The eLearning Guild Releases 2014 Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report by News Editor : Learning Solutions Magazine
2014 Salary survey results plus calculator
Learning Theories Gone Wild - Urban Myths that Hurt Your Learning Designs
Learning styles, Dale's Cone of Experience, the forgetting curve, and "learners know best": myths to disregard
Review My eLearning
Tool to collect feedback on SCORM courses. Reviewers can make comments without having to switch windows. All comments are collected in a dashboard. Cheapest plan is 1 course for $15/month, with other plans available.
Elearning checklist: Evaluate your instructional design
Cathy Moore's checklist for strong, action-oriented e-learning. This is a list of characteristics and you identify where you are on the spectrum between action-oriented and information dump.
The Manifesto | Serious eLearning Manifesto
Principles for "serious elearning"
<h5>Provide Realistic Practice</h5>
<p>We will provide learners sufficient levels of realistic practice; for example, simulations, scenario-based decision making, case-based evaluations, and authentic exercises.</p>
<h5>Enlist Authentic Contexts</h5>
<p>We will provide learners with sufficient experience in making decisions in authentic contexts.</p>
<h5>Provide Realistic Consequences</h5>
<p>When providing performance feedback during learning, we will provide learners with a sense of the real-world consequences.</p>
eLearning Guild Research: Gender Issues in Pay, or What You Don't Know Does Hurt You by Patti Shank : Learning Solutions Magazine
Patti Shank on the gender gap in e-learning pay (almost 10% lower on average). Educate yourself and do a better job negotiating your own salary, at least as one way to improve the issue.
What is SCORM? | Infographic
Visual introduction to SCORM
Sensei | A Learning Managment System for WordPress | WooThemes
Wrodpress plugin with some basic LMS functionality. User registration, course and lesson creation, quizzes, tuition, analytics. No SCORM compatibility (although that's planned for the future).
eLearning on WordPress: Comparing WP Courseware and LearnDash
Comparison of two Wordpress LMS/course management solutions: WP Courseware and LearnDash
I Came, I Saw, I Learned...: eLearning: Determining the Best Size for Today's Lessons
recommendations for Captivate screen sizes including for YouTube
Free Open Source LMSs are like Puzzles « E-Learning 24/7 Blog
Nice metaphor for working with free LMSs. Moodle can work "out of the box" for some small instances with limited needs but this description is a fairly typical experience of customization.
The Top 20 Most Popular LMS Software Solutions powered by Capterra
Capterra's analysis of top LMSs by customers, users, and social media popularity. Many people only review 2-3 LMSs before making a decision. This list gives people some additional choices to review while still being a manageable list. The explanation of their research is linked below the infographic.
BranchTrack
Free tool for creating branching scenarios. See a sample course by Cathy Moore here. http://blog.djangolabs.com/scenarios/autoloon-ethics-training/
The 50 Most Socially-Shared Learning & Development Blogs
I'm on the list for being one of the L&D blogs most often shared on social media. #41 of 50, but that's still on the list. :)
Storyline Templates – WorkBright eLearning
Free Articulate Storyline templates including games and a scrolling timline
Totara vs Moodle - Moodle For BusinesseseLearning Experts | Paradiso Solutions
Screenshots and overview of Totara's features that can make it a better fit for businesses than default Moodle.
Simulation Tools for Every Budget
Tools for branching scenarios, from free and simple to expensive and complex. PDF, PowerPoint, BranchTrack, Inklewriter, Twine, Storyline, and SimWriter.
Online Course Development: What Does It Cost? -- Campus Technology
Time and cost estimates for online higher ed. The article and research are from 2004, and I expect these ratios have gone down in the last 10 years. The estimates here say it's a 10:1 ratio for faculty time and about $25K per credit hour.
Given the current campus infrastructure, personal knowledge tools, and the availability of digital content such as course cartridges, online cyber problems, and test banks, a recommended planning number today for experienced faculty is 10 hours per hour of instruction.
13 Questions to Ask When Scoping a Learning Development Engagement
A solid list of questions for prospective clients to help develop a proposal and determine the scope.
The ALL NEW Adobe Captivate 8 Blends Authoring Ease with Game-Changing Mobile Support « Rapid eLearning | Adobe Captivate Blog
Adobe's summary of new features in Captivate 8, including responsive design for mobile learning and a major user interface change
My review of Adobe Captivate 8 - dbr-Training EN
Review of Cp8, focusing on the interface changes and new features for mobile learning
How storytelling in training changes people. 5 elements of an effective story. | Training x Design
5 elements of a story structure: a beginning, middle, and end; a main character; the main character faces a challenge, the main character struggles, and the main character changes.
Flipping the conversation at ElNet Workplace Learning Congress | Explorations in learning
Tanya Lau's detailed explanation of her presentation on "Flipping the conversation" to performance and performance support rather than focusing only on formal training content. Includes notes on how she recorded and edited video on her smartphone for the presentation. She gives credit to my post on "Selling Storytelling" as part of the inspiration for her presentation because of how I scripted conversation around business objectives and measurement.
8 Books To Read Before Your Next eLearning Project
A different reading list than many I've seen, with several selections outside of the main learning field. I've only read one of these eight books.
Report Card: Gamification in Learning (What Works?) by Carol Leaman : Learning Solutions Magazine
Lessons learned on what works for gamification: multiple levels, fun, variety, leaderboards, tangible rewards, virtual coaches, progress tracking, social connectivity.
Updated E-Learning Authoring Tools Comparison - E-Learning Uncovered
Diane Elkins (E-Learning Uncovered/Artisan E-Learning) ranks tools based on price, ease of use, graphics, animation, interactivity, quizzing, power/flexibility, ADA, mobile, and software simulations.
eLearning Wiki
Wiki by Kevin Wilcoxon with lengthy articles on learning and training. Categories are foundations, teaching online, course development, and the future (including references to the Serious e-Learning Manifesto). Currently everything is written by Kevin but you can sign up to contribute.
Top Tips for Producing Better eLearning Audio by Jennifer De Vries & Stephen Haskin : Learning Solutions Magazine
Tips for writing scripts and recording audio. Tip #3 on "Conditional logic" is an odd name for it, but the tip is good.
A common instance of this is that your
screen directions should be, “When you’ve completed the exercise, click the
Next button.” If you write, “Click the Next button when you’ve completed the
exercise,” at least some participants will click Next before they listen to the
rest of the sentence.
Build a Better Online Training Team | Talance Blog
Overview of what roles need to be filled to develop e-learning. Some of these roles can overlap and be filled by the same person.
Quandary
Freeware application for creating "action mazes" or branching scenarios