Do We Need SCORM?
By Glynn Jung, Non-Executive Director At a recent CEdMA Europe I was asked “what use is SCORM going to be in the future?” Now, as this was in a discussion group composed entirely of the commercial...
View Article2011 E-learning Market Review: Mergers and Acquisitions
By Glynn Jung, Non-Executive Director The big-scale version of training outsourcing – LBPO (Learning Business Process Outsourcing) – continues to grow as a financially attractive option for employers...
View ArticleTop Tips for Hosting Webinars
by Noleen Turner, Marketing Manager Choosing the right tools There are lots of webinar tools out there – each with their own benefits and drawbacks – but bear in mind – none is 100% reliable. Most...
View ArticlePush or Pull E-learning – Which is Better?
by Maresa Molloy, Instructional Designer I recently came across an article by Tom Kuhlmann of the Rapid E-learning blog entitled “Are Your E-Learning Courses Pushed or Pulled?” Although a few years...
View ArticleE-Learning Market Review Part II: Mergers and Acquisitions in 2012
By Glynn Jung Back at the start of 2012 I attempted to make sense of the jumble of mergers and acquisitions across the digital learning market. At that time I commented on the convergence of education...
View ArticleForget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting
By Maresa Molloy Many e-learning programmes today are built for compliance training, which more often than not means that learners are faced with boring and tedious ‘page-turner’ programmes. E-learning...
View ArticleClassic ROI for learning
by Glynn Jung In this second instalment of learning analytics, Glynn discusses the classic approach to return on investment (ROI) for learning. If you take the accountants’ approach to ROI for learning...
View ArticleGet the picture: adding the right images to your e-learning content
by Maresa Molloy, Instructional Designer at Aurion Learning If a picture is worth a 1000 words, then it is important to ensure that you add the right pictures and images to improve your e-learning...
View ArticleWhy adding interactive activities is important for e-learning.
By Maresa Molloy, Instructional Designer at Aurion Learning. At Aurion Learning, our experience tells us that one of the best ways to guarantee learner interest and retention is through the appropriate...
View ArticleChecklist for choosing an e-learning vendor
In this latest post, Glynn Jung discusses the selection process for selecting a suitable e-learning vendor and presents a useful checklist to help with this approach.
View ArticleHow Practice Development Hubs are helping to create social learning in...
In this post, we look how at how Practice Development Hubs on HSELanD.ie are helping the Health Service Executive (HSE) to create social learning through organisational learning and development, whilst...
View ArticleGet Learners to Truly Learn Through Spaced Practice
By Maresa Malloy, Instructional Designer. In this blog article, Maresa takes a look at how spaced practice can be applied to learning and discusses the benefits of this approach. The idea of ‘spaced...
View ArticleLearning Mission Critical Control: Corporate Compliance
Almost every organisation has to deliver some sort of compliance training. In some companies, it may be as simple as communicating the internal rules. In others, it can be a matter of life or death. As...
View ArticleHow do you solve a problem like content?
Successful e-learning is a combination of technology that works, great learning design and meaningful content. Content is often however the most difficult resource to obtain when developing e-learning....
View ArticleThe benefits of using (#)hashtags for e-learning
By Ciara Cunningham, Marketing Manager Facebook has joined the #hashtag revolution, allowing users to add the # symbol before a word and making those hashtags #clickable. Although typically...
View ArticleTraining for Success: Learning and Technology Trends
Six out of ten learning and development managers say their training budget is one of the first to be cut when times are hard, according to a report published in Personnel Today. Now more than ever it’s...
View ArticleGame on? The use of gamification in e-learning.
by Sarah Sweeney, Marketing Assistant at Aurion Learning. Many HR and L&D professionals face the problem of ensuring that their training and learning programmes maintain learner engagement and...
View ArticlePractice what you Preach: Keep on Learning
As L&D and HR professionals, it is in our DNA to help others learn. However with an increase in organisational learning needs and squeeze on staff, budget and other resources, how can you ensure...
View ArticleStrategy formation is the topic of discussion at our Masterclass: E-Learning...
The latest in our series of Masterclasses took place in Glasgow last week. Learning and development, training and HR professionals from over 30 Scottish organisations gathered to explore how to get the...
View ArticleKnowledge Retention vs. Behavioural Change
We were recently posed the question; “How can I use E-Learning as a way to create behavioural change and not just knowledge retention?” As anyone who is involved in creating and implementing a learning...
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