Elearning Design
ELearning design builds upon instructional design, adding the context of the tools and technologies used to build and consume elearning experiences.
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Using Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction to Create Engaging, Impactful Digital Learning Experiences
Wouldn’t it be great if you had a formula or framework you could follow that would practically guarantee your course would keep learners engaged and create a successful transfer of learning to on-the-job? Fortunately, there is one! This session will cover how eLearning designers/developers can use Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction to gain their learners’ […]
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The 5 Cs of Collaborating with SMEs
SMEs are the lifeblood of your project, ensuring its accuracy and applying their experience to ensure that the content applies in real-life situations. A successful collaboration with your SMEs requires these five elements: You need to establish checkpoints to ensure that expectations are met. Honest communication means giving positive feedback and addressing any necessary course […]
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Build the Framework: Goals, Outcomes and Objectives
Learners will discover how to identify the business goal and the training goal for a training request, then learn to create outcomes and objectives to achieve them. They will also create a roadmap for defining the assessments to measure learner success and how to populate appropriate content and activities to support the objectives. In […]
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 2/10/2025
This week’s curated articles explore key L&D topics, including professional development, inclusive online teaching, e-learning quality assurance, measuring long-term impact, and navigating future industry challenges.
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Book Review: Designing Accessible Learning Content
The updated edition of Susi Miller’s Designing Accessible Learning Content: A Practical Guide to Applying Best Practice Accessibility Standards to L&D Resources is a must-have for anyone trying to make sense of accessibility standards.
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 1/27/2025
This edition of Curated Content explores strategies for inclusive eLearning, leveraging AI prompts for instructional design, working with greater intention, engaging learners through live video, and balancing performance with deep learning.
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Not All Learners Love Tech: 4 Ways to Create More Inclusive eLearning
“Knowing your learner” means accommodating those who are less comfortable with technology, whether due to their job role, their life experience, or other factors. Use these four simple strategies to ensure that your eLearning is inclusive.
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Future-Proof Your Learning: 7 Must-Implement L&D Trends for 2025
Take a look at the top seven trends that will help you meet changing learner expectations and reshape the way we design and deliver training—to drive engagement, retention, and performance
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Taking Training to Your Partners: Role of eLearning Standards
Are you delivering product training to yourcustomers where they are? When working with multiple LMSs requiring differenteLearning standards, this can become very time-consuming and labor-intensive.And knowing which standards you need for which customer can seem daunting.We’ll share the technical considerations for distributing training to LMSsusing different standards, versioning courses, and reporting on your content’seffectiveness to […]
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Use AI Intelligently: Design Challenges & Considerations
Using AI effectively when designing learning experiences involves three challenges and three considerations. These are identified in this article.









