Bridge the Skills-Gap with Competency Based Learning
Dear Associations, I am trying to get into a skilled labor position at company X. I have some experience but there are new rules and regulations and I just can’t keep up. I could go [...]
What Instructional Designers Really Do
I want to apologize. I write about instructional design (ID) all the time but I’ve never stopped to explain what Instructional Designers really do. There are numerous definitions for it and many of them are [...]
Quality Assurance: Fine-Tuning Your eLearning to Be Its Best Part 3
Chapter 3: Advanced QA Testing So far we’ve talked about the basic and intermediate techniques of quality assurance testing (QA). In our final installment, we’ll look at more advanced techniques that will help your eLearning [...]
3 Questions to Consider Before Developing New eLearning
Developing new eLearning is a big undertaking. While it may be tempting to dive right in and start designing, it’s important to answer several critical questions first. Having a solid grasp on your goals and [...]
Quality Assurance: Fine-Tuning Your eLearning to Be Its Best Part 2
Chapter 2: Intermediate Quality Assurance Testing In our first chapter, we discussed some of the basics of quality assurance (QA). Now, we will discuss some of the more involved tasks that are associated with making [...]
RF, Please…Why an RFP Isn’t the Best Method For Choosing an LMS Vendor
Analyst John Leh says there are 700 LMS vendors in the industry. That means there are a lot of options, with a lot of features, a lot of variations, and a lot of sales teams [...]
I’m Glad Millennials Scare Learning and Development
The learning and development (L&D) world seems to be confused by, if not outright afraid of, millennials. Curious about the ruckus, I did some research. And admittedly, as a millennial, I was curious to see [...]
What To Do When Your Marketing Fails
You’ve put together a strong course catalog. You determined a marketing budget, and you came up with some great marketing ideas. So, why aren’t your courses selling? Where are the profits? Where’s the return on [...]
Placeholder Images: Do They Help or Hurt in an eLearning Storyboard?
Not so long ago, in a nearby place, someone spent a lot of time leaving notes about the photos in an eLearning storyboard. It turned out that they were just placeholders. The final course was [...]
Competency-Based Learning: How to Bridge the Skills-Gap
Competency-Based Learning: How to Bridge the Skills-Gap was originally published in the IACET blog as a guest post by Digitec President Jack McGrath. The skills-gap issue is growing more critical in the U.S., especially within [...]