Playing Around in the AI Sandbox
AI is clearly all the rage, and we are truly in the early stages of a massive proliferation of AI tools. We’re all starting to explore what’s out there and whether AI can help us in our work and daily lives. At a custom elearning…
Facing an Unanticipated Challenge
Has your e-learning development team ever faced a challenge? Before you answer, you should know that we’re not talking about the everyday challenges inherent to developing training. We’re talking about a challenge that was unexpected, that you’d never encountered before, and that had the potential…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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