Category Archives: elearning

What would Andrew do?

I just saw Jay Cross’ new “book” and based on the few excerpts I’ve read it looks like it’s right on the money. For instance, here are some things that I TOTALLY agree with…. RE: ROI comes from looking backwards. Decisions are most often guided by intuition, judgment, and gut feel than by numbers. IContinueContinue reading “What would Andrew do?”

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Put Learning on a Diet

I TOTALLY agree with Elliott on this one. I’ve personally experienced the 5 day course that should have been only 1 day max. The “inertia” of these courses makes such drastic changes  very difficult. At least in my organization.  If anyone has had success with such course changes I’d love to hear what approach workedContinueContinue reading “Put Learning on a Diet”

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9 Free Tools To Build Better E-Learning

As usual Tom has another great post. Many of these I’m already using or something very similar.  If you’d like to explore these types of tools further check out Jane Hart’s Top Tools lists – one for learners and another for learning professionals.  To Tom’s list I’d add Picnik.com, Fotoflexer or your favorite online photoContinueContinue reading “9 Free Tools To Build Better E-Learning”

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Learning Visions: Visuals and Audio in eLearning (Ruth Clark)

I mentioned this to some colleagues in another part of our organization and they ignored it because “..it’s only aesthetics.” Guess you can only lead the horse to the water…. "Decorative visuals defeat learning." and "The least successful learning resulted from text and audio repetition of that text." Learning Visions: Visuals and Audio in eLearningContinueContinue reading “Learning Visions: Visuals and Audio in eLearning (Ruth Clark)”

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