AR / VR in eLearning

Recently I came across this article on eLearning Industry that talks about AR and VR in the eLearning space. However, in spite of all the benefits, eLearning also poses a plethora of challenges which Virtual Reality (VR) aims to solve. VR brings with it a realm of simulations and real-life knowledge that makes retaining content and applying […]

eLearning, xAPI and Data Driven Design

As I delve more in to the world of xAPI and gain a higher level of understand as well as it’s full potential, Data Driven Learning Design, based on Data Driven Body Language has crept into many of my searches. This is a concept conceived by Lori Niles-Hofmann and to me, makes absolute perfect sense, […]

Is xAPI ready?

In my current work environment, I’m looking to implement xAPI as part of the bigger Virtual Learning Environment. I came across this article that is very insightful, in particular to my current situation. Unlike other transformative innovations, such as virtual reality or chatbots, xAPI isn’t a delivery mechanism. It’s the unifying specification that would enable […]

Understanding an xAPI Statement

Understanding how the Experience API (xAPI sometimes known as Tin-Can API) is structured is the first hurdle to knowing just how flexible and powerful the xAPI can be. If you consider this: you have a Learning Management System (LMS) as part of your Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and you want to know WHAT, WHERE, WHEN […]

Are you a Change Activator or Change Inhibitor?

After publishing my recent article on Change Challenges, it kept me thinking of how this can all be summed up in one simple catch phrase. When it comes to eLearning, be the activator and make a change. I can almost guarantee that you will encounter change inhibitors. You can’t move forward if you’re an inhibitor, […]

xAPI Explained in Infographs

As I look at bringing in xAPI to where I work, I’ve received a few questions on what is xAPI and why is it better than SCORM? I went to build my own infograph to make it easier to explain, but why reinvent the wheel! Here are a couple of infographs that explaining the xAPI […]

Connecting Marzipano to xAPI – Part One

Having written a couple of articles on Marzipano that continue to gain attention in Google searches including Marzipano 360 how to change hotspot properties and styles, Marking up 360 images making WHS more engaging and How to use 360 images with Marzipano and Insta360 I wanted to take things to the next level in eLearning and find out what it […]

Why You Need Learning Analytics In Digital Design

Original Article Why You Need Learning Analytics In Digital Design – eLearning Industry  By Kirstie Greany and Lori Niles-Hofmann The key is not to think about data as numbers, but as a story. Just like storytelling has twists and turns, data can challenge your assumptions and surprise you. And surprise us it does. The Importance […]

Data Driven Learning Design

Recently I came across a fantastic eBook on Data Driven Learning Design by Lori -Niles-Hofmann [twitter] that you should really have a read of if you do any form of Learning and Development. Whilst reading the eBook, the first thing that struck me was that I’d not heard of Digital Body Language, and it just […]

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