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…
To Gate or Not to Gate – That Is the (Critical) Question
One feature that invariably comes up in every new e-learning project is “gating.” Should you control the learner’s journey through an online learning application? If so, how? Frequently, this seemingly innocuous little detail can carry with it loads of nuance and complexities that, if not…
6 Tips for Helping Your SME Make Their Best Contribution to Your E-learning Project
As an instructional designer or course developer, you know the importance of identifying the right objectives to support your topic. No matter what the topic or learning objectives, though, every e-learning course actually has the same purpose: to convey knowledge to an audience of learners….
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…
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…