How Do I Get My Stuff Online?! The Beginning
Here’s a secret about your learning management system (LMS): it’s rarely used to its full potential. The Litmos crew tells me that clients often have questions about how to “get stuff online.” The...
View ArticleHow Do I Get My Stuff Online?! The Fun-filled World of Authoring Tools
Let me wish you a happy and productive new year from the Litmos blogging team! It’s time to continue with our occasional manifesto on how to bring eLearning to your organization (and maximize the use...
View ArticleHow Do I Get My Stuff Online?! Philosophy Break
Greetings, worldwide Litmos community! This was going to be a post on the nuts and bolts of Adobe Captivate, but… it’s not. A few people have asked me what I meant by choosing an eLearning philosophy...
View ArticleHot Learning Industry Events to Attend in 2011
I’ve been asking around my eLearning network on Twitter to find out who’s going to which events this year and this is what I’ve come up with so far in the training, eLearning, mLearning and immersive...
View ArticleHow Do I Get My Stuff Online?! Intro to Authoring Tools
Hello, Litmos community! For those of you tasked with making an organizational transition to eLearning, we salute you—in all your overworked glory. In a previous post, we emphasized the point about...
View ArticleAdobe Captivate 5 — Simulations on Tap
Greetings, global citizens of the Litmos eLearning community! Last time—we talked about authoring tools, and we answered a few common questions about Adobe Captivate 5 and Articulate Studio ’09. As we...
View ArticleUp by the Bootstraps: Adobe Captivate 5 and Microsoft PowerPoint
Hello, Litmos community! Last week we talked about Adobe Captivate 5 and its marvelous ability to create demonstrations, simulations, and performance-based assessment for systems training. This feature...
View ArticleDevLearn 2011 Promo
I just noticed this promo video for DevLearn 2011 is doing the rounds. Keep an eye out Nicole (@schnicker) in the background of a few of the shots! We’re so excited to be a vendor in the expo hall this...
View ArticleWhy storytelling in eLearning design works…
I read a great post yesterday from the eLearning Coach, Connie Melamed, that reminded me just how important storytelling is to learning. Not only is it one of the oldest forms of education but it can...
View ArticleJune newsletter – schedule and track live training in Litmos!
Well here we are coming to the end of the first half of 2012 – can you believe it? It’s gone by in a flash with a lot of great new additions having been added to the Litmos product and to the team...
View Article2014 Internet User Trends and eLearning
It’s that time of year again! Mary Meeker has published her slides for 2014 Internet Trends as she sees them. The following image is a look at high level user/usage trends. The Business of eLearning...
View ArticleThe Value of Post-Training Feedback – A Tumbleweed Tale
I read a lovely tweet earlier: “Please do not confuse absence of feedback as a sign of satisfaction. Indifference is awfully quiet and the true enemy.” I’m afraid I don’t know where the quote...
View ArticleHow To Start a Simple Gaps Analysis Initiative
If you are anything like me, I imagine your calendar is something of a mess and finding whitespace on it can be a challenge. Furthermore, as Learning and Development professionals, we often find...
View ArticleIs Instructional Design Bias Limiting Your Success?
In a recent post I made the claim that a digital media file (video, pdf, audio, etc.) and a quiz can be delivered as a “course”. That rattled a few traditional ISD cages, but resonated positively with...
View ArticleHow Corporate Training Professionals Add Value as Knowledge Brokers
I’ve often referred to the corporate training professional as a Knowledge Broker. And not in the academic sense (Google it and you’ll see what I mean), but in the framework of the corporate training...
View ArticleTips for Successful Instructor-led Training Events…or Concerts!
Last week I introduced you to the idea of making your subject matter experts the center of your initial training efforts. It’s their knowledge…not yours. Treat them like the knowledge rockstars they...
View ArticleWhy Recording Instructor Led Training is Part of Your Design Process
Recording events is easier than ever. If you have a smartphone then you have a video recording device with you right now. Audio only recording works fine too. The important thing is that you capture...
View ArticleUsing Instructor-led Training for Content and End User Analysis
Instructor-led training (ILT) is still the quickest and easiest training event to produce when you have a willing subject matter expert to teach the class. And while eLearning is getting better and...
View ArticleHow to Use the 10 Minute Rule in Your Instructor-led Training
The 10 Minute Rule Supports ILT and Prepares Content for eLearning Development It’s time to start adding some design to your existing instructor led training event. With the video, you should have no...
View ArticleCreate Explainer Videos for Your eLearning – FAST, FREE
Have you heard of Adobe Voice yet? If not…then, you’re welcome! Adobe Voice – Create fast, easy, free, explainer videos. At a time when video content continues to grow, and the learning industry...
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