearning course? What makes you feel like the course you designed is the best for your learners? Is it the easy navigation or is it the compelling graphics that accompany your texts? In other words, what is more important for you: The Instructional Design, or the Visual Design?"

Teaching ESL students & keeping them engaged and motivated presents unique challenges. Instructor Bill Fricker has elevated student engagement to new levels

Even before learners have clicked through a few slides, they perceive your brand and decide if they want to stick around. Ensure that you are giving off the right vibes with your branding.

"What does it mean to be human in a digital age? Some people researching education technology might not spend their days wondering how their work fits into this existential question—but George Siemens isn’t "some people."

"Online training success relies heavily on memory retention, active recall, and positive reinforcement. In this article, I'll share 9 innovative ways to reinforce key concepts in online training."

Wondering what to do and what to avoid when creating the perfect eLearning Course Intro Screen? Check 5 best practices and 4 points to avoid.

Wondering which are the best practices in Responsive Design for eLearning and which points to avoid? Read to learn about the top tricks of Responsive Design

"There is a popular belief that the human attention span has shrunk because of the expanding uses of technology. Some Learning and Development professionals are saying instruction must adapt to this much-lowered attention span. Here’s the problem: The evidence for a lowered attention span is fiction. In this article, I’ll discuss the fictional “research”. Then we’ll discuss what attention is and how it relates to organizational learning."

Let’s take a look at 3 of the biggest changes in eLearning, and understand how we can successfully adapt to provide eLearners a richer learning experience.

"Has this ever happened to you? You record the voiceover for an eLearning project, and when you play it back, you think “Yuck! Do I really sound like that?”. Or maybe you hear your outgoing voice mail message and think there must be something wrong because your voice can’t possibly sound that way…"

Content curation allows Instructional Designers to use existing material while putting their spin on it to give learners added value. Learn some best practices:

The innovative learning model involves making videos for students to view at home, so class time is spent interacting.

"There are many professions for which earning a degree is completely non-negotiable, but the creative design is definitely not one of those professions. You can easily learn all the design tricks and develop excellent software skills and, thus, become a successful self-taught designer. However, getting a design degree will undeniably provide you with some very valuable benefits."

As instructional designers, we need to clearly understand how emotions influence the learning process. Get the ins and outs here.

Scenarios are also double-edged swords. In the wrong hands, they can fall flat and along with it, bring down the whole eLearning course. Follow these rules.

To provide learners valuable learning, companies need to map the path of a learner’s experience from recognizing learning needs to actual learning– and beyond.

In a business environment where not knowing is akin to falling behind the competition, you can no longer ignore the power of Self-Directed Learning at the workplace.

"With pressures on training budgets, many organizations are evaluating conversion of existing ILT material to online delivery. This article outlines how you can do this effectively and how you can integrate current and emerging trends into your online training strategy to do so."

"A number of learning theories can be utilized for eLearning, and developers have to wise to choose one that would suit the needs of the learners. Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction is one of the theories that eLearning experts often adopt when creating a suitable eLearning strategy."

Want to know why you need to include Narrative In Your Online Learning? Check all the reasons why you need to include Narrative In Your Online Learning.

Instructional videos are not difficult to create and can help humanize the online learning experience for students. Here are 10 tips for getting started.

Let’s break down the different components of the Persuasion Slide and see how this model can be used in eLearning design.