8 Ways to Add Value to Your Online Course
Keeping learners hooked on your course is a matter of demonstrating ongoing value.
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How to Pace Your Learners and Prevent Cramming
Cramming leads to increased stress and anxiety, poorer test scores, and lower retention. How can you help your learners avoid this habit?
Should You Use a Subdomain for LearnDash?
Whether or not you set up your e-learning course on a subdomain has implications for SEO and user experience.
How to Incorporate Flexible Learning Into Your Online Courses
Is your online course adaptable to learner needs? Here’s how flexible learning can help.
What Courses Work Best with WooCommerce Subscriptions?
Wondering if you should use the subscription model for selling your course? Here’s a closer look at how that works.
Blog Roundup: Social Learning while Social Distancing
7 of our best blog posts on building community during quarantine.
8 Tips to Help Your Learners Succeed in Their First Online Course
Are your students struggling to finish their semester from home? Here are some online study tips to help them out.
6 Tips for Moving In-Person Courses On-Line
Transitioning your courses from an in-person to an on-line environment? Here are some tips to help the process go smoothly.
How to Teach Small Agriculture in an Online Course
Can agriculture be taught through online education? A look at the market.
How to Create Online Volunteer Training Courses for Non-Profits
What information should your online volunteer training cover?
How The “IoT” is Progressing The E-Learning Industry
The Internet of Things is transforming how we engage with technology. What does that mean for your online course?
7 Major Learning Styles and the 1 Big Mistake Everyone Makes
Learning styles are a hot topic. But are you sure you’re using them correctly? You’ve heard of learning styles, right? As one of the most popular learning theories of the past few decades, most adults have not only heard of learning styles, they may even have opinions on what suits them best. Study guides based…
Top 5 E-Learning Software Programs for Online Courses
Whether you want to create your own online course or to build multiple courses for a client, use the best elearning software can make a huge difference. The truth of the matter is that not all of these solutions are created equal. Ideally, you need to find a good balance between an elearning development tool…
6 Social Learning Techniques for Online Educators
Social learning can motivate learners and keep them engaged. Here’s how to help. Humans are social creatures. Even the most introverted among us benefit from learning relationships, whether with our instructors, our peers, our mentors, or our mentees. In online education, where learners tend to feel more isolated, this kind of social learning especially important….
Using Your E-book to Create an Online Course
If you have created an e-book then you are well on your way to an online course (and more profit)! Do you have an e-book? Is it doing well? Most people feel satisfied if they have an e-book that is selling well and leave it at that, ultimately missing out on an opportunity to grow…
4 Ways to Encourage Healthy Competition Among Students
Competition can boost learner performance, or backfire. Here’s how to make sure it works in your favor. We’ve covered many times before how critical it is to engage learners in order to bolster the success of your online course. There are, of course, many ways to create engagement and motivation, but one we haven’t touched…
4 Key Considerations when Creating an Online Course
Online courses are a fantastic way to transfer your expertise into the willing hands and minds of would-be students. However, starting one can be easier said than done. How do you quantify and “package” a span of information that for you likely comes as second nature? While creating an online course can seem challenging at…
Characteristics of a Virtual Classroom
Updated April 1, 2019 Author’s note: This is an update to our December 2013 post, “Characteristics of a Virtual Classroom.” Read the original post following our 2019 update. What does the virtual classroom look like in 2019? The rate of technological progress has brought the field of online education a long way since our original…
How to Teach Cooking Online, Part I: Finding Your Angle
Online education isn’t just for academic subjects. The first search I ever made online was for a picture of a mustang—the horse, not the car. It was also my first lesson in SEO and searcher intent: words matter, so choose them carefully. My second search was for a cookie recipe. I don’t know what inspired…
How E-Learning is Better for Special Needs Students
Online education has the possibility to open the door for learners who are challenged by traditional classroom environments. When many of us think about the advantages provided by online education, we think about the convenience or taking a course on our own time, and from our own homes. However, there is one group of learners…
