Welcome to the Everything eLearning Blog
Welcome to the Everything eLearning Blog! Discover posts on a range of topics including ‘how-to’ product demonstrations, design, innovation and authoring along with ideas on how to create break-through eLearning content.
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Peter Bray
Chief Marketing Officer
Keep your e-Learning Skills on the Cutting Edge
The great thing about many e-Learning tools is that once you learn how to manage and use their basic capabilities, you’re able to build on those skills to learn more and more. With the multitude of e-Learning resources available, you should never stop learning! Here are four easy ways that you can keep your e-Learning skills fresh and on point to give you the cutting edge:
Become an active member in social media
Social media is all around us, and is a great resource for e-Learning professionals, whether you’re a fan of Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Consider becoming an active member of the e-Learning community on any or all of these social networks to expand your skills. With...
Free ReviewLink Tips and Video Tutorials – Part 2
If you liked the recent blog Free ReviewLink Tips and Video Tutorials – Part 1, you’re in luck! Today’s blog brings you even more handy hints and video demos for speedy, streamlined review in ReviewLink™ Beta collaborative e-Learning review tool. Enjoy!
1. Allow Reviewers to See Others’ Comments: In ReviewLink, you have the option to choose whether or not your reviewers are able to see one another’s comments. Choosing this option benefits both you and your reviewers in a number of ways. When reviewers and publishers can see all comments, you create an open, social environment where everyone can interact and communicate with one another. In addition, this option also makes sure that the...
Increase e-Learning Interactivity with New Lectora Online 1.6.2 Features
If you haven’t already heard, the newest version of Lectora® Online e-Learning collaboration software is here! Lectora Online Version 1.6.2 includes brand new features for simple, seamless online e-Learning development – anywhere, anytime.
Today’s blog includes fun ways to use the new Lectora Online Live Model Gallery: a collection of 5,500 unique, high resolution and transparent photographs including 33 models from a variety of backgrounds and professions. These new models are just one way to add an extra special touch to your next e-Learning course.
To access the Live Model Gallery, simply open the Media Library Organizer and click on the Live Model Gallery Folder.
3 Ways to Use the Live Model Gallery:
1. Tell a story...
Be an Exhibitor at the Lectora User Conference
Lectora® e-Learning invites you to be a part of the premier e-Learning event of 2012. For the first time in history, the Lectora User Conference welcomes exhibitors, bringing together conference attendees and vendors at this one-of-a-kind event. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to showcase your brand while connecting with hundreds of e-Learning and training professionals from around the world.
Exhibitors have the opportunity to sponsor on multiple beneficial levels. Sponsorship opportunities include premier location and signage with Gold Level Sponsor Exhibitor opportunities, closing celebration sponsorship, category exclusivity and much more.
Several exhibitor packages have already been sold and only two Gold Level Sponsor Exhibitor packages are still available. All exhibit opportunities are only available on a first-come, first-served basis, so secure...
Crowdsourcing in Social Learning
Crowdsourcing, or collective intelligence, is vital in organizational social learning. Social learning in business settings is underpinned by several new business transformations, one of which is collaboration. Collaboration has the power to change business performance dramatically. At the center of the collaboration discussion is how well a business leverages it to deliver higher performance. Theory is one thing, but execution is another. And successful social business is all about successful execution.
I recently read some great advice about how a company called CEMEX has developed an application called Think n’ Build to effectively manage the process of Crowdsourcing - and has noticed tangible results. This is the process explained in 5 steps:
- The Challenge...
Register for Free e-Learning Webinar: What’s New in Lectora X.6
If you were unable to attend last month’s Lectora X.6 Inspiration Wednesdays webinar, you’re in luck! Back by popular demand, this week’s upcoming session “What’s New in Lectora X.6?” instructs step-by-step how to use the newest Lectora features to make e-Learning authoring, editing and reviewing a piece of cake. You won’t want to miss this webinar covering the following new features:
ReviewLink™ Beta
ReviewLink™ Beta is an online review tool that allows e-Learning developers to publish Lectora courses straight to the web for instant feedback and review. Learn more about ReviewLink features and how to use it during the session!
Section 508 Options
New Section 508 Options in X.6 make it easier than ever to ensure that e-Learning courses and training are Section 508 compliant. Find out more during the live webinar!...
Top Tips & Trends of 2011 from the e-Learning Community
2011 was a big year for the e-Learning industry, complete with new trends and developments, tips and tricks, helpful how-to’s, blogs, news and more. From mLearning to social learning to social media, the introduction of new developments and technologies has affected how we author, share and implement e-Learning every day.
To track every e-Learning trend and resource of 2011 would be a daunting task, so we’ve made your life easier by picking some of the very best highlights and placing them all in one spot. Today’s blog features a recap of valuable e-Learning blogs from 2011, covering some of the most popular tips and trends from the past year. We hope these valuable e-Learning blogs will help you start the New Year on the...
Meet the Demand for Mobile Learning
If you’ve read recent e-Learning and training blogs providing 2012 predictions, one up-and-coming trend seems to be present in almost all of them: mobile learning. Thanks to devices such as the iPad, iPhone and various Android tablets, it has become increasingly easy to share and view e-Learning content on-the-go – whether you’re at the office, on the bus or at home.
Although mLearning on tablets has already become quite common, this super-hot trend isn’t going anywhere. The Chief Learning Officer article Tablets as a Social Learning Delivery Tool by Tammara Combs offers these interesting mLearning stats from Future Workplace and the IESE...
e-Learning Predictions for 2012 from Bersin & Associates
As one year comes to an end and another begins, it’s important to take some time to reflect on major happenings in 2011 – and look to the future for what is to come. Bersin & Associates recently released the report, “Strategic Human Resources & Talent Management: Predictions for 2012,” which offers insights from the past year, as well as predictions for what the next year will bring.
Before diving into some of the 2012 predictions, the Bersin & Associates article lists two important current developments that are influencing employee interaction in the workplace:
A) Technology: Although this seems an obvious implication, new technologies and social learning platforms are drastically changing how employees operate at work. Constant access to the Internet, iPads and mobile phones allow employees to communicate...
Jam-Packed Presentation Schedule for 2012 LUC Released
The wait is over – the presentation schedule for the 2012 Lectora® User Conference is here! Fully-loaded with more exciting, innovative and creative e-Learning sessions than ever before, the 2012 LUC will truly be an e-Learning experience you won’t want to miss.
The upcoming Conference includes dozens of breakout sessions taught by real e-Learning developers and industry experts, providing attendees with exclusive content to pump-up e-Learning courses and training. These informative presentations offer valuable tips and tricks, mobile learning lessons, social learning ideas, e-Learning best-practices and more – all providing you with everything you need to get the most out of the Lectora line of e-...
