What Is Gamification? Gamification is a method of motivating and engaging learners by using elements of gaming in learning environments. Gamification can increase the efficiency and retention of curriculum material for learners of all levels, from children to industry professionals. Gamification fosters the natural human inclinations for competition, completion, and interaction, among others. Some elements of games that may be used to motivate learners and facilitate learning

In recent weeks, we were faced with a challenge from one of our clients, here at Pathways Training and eLearning, to report several scores from just one eLearning module. Let me give you some context on what we were developing. For this project, we were tasked to create several different tests within one Storyline file, to which the users would have access via a menu on the first slide. While this is simple to do, the most challenging part was to report to the LMS, the score

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As internal corporate systems evolve, so too are the modalities and technologies that are used to deliver training content and report on learner activities. Traditionally, a company’s LMS is housed internally. Now we are seeing more and more companies opt for the cloud-based LMS platform for a faster, more flexible approach to managing and monitoring on-demand training online. Learners can log in to the LMS remotely and immediately have access to the learning that is specific

Given the new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), it is important to ensure your eLearning is accessible for all learners. At Pathways, we have created this Accessibilty Process document to help our instructional designers and programmers produce eLearning that meets AODA standards. We are sharing this document with you, in the hope that it will help others to understand how to create 100% accessible AODA compliant eLearning in the future. Pathways Process

When developing an eLearning module, you will often need to provide closed captions (CC) that can be toggled on and off. There are several ways to do this, and I want to share a method with you which works the best for us as Pathways Training and eLearning. Let’s first examine some other ways and their deficiencies. You could create closed captions by placing text boxes on tracks in the timeline, and timing their start and end to the audio. Although this method works, your st

Here’s a few of my favourite tips and tricks. Keep these in mind when you’re designing your next eLearning module, and they’ll definitely enhance your productivity! TRANSITIONS The Transitions panel at the top of the Storyline can be used to adjust the transition between any two screens. This obviously includes between slides, but it can also be used to transition between layers! This can be a great time-saver, if for example you’re using layers to overlay text or images on t

Depending on who you ask, the ability of an Instructional Designer to write code will bring up a variety of answers. One might think that using just an authoring tool to create their elearning will get the job done and that might be the case depending on what you would like to accomplish. However, if you can add the expertise of a Computer Programmer to provide animations and graphics written with a computer language, then why not? I suggest using a combination of these two s

Share your priorities – make them aware of what your strategic priorities are at the time and if they can help they will. If they can’t help, then let them know what the bigger picture is and maybe they can help down the road. Let them help you build your internal business case – it’s very common in elearning that the learning and development team will have to “sell” the idea internally in order to get approval for projects so let the vendor help you! It’s only in their best

If you’re expanding your learning strategy to include eLearning, you might be encountering resistance from your facilitators and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). It’s important to understand the nature of the resistance so you can better address their underlying concerns. Reluctant facilitators: Facilitators play a critical part in eLearning, in particular in the flipped and blended modes of delivery. Facilitators might be concerned that the inclusion of eLearning will increase