Better eLearning: Lessons From Marketing
At Illumina Interactive, we’re always learning and on the hunt for new ideas. One of the ways we do that is to leverage the talented people in our personal learning network who we’ve met over the years. One of those people is Mike Taylor, one of our favorite…
You’ve Never Had a Blueberry Muffin?
It was a gloomy, gray February morning at Training 2018 in Atlanta. Michael Getz, our President and Founder, and I were in the final minutes before the kickoff of our Rubrics 101 workshop. We’d carefully crafted our handouts and our slides to provide a good…
Building eLearning: Behind the Scenes with Instructional Design
Last fall we began our backstage tour of Illumina’s process for creating eLearning. We’ve looked at Project Management, Graphic Design, Quality Assurance, and Development to learn what it takes to create a world-class look and feel for eLearning. Our series wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t catch up with our…
Building eLearning: Behind the Scenes with eLearning Development
In our ongoing series looking behind the scenes of building eLearning, we’ve explored project management, graphic design and quality assurance. We also introduced you to the infographic of our team approach to content creation. This month, we’re going to look at eLearning development, and the work the developers do…
Building eLearning: Behind the Scenes with Project Management
This fall we’ve been touring the flip side of Illumina’s work, meeting the members of the team it takes to create world-class elearning. We introduced you to an infographic of our team approach to elearning courseware creation, and have already introduced you to John Scarano,…
Building eLearning: Behind the Scenes with Quality Assurance
Last month we began our backstage tour of Illumina’s work by exploring the world of graphic design and what it takes to create a world-class look and feel for elearning. We introduced you to our infographic of our team approach to content creation. This month,…
Building eLearning: Behind the Scenes with Graphic Design
Have you ever taken a back stage tour at Disney World, or a manufacturing plant? Perhaps you’re a fan of the Science Channel’s show How It’s Made. There’s a bit of fascination in all of us in looking behind the curtain and seeing how things…
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Recently, I purchased a home with several preexisting gardens. I’ve loved seeing all the beautiful displays that springtime brings, but never realized how much energy it took to get from dirt to glorious, and gaa! you get dirty in the process. What parallels are there…
Five Steps to Stellar Scenarios
Ideally, what would you want your audience to take away from their learning activities? You’d like them to emerge with expanded knowledge or skills, and the inclination and confidence to apply them at work. We know that stories increase learner interest in our content. When…
Irresistible Introductions: The Value Added Hook
When you were in English 101, more than likely, your professor taught you about the thesis statement, and the structure of an essay, which includes the introduction, body, and conclusion. If you took a journalism course, you learned that every article must lead with a…