Into the Driver's Seat

If you go back to the first days of the COVID crisis, when campuses across the country were shutting down, college students weren’t very happy with emergency online learning. Surveys conducted then showed deep dissatisfaction, with as many as 70 percent saying they didn’t like it.

Low grades for remote instruction persisted for months. As the nation struggled under one of the worst public health threats in centuries, emergency instruction proceeded as the only viable way to keep higher education going, even though so few students liked it.

Since then, things have taken a surprising turn. Today, 70 percent of college students give online and hybrid learning a thumbs-up.

Da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. Monet’s Water Lilies. These well-known works of art use visual design principles that contribute to the viewer’s deep feelings, sense of cohesion, and understanding of the dynamics depicted. Learning and development professionals, too, can use such principles to help learners remember key points, empathize, and stay engaged with the training.

Bartender. Nanny. Waitress. Retail worker. Painter. Housekeeper. Graphic designer. One of the realities of classroom teachers in the United States is that many do not make enough money to rely solely on their salary. So they seek out second jobs and side hustles, sometimes juggling several at once, to supplement their income.

Educational videos are one of the most popular and widespread types of content among all video materials. According to a 2021 TechSmith report, 83% of respondents preferred accessing information through video content rather than text or audio. Videos are convenient and useful to the audience, as people perceive this particular way of presenting information better than text. There are different formats of instructional videos, and they are all suitable for different types of storytelling.

Teachers must build strong, trusting, and collaborative relationships with their students in order to ensure student engagement increases

This article offers teachers tips and tricks about innovative ways of learning. Discover 5 ways to use technology effectively in teaching. You may be surprised by the growing eLearning strategies that could help improve the teaching process and help students learn better.

Having trouble engaging your learners? Stories can improve your eLearning courses, not only making then more instructionally effective but also more engaging.

Like many parents and guardians, I felt unprepared to take over the day-to-day management of my household’s learning during the pandemic. Despite being involved in online education for over a decade—first as the founding president of Khan Academy, and now as the product and UX director of Google for Education—I wasn’t ready for the challenges of this past year.

Having students revise and resubmit work can be a more effective way to produce learning than extra credit.

Want to improve "how teachers interact with students in online learning? One simple remedy seems, well, almost too simple.

Give teachers two screens."

Learn about the practical application of digital tools in learning, and how they can be used to enable interactive learning activities.

This article covers the basics of Instructional Design that should be considered when designing content. Download the eBook: Instructional Design 101.

You know you want to go micro, and you even have some ideas for how to isolate your content into one or more bite-sized pieces. But now what? A common misconception is that microlearning is always video—or always eLearning—but you should think more broadly.

How do you know what shorter form, right-fit content is right for your situation? Here, we’ll share the five key formats for microlearning and situations when each would be most effective.

Veteran technology teacher Ben Kelly is thankful that, after 18 years of teaching, his students still run into the room when it’s time for his class. But he cautions not to give too much credit to the technology itself. His 250 middle and high school students in the rural Caledonia Regional School in Moncton, New Brunswick, are using computers that are older than the students themselves. Instead, Kelly gives credit to a curriculum that engages their creativity and speaks to their interests.

Content curation is nothing new and has always been a coveted skill. It has been this way for hundreds of years — think of art galleries, museums, or newspapers. 

Educators, too, have always been curators— bringing together the most valuable materials to help their learners learn. However, in the past, this might have been limited to books, posters, concrete materials, guest speakers, etc. However, as of now, we are in a world of information overload.

So, to help you hone your digital content curation skills, we decided to list some tips.

Zoom has introduced several new features for education users of its Chat and Meetings functions, fulfilling the most popular requests from teachers and administrators on its platform, the company announced today.

Marvel superheros have nothing on teachers.

"Digital learning is a type of instructional practice learning that utilizes technology to strengthen the student’s learning experience. This learning form provides professional learning opportunities for teachers as well as a personalized learning experience for students. While many studies are focused on methodology and pedagogy, these five digital learning models and theories utilize the benefits of technology and enhance students’ learning experience."

What does it take to create bite-size support tools for your team to improve performance and reinforce know-how? This eBook shows you how to launch a microlearning game-based strategy that gets results. 

Last year, an English teacher at my school came to me with an all-too-common concern about an essay a student named Kyle had just turned in. The teacher’s 10th grade class had just finished op-ed essays on a topic of their choice, and Kyle had chosen to examine the economic impact of illegal immigration on the U.S. economy. But in his submitted draft every source in his bibliography—and I do mean every—leaned toward one political bias, and sometimes quite heavily.

Student engagement includes much more than course participation--learn how different technologies can help your institution's engagement

Before going ahead to the main topic of today, which is the effect of interactive learning content on eLearning, let me start by talking about what the term "interaction" really means.

Today’s professors are now learning community managers—and these tips can help instructors create a vibrant and engaging learning space.

There’s a lot of discussion about the best strategies to improve engagement in eLearning courses. What’s the best way to connect with learners? How to get them to complete your courses? Follow these rules.

Do you want to launch your first online course, but you aren't sure where to start? Try these tips to help you get your first course off the ground.