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…
Custom eLearning Leader, Illumina Interactive, Launches Newly Enhanced Website
Summary: Serving organizations needing effective custom online learning programs, Illumina Interactive launches a new website to share its suite of start-to-finish eLearning development services, an extensive portfolio of award-winning client projects, and deep-dive case studies about real initiatives and results. GREATER BOSTON, MA – Illumina…
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…
eLearning For The Win
The eLearning market is soaring. While it has enjoyed an upwards trend for some time now, the COVID-19 pandemic has made eLearning development a necessity for companies want to stay in the game, and for some, it is the key to winning the game. According…
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…
Social Distance and Learner Closeness – Impactful Learning in a COVID-19 World
We’ve all witnessed profound and swift changes to our lives and to our businesses due to the pandemic. But one thing we’ve seen is that the need for communication and learning has continued – and in some cases even increased – and that engagement with…