Help your learners make it across the finish line by following these tips. Spend any time looking online for resources about online courses and time management, and you’ll probably find plenty of articles aimed at students full of study tips to help them get through a program. However, there’s a big problem with this: these…
Moving your desktop course to mobile requires more than a simple copy/paste. It’s one thing to be sold on the idea of mobile learning, but executing it effectively is another matter. For educators who are designing a course from scratch, creating a mobile-first program and then transitioning it to desktop is usually easier than the…
Demographics matter for e-learning. Here’s how to make sense of them—and market your course accordingly. Generations are always a bit nebulous. While we tend to discuss them in discrete groups (Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z), the reality is that these generations blend together, and that the transitions from one generation to the next can…
Should online educators consider restructuring their courses to be mobile-first? It’s been a few years since mobile users surpassed desktop users on the Internet, yet online courses are still predominantly designed for desktop use. There are good reasons for this, as well as bad. On the one hand, most adults are still used to turning…
Sometimes we want something but it doesn’t necessarily mean that we need it. Over the years I have seen a pretty typical lifecycle for those who are successful with creating their own online course programs. It usually goes something like: Begin marketing the course before it’s built Use an LMS like LearnDash to build out…
How can learners collaborate more effectively online? It’s one thing to ask your learners to work together on a group project. But logistics for many online learners are quite another matter. Unlike in a classroom situation, learners have no set time when they expect to all be in the same room together to coordinate. In…
How you can encourage self-directed learning from your students in your your online courses. Online courses present challenges that traditional classrooms do not face. While learners in a classroom engage with their peers and instructors face-to-face, the lack of in-person contact causes many online learners to feel a sense of disconnect and isolation in their…
One of the major benefits to using WordPress compared to other content management systems is that you can easily expand its functionality. In fact, this is a primary reason why a WordPress learning management system (LMS) is so conducive to online learning programs. For example, it is easy to implement a forum when the time comes,…
The following article is a guest post written by Michael Eisenwasser. ELearning industry states that the global eLearning Market is expected to reach $107 billion by 2015. That’s HUGE. So if you’ve ever wanted to launch your online course, the best time is now. But here’s the kicker: Every online course doesn’t make a splash. Quite…
Just yesterday I wrote an article explaining how to create online courses on a budget and elluded to the wide variety of options we have available when it comes to elearning course development. If you are just starting your project and are not sure which tools are best for you, the infographic below (created by ATD)…
ELearning has evolved quite a bit over the past decade. In the beginning it was confined to a desktop. Since then though, it has become more mobile in nature. Today we are connected to all kinds of devices. As such, we find ourselves engaged in learning activities, both formal and informal, throughout various points in our…
First, let me start by wishing everyone a happy new year! With today’s latest update we are introducing one of the new directions we will be taking going forward. Specifically, this year we are going to be supplementing our core LearnDash development with free and premium add-ons so that you can now choose the functionality…
Learning management systems have been around for quite some time, and each year there are more that emerge. In the most basic sense, an LMS’s main purpose is to host, distribute, and record learning to an organization. That said, there are many additional features and expectations for an LMS today. The learning management system is…
One of the first forms of elearning was the ebook. It its simplest form, this was just a book that had been transposed and delivered online. Today, the landscape is a bit different. As our elearning tools have evolved, so has the ability to add interactive components to the static ebooks of the past. No more…
Today we are excited to release two new features that are the direct result of the requests we have received from all of you using LearnDash to deliver your elearning. As always, we would like to thank you for your creative ideas and overall enthusiasm for the growth of this software. The direction of LearnDash…
Mobile learning is starting to become the standard in educational settings given its flexibility and ease of use. It should come as no surprise then that each year there are more and more school districts encouraging their staff to “go mobile”. In case you ever had any doubts about the growing trend of mobile learning,…
Today we have some exciting new updates to share! We want to sincerely thank all of you who have chosen LearnDash as your WordPress elearning solution. Your commitment to the product and providing feedback has helped us evolve LearnDash into what it is today. We have come a long way, but the journey is far…
Just like any industry, the elearning world goes through a variety of trends over a year. Some of these trends stick or evolve, while others are phased out altogether. For example, I can recall when it was really popular to include sound effects for every aspect of an elearning module – in some cases, for…
If you have been in the elearning (or training) industry for any amount of time, then you are most likely aware of the Kirkpatrick model of learning evaluation. For many of us in this industry, it is the go-to methodology for gathering training related metrics and reporting on training success. One could write an entire…
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Advances in technology generally define the latest trends in any industry, and the elearning industry is no different. Â New devices and APIs are shaping the present and future of how organizations administer and record learning. Â In 2013, we are starting to see how the latest technologies are making their way into formal learning delivery. The…
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