Tossing together a little dinner of amaretto shrimp almandine doesn’t overwhelm you. Stuffed puff pastries don’t faze you. You are ready for a culinary career!You relish the thought of a career standing in front of a hot stove. Job Outlook Two million more jobs will be added by 2017 for a total of 14.8 people […]
Tips on Improving eLearning Design
Today’s instructional designers have the daunting task of designing an experience, not just a training program. Designing such experiences requires a deep understanding of the modern learner, the latest trends in technology and new media, and augmented and virtual reality tools, plus the ability to grasp and work with a lot of content. The eLearning […]
Design Can Inprove eLearning and reading Comprehension
Does reading comprehension suffer when learners switch from paper to screens? This question has been studied from multiple angles, with varied findings. There’s no definitive answer, but for eLearning professionals, a better question might be: How can eLearning design maximize learning potential and mitigate potential barriers to comprehension? Anyone considering implementing eLearning—or converting existing training […]
Blended eLearning for Editors Provides Focused Skills Practice and Engaged Learning
Members of many professions seek continuing education courses to sharpen or update their skills. But in a profession like editing, where contract or freelance work is very common, and where employers have drastically cut training budgets, attending conferences or in-person seminars is not always possible. What’s an education-hungry professional editor to do? Turn to eLearning, […]
Turn Effective Instructor-led Training to Captivating eLearning
The Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California (USC-ICT) is a US Army university-affiliated research center. This center conducts research and development for training across multiple domains including simulations, games, artificial intelligence models, virtual and mixed realities, and more. This article is a case study of learning technology work my organization is […]
How to be a Food Stylist?
While most folks interested in the Culinary Arts choose to work in the kitchen as chefs, there are a few others that are interested in the more unusual culinary careers that are out there. One of those is being a Food Stylist. What Does a Food Stylist Do? Food stylists combine culinary art and science […]
Professor lawsuits University Forced Him To Teach Maths Only Because ‘Asians Are Good At Maths’
A Korean-American professor filed a lawsuit against the University of Illinois at Chicago last week, claiming that officials in his department “systematically harassed” him because of his ethnicity and forced him to teach a math class because he was Asian. Seung-Whan Choi, a professor of international relations, says that UIC’s political science department denied him […]
Leveraging the paid-for knowledge and organizational knowledge: Merging Knowledge, Technology, and People
Forward-looking HR executives and chief learning officers know that their job is not only about facilitating the delivery of operational knowledge to their organization’s employees, consultants, and suppliers. They also realize that they can increase the overall operational efficiency and performance of their organization by identifying and leveraging the paid-for knowledge that has been neglected […]
A Note To My Fellow Teachers
Dear Teacher Colleagues, I hope that you are all enjoying a relaxing break before heading back to school next week. A little tip, if you want to stay relaxed, avoid the comments sections of news sites and blogs (particularly when it comes to education). I spent part of my break reading news stories about our […]
360-Degree Video Puts Immersive Storytelling Within Reach
Are you among the many eLearning developers yearning to create immersive video for eLearning? Are you facing the prospect that a full-fledged virtual reality studio where you can create digitally generated immersive environments is not in next year’s budget? Don’t give up! A new kid on the video block, 360-degree video, offers developers an affordable […]