Feeling Thankful at This Time of Year
NoraThis year, I am extra thankful for my Illumina colleagues who, at the drop of a hat, jumped in to take over my responsibilities when I welcomed my first baby two months earlier than anticipated. I’m grateful for friends and family who helped support us…
Happy New Year 2022!
The holiday season gives us an opportunity to reflect on the past year and express our hopes for the year to come. The team at Illumina Interactive would like to thank you for all your support, and we look forward to a continued successful partnership…
It’s Not Enough to Overcome the Forgetting Curve—Make Each Learning Moment Memorable
In a recent Illumina blog post, Jean Marrapodi, PhD described our mission as learning designers: to create learning activities that capture and maintain learner interest. She talked about three effective ways to structure learning activities for maximum retention: microlearning, drip learning, and spaced learning. These…
Game Based eLearning: Know The Why Before You Begin
Quick! What was your favorite game as a child? Monopoly? Candyland? PacMan? SuperMario? How about your favorite game on your phone? While we’re thinking about your phone, how many game apps do you have? 5? 10? What is it about games that keeps us playing them…
The Path To Blended Learning: The New Normal
In the not-too-long-ago olden days, we thought of blended learning as pre-work we expected learners to read before they got to our lecture-based, instructor-led training. Most didn’t read it, some may have skimmed it walking down the hall to class, so we learned not to…
Learning Snacks: Microlearning, Drip and Spaced Learning
One oft-quoted but mythical statistic floating around the internet says that goldfish have longer attention spans than people: goldfish with 8 seconds, and humans at 7 seconds. In our media saturated society, children and adults alike get bored easily. This might give credibility to this…
eLearning Industry Conferences in the Era of COVID-19
If you stop and count all of the changes you experienced since March of 2020, your list would indeed be very long. In this article, we will examine the changes that occurred in the eLearning – and more general – conference industry. Got Change? The…
Feeling Thankful: Illumina Wins Two Platinum eHealthcare Leadership Awards
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude and togetherness, despite the challenges so many have faced this year. And at Illumina, when we stop to count our blessings, we find you, our clients, vendors and friends numbered among them. We’re thankful for so many things, and…
August 2020 Newsletter: See What’s Been Up at Illumina this Summer
Regards to Our Colleagues, Friends and Families The Illumina Interactive team continues to be productive working remotely, and our families and friends have all been doing well these past few months, with fairly minimal personal impact from COVID-19. But we know that’s not the case…
Reflections on Adapting to Challenging Times
The team at Illumina Interactive sincerely wishes all of our friends and colleagues well during this time of social distancing and even self-isolation caused by COVID-19. Our thoughts go out to all those who’ve been impacted already. We’re grateful to and appreciate those helping on…