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Review: National VET content elearning

If you’re new to elearning as an instructional designer practitioner, or your RTO has asked you to develop e-learning, you’ll want to access a number of tools and resources on offer from the Flexible Learning Advisory Group (FLAG), which manages the National Vocational Education and E-Learning Strategy 2012-2015.

Using video in elearning

As L&D professionals we are always talking about making content more interactive and learner-centric, so you might be thinking that integrating video into your course would be going against good instructional design as it is a passive medium. However, video can enhance your course design and maximise the learning for your learner.

14 ways to engage learners with Moodle

Moodle is an easy to use open source learning management system. My Learning Space can help you squeeze more juice from your Moodle. We list 20 ways you can use Moodle to engage your learners.

Getting started with Scenario based e-learning

If you’ve been looking for a method to deliver material that is relevant, timely and engaging,  scenario based e-learning may be the answer you’ve been looking for. If like me, you’ve sat through e-learning that was a bit boring, you’ll become of a fan of scenario based cases for e-learning. We show you why.

Micro-learning: helping corporate learners learn

We already know the principles of 70/20/10 and the importance this has on improving our job performance and professional development – but how do we help our corporate learners retain knowledge after training?

Applying adult learning theory to instructional design

Here, we focus on how you can apply adult learning theory to instructional design with the adult learner in mind. It will help you understand the theory influencing your choices in developing training.

Online assessment design

Often our focus when designing content for online or face-to-face delivery is on the content itself and we forget about the important part of the learning — assessment.

Instructing with Moodle

Moodle is intuitive in the way it integrates learning theory into the way you can design your course. It incorporates learning theory such as constructivism, social learning theory, and connectivism into the design.

How to manage your e-learning project

Has this happened to you? You start a project with a kick-off meeting where everyone has defined roles and responsibilities, but the outcome of the project doesn’t quite end where you all thought it would? If this sounds familiar, we look at how projects may fail and offer tips on how to maximise success.

6 steps to an effective learning strategy

When creating a learning strategy, an organisation needs to consider the culture, strategic leadership, challenges and trends as well as business goals. Here’s our six steps to an effective learning strategy.