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Helpful ideas. Squeaky value.
Helpful ideas. Squeaky value.
A lot of e-learning looks like training but doesn't work like training. If you want people to actually do something differently after the course, you have to build for that from the start. Here's how.
AI can do a lot of things faster than you can. That doesn't mean the results are always worth using. Here's an honest look at where AI actually helps in e-learning development — and where it creates the illusion of progress without the substance to back it up.
Most e-learning stops at content delivery. The Tell, Show, Do model helps steer courses toward action, but the real gains come from adding deliberate practice and structured review. Each stage builds on the last, giving you a stronger framework for course design.
Most organizations treat the e-learning course like the training program. It isn't. People learn all year long, through experience, peers, managers, and yes, the occasional course. Here's how to think about where e-learning fits in that larger picture.
A new employee can absorb theory from a course, but real competence comes from doing the work. Pairing e-learning with peer coaching gives you a complete training system. A learning journal is the tool that connects both.
Most e-learning courses treat the course as the finish line. But learning happens before and after the course, too. Here's how to think about all three phases so your course actually produces results.
New e-learning developers often expect to get good quickly. But your first course won't be your best, and that's completely fine. Here's what actually matters if you want to improve and build your skills the right way.
Most e-learning developers avoid gamification because it feels too complex to build quickly. But you can take a template you already have and add just a few interactive elements to change the experience entirely. Here's how a simple meet-the-team template became a decision-making challenge.
Employees kept building their own cheat sheets that did more good than months of formal training. Here's what that says about how much content actually belongs in a course, and a simple test to figure out what to keep.
Some learners need explicit instructions. Others just want to jump in and figure it out. Here's how to decide whether to front-load instructions, deliver them at the point of need, or build them into a practice activity, and how that choice depends on your audience.
There's a pattern that shows up in almost every e-learning course. It follows objectives, content, and a quiz, then repeats. That structure works sometimes, but it often leaves a gap between what learners see and what they need to do.
Most compliance training is designed around assumptions about what regulations require, not what the regulations actually say. Here's how to build something better.
When a course has nothing to do with what learners face at work, they disengage. Building engagement isn't about adding more interactivity. It's about making the content matter.
Most e-learning is built as a one-shot event. The problem is that people learn constantly, not just when they're in a course. Here's how to build a strategy that works with those 2000 learning hours.
Older PowerPoint scenarios can be hard to manage and even harder to update. Rise offers a cleaner alternative that's fully responsive and easier to maintain. This post walks through one conversion, from planning the interaction design to working around Rise's constraints.
