E-Learning Council blogs

Teaching to Stick - Ideas from Chip and Dan Heath authors of Made to Stick

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:02:13 +0000

One of my favorite books is Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath. In this book the authors teach you how to create sticky ideas by using the SUCCESs model:

Worldwide eLearning Market Grows to $27.1 Billion in 2009

snasta — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:05:11 +0000

Ambient Insight report states that the worldwide market for 2009 self-paced E-Learning Market and services grew to $27.1 billion. The international demand for online learning is growing by 12.8% and revenues will reach $49.6 billion by 2014.

North America will be the top buying region in the 2009-2014 timeframe. Asia will be the fastest growing region, however with a growth rate over 33%. By 2014 Asia will overtake Western Europe as the 2nd largest market for E-Learning.

The value of training from Breakthrough Company

snasta — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:29:40 +0000

E-Learning Symposium 2010 Call for Presenters

dtwining — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:56:11 +0000

E-Learning Council will host the Third Annual E-Learning Symposium on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010* in Austin, Texas. E-Learning Symposium 2010 (hashtag #ELS2010) is designed to help professionals and key decision makers execute E-Learning programs within their own organizations. The conference is essential for professionals who create web-based education programs in healthcare, government, higher education, and corporate settings.
The conference is open to anyone and will be of specific benefit to:

Chief Learning Officers
Senior Directors
Directors of Human Resources (HR)
Directors of Training

Presenting at the E-Learning Symposium provides you with an excellent opportunity to share your knowledge with key industry decision makers, and further influence the E-Learning community. Plus, you will have an opportunity to connect deeper with symposium participants at the "lunch with a speaker" session during lunch. To provide a speaker, please submit a one-page abstract on your topic by March 1, 2010 by email to "dtwining at microassist.com". There will be approximately six 50-60 minute slots. All sessions must be purely educational and may not promote a particular product, service or company.

Using a Dog Clicker to make Audio Recording Easier

snasta — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:29:59 +0000

Using a Dog Clicker to improve your E-learning...who would've thunk it. When recording audio have a dog clicker in hand. When you make a mistake click on it. The sharp click is easy to spot in the sound editor and makes it a lot easier to edit out the mistake.

Accessible Twitter

snasta — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:25:58 +0000

Using Twitter as part of your business and need it to be accessible? The folks at Accessible Twitter have created an accessible client. Features include:

The Role of Learning in Organizations Today

LindaWarren — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:05:47 +0000

In today's rapidly changing business environment, learning is a crucial skill in the ability to remain relevant and meet the needs of your clients. There are five factors that influence an organization’s ability to learn and be responsive to changes in the business world. Here's the article:

E-Learning: How long is just right

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:16:53 +0000

The Connected Learner has an interesting post on how long you should make an e-learning post. Among the factors to consider are:

Audience
Management Desire
Does the course have to be taken at one time or can it be spaced
How much time does the audience have?
Does the course consist of Content, Practice, or Testing
What extras does the course have
Is it a single course or multiple courses

You can read the entire post at The Connected Learner: Self-Paced Elearning: How long is just right?

Nikon iPhone App teaches photography - An example of mobile e-learning

snasta — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:19:17 +0000

Nikon Learn & Explore is an iPhone app that teaches the fundamentals of photography and offers shooting techniques for common situations. The app also offers a library of professional images you can browse, each with an accompanying Nikon World article that details shot composition, equipment, lighting, and all that.