When developing eLearning it is important to consider what type of experience the learner will have and how they will interact with your digital training. Having a poor UI (User Interface) or poor UX (User Experience) can be the difference between a learner losing focus, getting frustrated and giving up or being kept engaged, focused and interested. Below are some UI/UX trends you can implement to improve your eLearning and web-based training: Gamification Gamification is an

Of the many projects we work on at Pathways, one that continues to provide unique challenges and opportunities is a new system launch initiative for which we will be developing and delivering all of the training. (eLearning, ILT, job aids, video, etc.…). This training will be provided to employees all over Canada in each province so while there have been a few unique challenges as I mentioned above, overall it has been exciting! After several weeks of conferences, focus gr

Two weeks ago, I provided an introduction as part of a review of some of the exciting projects we worked on in 2016, so for the next few weeks I am going to go in to a bit more detail, with the focus this week on a project that involved eLearning, facilitation and one on one coaching. One of our clients is a luxury automotive company that, while they are already an industry leader when it comes to the “car buying” journey, continue to look for ways they can improve the custom

The month of January is often filled with goal setting; individuals setting personal and professional goals and companies determining their business goals for the year. Creating goals requires reflecting on where you currently are, where you want to be and how you are going to get there. Most companies will establish a learning and development plan as a component of a larger business goal. This is also an ideal time to revisit the capability of your Learning Management Syste

Last week I provided an introduction as part of a review of some of the exciting projects we worked on in 2016, so for the next few weeks I am going to go in to a bit more detail, starting with an on-boarding program we are developing for a large transit company. The training program is being designed for the control centre inspectors whom are part of a larger group made up of four separate contracting companies. Each company is responsible for bus service in a specific geo

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