The strength of The eLearning Guild community lies in ourmembers’ passion for sharing knowledge and ideas with each other. This not onlyhelps members improve their skills, but also drives our whole industry forward.The Learning Exchange takes this peer-based learning to a whole new level byproviding a social, easy-to-use platform that enables you to connect, share,and learn with your community!
In this week’s Tip, I offer you five examples of the greatcontent that’s available to eLearning Guild members and associates in theLearning Exchange. If you’re not a Guild member, createyour free associate account now.
But wait! There’s more! Anyone who shares their content inthe Learning Exchange from the Share section of the site from October 1 throughOctober 31, 2015, will be entered into a raffle to win a $50 gift card toAmazon.com! The details are here.
Bonus! See Jamie Lewis’s October offer! (She is still looking for content, so it’s nottoo late.)
Tips from the Learning Exchange
How to Create Effective Discussion Boards. Paul Iwancio. Video (9:53).Discussion boards are the core interaction in an online course. Topics: typesof interaction, where to host boards (your LMS isn’t the only place), formatsfor interactions, using guest experts on the board, how to run an effectivediscussion board, and more!
Reality Check for Scoping a Project: Time, Resources, and Quality. Lisa Ferris. Chart.One-page chart will help during discussions with clients when they ask, “Howmuch time will it take to develop an online module?”
Articulate Storyline: Design a Drag-and-Drop in Under 5 Minutes. David Anderson. Video(4:20). Sorting activities are a great way to test your learners’ ability toidentify items by dragging them to different targets. This tutorial shows youhow easy it is to create custom drag-and-drop interactions in ArticulateStoryline.
Tips to Video Record Yourself. Tom Spiglanin. Video (1:30). How a video expertrecords himself.
How to Use Typography to Improve Your E-Learning. Heloisa Kinder. PDF. Goodtypography captures your learners’ attention and makes them want to read allyour awesome content. Bad typography makes them suddenly remember that theyforgot to check Facebook—and they need to go do that right now. Here’s a fun guideto the basics of matching your typefaces and your fonts to your content!
