The University of Notre Dame won the Campus Technology 2015 Innovators Awards. Campus Technology published the details in the article Pairing E-Portfolios with Badges to Document information Learning. E-portfolios are an electronic method for displaying learning...
5 Questions to Ask When Selecting an LMS
The availability of learning management system (LMS) options can seem endless. According to Market Wired, ”the LMS market is forecasted to be worth $7.83 billion by 2018.” There are proprietary software options as well as free, and even open source software options....
Creating Interaction in Online Courses
Over the years there has been controversy over the quality of online versus on-campus courses. However, the enrollment of online education continues to grow. According to Grade Level: Tracking Online Education in the United States approximately, 5.3 million students...
Best Practices for Creating Videos for Online Courses and Training
Overview The use of videos has increased tremendously over the past few years. According to Statista, there were approximately 192 million unique video views during May 2015. Videos are posted online to social media sites by users as well as by...
Increasing Employee Engagement with Gamification
Gamification is not a new concept, but it has become a more popular trend recently. There have been articles published on Forbes and Huffington Post discussing the use of gamification in the workplace. The use of gamification is becoming a part of corporate culture...
Incorporating Gamification, Badges & Incentives with Learning Paths
Learn how to incorporate gamification, badges and incentives with learning paths to generate momentum and increase learning results for you and your organization. Regardless of your industry, gamification, badges and incentives are relevent. Our clients in...
Creating Engaging Online Training
There are a myriad of online training learning management systems (LMS) with a variety of features and tools. It is important to assess your needs and conduct research during the selection process. However, the hardest part is developing engaging content. The article,...
Are Badges Useful for Professors Too?
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, colleges are offering badges to incentivize professors to participate in (and complete) professional-development workshops: digital badges. Jeffrey R. Young writes: “The idea of offering badges has become popular in...
Online Learning Report: The Last of the Skeptics Capitulate
In an article on the Chronicle of Higher Education, Steve Kolowich divulged that finally, after years of skepticism, higher education’s elite academic institutions have decided that 1) online learning is here to stay and 2) it might not be so bad after all and 3) it’s...
More on Getting Employees to Use the LMS: Employees Will Use Tools They Helped Build
In an April 2015 article in Campus Technology, Tami Erwin has written an excellent article on how to increase buy-in for new technologies. She says: “To build new technologies your frontline employees will use and trust — tools that will actually improve the customer...