Using Partnerships for Better eLearning
When you work with an outside firm on your eLearning efforts, if you (and they) play the cards right, you may get even more than the talents of two organizations. Over the years, Illumina has built a strong set of complementary partnerships, to add capabilities…
Illumina Develops Set of Emotional Intelligence Courses to Increase Staff Skills at American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Illumina and AIR have been collaborating to develop a set of Emotional Intelligence elearning modules, to enhance the skills of AIR staff. The set of four modules, starting with a Foundations module, is slated for deployment in 2019 and 2020. The first module was released…
Dunkin’ Brands Rolls Out New Point-of-Sale Systems to Franchisee Restaurants with Illumina-Created Microlearning
The Point-of-Sale (POS) system, which restaurant staff use to take customer orders, communicate the orders to be made and delivered, and accept payment, is a crucial technology foundation for smooth restaurant operations and guest satisfaction. When Dunkin’ Brands provided its new POS to franchisees for…
Illumina and IBIS Consulting Complete Enterprise-wide Allyship Training for USA Today/Gannett
IBIS and its client USA Today shared a vision for allyship, and the key contributions that allyship can make to advancing inclusion, mitigating biases, supporting diversity, and attaining equity for individuals and the organization that they are part of. IBIS and Illumina worked extensively with…
Illumina and Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Pioneer Educational Ethics Multimedia Case Study
Illumina worked with HGSE to develop “Promotion vs. Retention”, a novel multimedia case study designed to help teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors, and students in education and in philosophy grapple with key concepts and dilemmas in educational ethics. Users are responsible for deciding whether “Ada,”…
IBIS Consulting Group Unveils Unconscious Bias Courses for Colleges and Universities
Long-time partner IBIS Consulting debuted versions created by Illumina of its award-winning unconscious bias series that are tailored for the needs of higher education institutions. The series focuses on specific challenges faced by faculty, by institutional staff, and by students, with offerings for each. The…
An E-Learning Contract That Helps You Succeed
So you’ve selected an outside vendor to help with your company’s e-learning project – or you’re that vendor who’s just been awarded said e-learning project – everyone’s excited to get to work. But there’s this small matter of getting a contract in place as quickly…
Adaptive Learning Comes of Age
Back in the early days of my career, I was privileged to be involved in something that has lately become a fairly hot topic in today’s eLearning community. I’m talking about what we’re now calling “adaptive learning.” The year was 1991, and in that time…
Illumina Helps American Institutes for Research (AIR) Communicate Vision to Employees
AIR wanted a quick way to introduce both new and existing employees to AIR’s strategic priorities, and the many AIR resources to accelerate their development and achieve those priorities. Illumina created a 12-minute animated video summarizing the vision and priorities, and laying out some of…
The Nuts & Bolts of Illumina’s Development Process Toolkit
A custom eLearning design and development firm like ours uses a diverse blend of creative design, media authoring and programming tools in our business. However, from time to time we get asked about the kinds of tools and applications we use to manage our elearning and blended…