Weekly Blog about eLearning

With the expansion of e-learning the figure of the instructional designer is destined to grow.

Student needs must be one of the most important factors to create an engaging and useful online course. For this reason, when designing an online training course it is essential not to forget the users' point of view. What are they looking for?

The beginning of the year is always a great time to tackle new and old obstacles that can jeopardize the success of your online course. For this reason, we suggest you little ideas to make improvements to your eLearning project.

When you have little time and resources to create an online course, the best solution could be to turn an existing online course into a personalized course. Here are some useful tips.

Is it better to make a long video which explains in detail the topic of an online course, or more short videos on the same topic? How to define the short and long concepts in eLearning?

According to many, using video in online courses can help improve student learning and engagement. Despite this, several scholars and experts do not fully share this theory.

Do you know the path that the participants take to complete their training? How to better manage the monitoring and why?

Online learning is not going away, so our challenge is to reduce attrition by making online learning “less distant” for learners.

Often those involved in eLearning must create quizzes and questions. What are the 7 characteristics of a "good question"?

Analysis of competition and its added value are not enough to establish the price of an online course. Price policy must be included in your marketing strategy.

A list of the 11 things that an online trainer should not do.

The peak for those involved in eLearning? Never have attended an online course. So it is better to take cover with a MOOC with which to train and put yourself in the shoes of their students.

Customizing an online course increases student involvement, but is it always possible to create tailor-made content and at the same time achieve the training objectives?

Internet has pushed more and more users on search engines to find “their” online content, often replacing an e-Learning course with a Google search. What should today's trainer do to respond to changes in technology?

To offer a course in eLearning mode, you need to use a clear platform that allows you to create and offer training content on your own. Here is a mini guide for those who want to create their first online course with DynDevice.

Have you ever noticed? When you first access an e-Learning course on your monitor you will see an opening screen full of instructions to follow to help you navigate easier and understandable.

Is it better to create or curate content for an online course? The mass of existing information on the internet suggests to organize and manage the contents following 5 models. They are listed below.

The research of Giacomo Rizzolatti on mirror neurons raises the important question: are we "programmed" to learn through human interactions?