Are Online Courses as Effective as In-Person Education?
It turns out there's a better question you can ask that will provide your students with an optimal experience.
How to Create Effective Test Questions
Since online learning often separates teachers from learners across time and distance, we rely on evaluations – in the form of tests, quizzes and assessments – to judge each student's successful comprehension of the content (and to judge how well the course designers presented their information). But what makes a good test question? Is it [...]
How to Maximize Collaboration in Instructional Design
When it comes to project management, finding smart ways to keep your team focused and on schedule is what leads to creating a finished product that your whole team can be proud of.
How to Design Evergreen eLearning Content
How to save time by creating online education content that remains relevant for years -- or is quickly and easily updatable.
How to Create Mnemonic Devices That Help Your Students Remember
Four tips for creating simple mnemonic devices to help students remember complex ideas.
Best Practices for Improving Online Courses Using Student Feedback
We offer 4 tips for getting the most useful feedback from your students, and 4 more tips for using that feedback to continually improve your online courses.
Which Strategy Is Better: Frequent Quizzing or End-of-Milestone Quizzing?
Is it better to quiz your students frequently throughout a lesson, or to test them once at the end? The results of multiple studies reveal which approach has been proven to work best.
How to Make Sure Your Online Education Materials Are Section 508 Compliant
We explain what full Section 508 accessibility compliance for eLearning materials actually looks like in layman's terms.
Quality Control: Best Practices in Online Course Design and Delivery
Here are some best practices to help you integrate quality control standards into your digital course design and delivery.
Comparing Video Hosting, Transcribing, and Captioning Tools
We consider the pros and cons of some of the most popular video hosting, transcribing, and captioning services for online courses.
