Would you trust a dentist who’s never worked on a live patient before? Hire a mechanic who hasn’t worked on a car engine? Perhaps you’d feel more at ease with a pilot who’s logged thousands of hours…

This infographic offers 10 tips for designing learner-centered training.

Improve your instructional design with adult learning theories. Discover the key theories and their application on the Shift E-Learning blog!

Bloom's Taxonomy verbs include Evaluate: Criticize, Judge, Defend, Appraise, Value, Prioritize, Revise, Argue, Support, and Re-design.

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eLearning days can be effective, meaningful, and manageable. It all depends on the the instructional design. Start brainstorminghere!

How do you write a curriculum that makes sense for your students and subject? These 8 steps will help you design the curriculum you want and need.

Covid 19 has educators and educational institutions worried about and preparing for possible school closures. What happens if students have to stay home for days or even weeks? How can we keep them learning remotely? What strategies and technology tools can teachers use to take traditional classes online? I have fielded multiple questions about the […]

5E model overview

What is the key to motivating learners and ensuring they stay on track throughout a course? The trick is to line the design with elements that promote motivation before, during, and even after course completion.

Make a game out of your classroom with gamification! This new trend is taking the education world by storm. Learn about it here.

In engineering, programming, web design and most other creative work, many people consciously use The Design Process. The PBS show Design Squad provides

The magic of an effective learning solution is in the blend of formal and informal learning strategies.

Does your classroom offer one-and-done types of learning activities, or does the learning grow, inspire, and evolve throughout the year and beyond? With tools like G Suite for Education that are available 24/7, the learning doesn’t have to stop when the bell rings at the end of class, or when the worksheet is turned in, or even when the school year ends. The learning takes on a life of its own; it becomes dynamic. This concept alone should change the way you think about learning in general and change the way you facilitate learning in the classroom.

A complete summary of the 15 most influential learning theories. Includes Vygotsky, Piaget, Bloom, Gagne, Maslow, Bruner, Kolb and many more.

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Give your teaching a boost with some new instructional strategies. Our videos are quick and clear and pretty easy on the eyes. Try one.

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The 5E Model of Science Instruction was exactly what I needed to streamline the process of planning and implementing a student-led inquiry-based learning

Want your college class to be exceptional? These strategies will make your teaching more engaging, effective, and satisfying for you and your students.

ATD's Adult Learning Certificate--an interactive, self-paced program--offers critical knowledge of the basic theory underlying good practices for adult learning in the workplace, and get practical tips to add to your training and development toolbox.

What’s the difference between Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and traditional classroom education? This chart shows how they differ.

As we explore our transformation to learning experience design (LXD), we can see that some principles have solidified and are now considered best practices.

How do you write a curriculum that makes sense for your students and subject? These 8 steps will help you design the curriculum you want and need.

Covid 19 has educators and educational institutions worried about and preparing for possible school closures. What happens if students have to stay home for days or even weeks? How can we keep them learning remotely? What strategies and technology tools can teachers use to take traditional classes online? I have fielded multiple questions about the […]

e-Learning Graphic Design Fundamentals: Take a look at these layout, typography and imagery tips for better e-Learning design.

5E model overview

Design is too often overlooked by course developers, or otherwise misunderstood – some eLearning designers think that as long as their course “looks

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When designing for accessibility, there are six key areas of disability to consider: visual, hearing, mobility, cognition, speech and neural.

Here Ruby Spencer, Director, Global Curriculum Development, has put together our recommended top 7 Writing Tips for Instructional Designers to consider when developing online courseware.

Wondering what the difference between Instructional Design and Learning Experiece Design is?Check the difference between ID and Learning Experience Design.

This UDL infographic gives you a brief summary of what UDL is and why it is worth learning more about.

What is the key to motivating learners and ensuring they stay on track throughout a course? The trick is to line the design with elements that promote motivation before, during, and even after course completion.

Make a game out of your classroom with gamification! This new trend is taking the education world by storm. Learn about it here.

This designing Effective eLearning Infographic can help you in developing and successfully designing your eLearning course easily.

In engineering, programming, web design and most other creative work, many people consciously use The Design Process. The PBS show Design Squad provides

The magic of an effective learning solution is in the blend of formal and informal learning strategies.

The most recent blog post, Writing Effective Learning Objectives, introduced the concept of starting with the end in mind. Identifying the desired level of learning is one way to start at the end.…

This infographic provides 5 tips to hook your learners to your online course!

New to the eLearning industry? Get familiarized with the jargon and industry phrases with this quick guide.

You’ve decided to develop an eLearning course. Before you start the creation process, here are 5 key questions that you should ask yourself.

The 3 Levels of Instructional Design Prototypes Infographic presents the different levels of prototypes that offer varying degrees of fidelity during the prototyping process.