E-Learning Academy

E-Learning Quality Versus Effectiveness

Alison Bickford — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:23:41 +0000

During the recent Unconference, an interesting point was made at the plenary session by Bob Spence – e-learning quality does not mean e-learning effectiveness. Unfortunately, I didn’t hear Bob’s full explanation about what he meant by this, and so I thought I’d take up Bob’s point as I see it. When an organisation is relatively [...]

Mandatory E-Learning is Simply Mandatory

Alison Bickford — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:35:23 +0000

I’m not a fan of a lot of the compliance e-learning I see. They are often boring and the relevance to the learner is poorly articulated. The topics are usually important; policy and safety-related. Unfortunalty, in a lot of cases, the instructional approach and media used does not reflect the significance of the topics. Nevertheless, organisations make [...]

12 Questions To Ask An Elearning Provider

Alison Bickford — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:47:21 +0000

Here is a list of questions to ask an e-learning provider before you engage them. Thank you to Zoe Karathomas for allowing me to share our combined thoughts: Have you worked with clients of a similar size/industry to ours? (and can I have a list of recent referees to contact?) Have you developed similar materials and content [...]

Free E-Learning Podcast 21: Implementing a Learning Management System (LMS)

Alison Bickford — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:41:06 +0000

Last month’s podcast was about choosing a Learning Management System. Episode 21 is the second of the series, exploring things to think about when implementing a Learning Management Sysyetm (LMS). This video tutorial compliments course 5 of the Connect Thinking E-Learning Academy – Choosing and Implementing a Learning Management System – available to Academy members [...]