I’ve a personal mantra that you have to generate a lot of ideas to get a collection of good ones. It’s somewhat of a joke, as I like to believe I have lots of good ideas, but it’s also true. Since systematic creativity isn’t an oxymoron, there are practices we can use to increase the […]

In the early 80’s, I read an article calling for a cognitive engineering: designing systems that matched how our brains work. I was designing educational computer games at the time, and was struggling to find good guidance to choose between interface (and learning) alternatives. I realized that this was a field that really meshed with […]

Why instructional design? Why not just design, period!? I would encourage everyone to engage with others who work in design oriented disciplines. If you've never done it, it will be an eye-opening experience. I've engage with designers of all sorts throughout the years and have discovered that there are far more similarities across fields than […]

¡Bienvenidos, Litmos community! Those of you tasked with converting your organization's content into rapid eLearning -- we're looking at you.    Previous posts have looked at cross-functionality between Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Captivate. The relationship between PowerPoint and eLearning is like an up-and-down romance. PowerPoint brings some cool stuff to the table, but can often […]

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 having an eLearning philosophy (and standards) in place to encourage you to begin at the beginning. Tools change and evolve. You will probably […]

I've been posting lots of help articles over on the Litmos Help Guide lately, so don't forget to check it out if you have any questions about how our LMS works or need directions using a particular feature: Litmos Help Guide If you find your question is not answered then send it through to support@litmos.com […]

Over the weekend we released a major upgrade to the way that Litmos sends emails. What this means for you is more of the emails that Litmos sends out to your students will find the inbox rather than get caught in spam or junk filters. Over the past year the number of emails that Litmos […]

Session 502 at #mLearnCon lead by Richard Clark (@rdclark) was focused on 'mLearning on Multiple Devices: A Practical Guide'. From the mLearnCon website the session guide reads: "Unlike e-Learning on the desktop, where a couple of platforms predominate (Windows and Mac OS X), mobile platforms come in many different forms with differing programming requirements and […]

The #LearnX conference was on this week (June 9th - 10th) in Sydney at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre and was keynoted/opened by Lrnchat's very own Jane Bozarth, which was a real treat. I only attended the first day but found it to be action-packed with keynotes, breakout sessions and a great expo area. I […]

Here are some more interesting figures from a different Tagoras report this time called "Association E-Learning: State of the Sector" (my last post focused on a report about LMS costing / implementation time). This one was released over a year ago in March 2009 so the figures may have changed a little, but this time […]

This is the first post in a series I'm doing on eLearning content authoring tools. I should clarify that I'm not affiliated with any of the products I have included in this series. Founded in 2002 by Adam Schwartz, eLearning company Articulate has grown over the years to offer a full suite of eLearning authoring […]

If you're putting together your eLearning or online training content and you can't stand the sound of your own voice, or you just need a professional voice of a different accent or language to narrate the audio, look no further than www.voice123.com. Voice123 is a really cool site that has hundreds of thousands (!) of  […]

As December wraps up and the year draws to a close it's time to check in and see which 2009 posts were the most popular on the Learning Journey blog: Top 10 Best Practices for Teaching Online Top 6 Tips on Course Design Tips from an Instructional Designer New Firefox: Update Adobe Flash Player 7 […]

I've been sending a few Litmos clients over to the iSpring Solutions website lately to make use of their very cool PowerPoint to Flash converter and eLearning Authoring tools. These guys were part of the DevLearn09 Expo so I saw them there strutting their stuff. If you haven't checked them out yet, they're definitely worth […]

I finally found a moment to read through some of my notes from DevLearn09 and found a mobile learning e-book recommendation from Judy Brown. The book is 'New Technologies, New Pedagogies: Mobile Learning in Higher Education', edited by a group of faculty from the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia and it is […]

I learned a little more about the Merrill Lynch pilot mobile learning program (called GoLearn) that was so successful a few years back. The pilot involved 2100 Investment Bankers and the course created was focused around compliance content. It was rolled out on the BlackBerry with the necessary design configurations, and the results that came […]

Lectora's master class on "Creating Engaging e-learning Content for your eLearning Courses" was very interesting. It's a cool authoring tool, here are some of the highlights: Nice page transitions Cool roll-overs Pre-built flash objects to customize Hot spot assessment questions Course can finish with a form object to enter user details and produce certification Over 250 course […]

I wrote a post back in July about the most popular screenrecorders on the market, which are very useful for turning dull PowerPoint Presentations in to a more exciting visual/audio experience and for creating cool demo videos. In this post I was going to focus on other types of content creation tools that can be […]

I'm reading 'Think Strategy Before Technology' by Robin Good and so far he brings up some really valid points, which are often forgotten in a tech-focused world. It started me thinking about the process of moving offline training content online and I came up with 3 points to ponder. 1. Plan, plan, planBefore you jump […]

A question I'm often asked when people are putting together their training content, is "What screen recorder should I use?". I've compiled a short list of screen recorders that I know a bit about. Please do add more detail, plus your own experience and suggestions in the comments section as I know there are a […]

As a follow on to my last post on writing effective training material, these are some simple ideas that anyone can incorporate in to their writing to make emails, documents and training information more concise and effective for the audience. 5 Helpful Tips for Presenting Information: Establish a flow for your document so the information […]

I went to a talk today on Information Mapping® presented by Jennie Martins of Tactics. The approach she advocates has been around for 40+ years and is used to transform business or technical information in to effective documents, including training materials. By definition Information Mapping® is a 'systematic approach to analysing, organising and presenting written […]

Carolyn Blunt, Founder of Real Results Training wrote an article a few months back that has some great ideas for building a successful call centre training program. Her ideas are not just relevant to call centres, but can be applied across most types of training program. I went through an picked out 3 ideas that […]

Now that the first half of the year is over, I thought I'd take a look at our stats and see which blog posts written in 2009, have been most popular so far. So here are they are in order the Top 5 Blog Posts of 2009 (so far): Top 10 Best Practices for Teaching […]