Let our e-learning white paper author, Ethan Edwards enlighten you about creating e-learning that actively engages the learner’s mind to make a difference — and to improve on-the-job performance.

Ethan Edwards draws on more than 25 years of industry experience as an e-learning instructional designer and developer. He is responsible for the delivery of the internal and external training and communications that reflect Allen Interactions’ unique perspective on designing and developing meaningful and memorable e-learning programs. Edwards is the primary instructor for ASTD’s e-Learning Instructional Design Certificate Program. In addition, he is an internationally recognized speaker on e-learning instructional design. He is a primary blogger on Allen Interactions’ e-Learning Leadership Blog and has published several white papers on creating effective e-learning. Ethan holds a master’s degree and significant doctoral work in educational psychology from the University of Illinois – Urbana Champagne.

The 5 Most Important Analysis Questions You'll Ever Ask: This kit discusses the five key questions to ask during instructional analysis, the answers to which are necessary to create the kind of interactivity that results in performance change.

Designing e-Learning for Maximum Motivation Kit: This kit explore the importance of motivation in the design framework for e-learning and present six rules for creating maximally motivating e-learning, which are illustrated through several successful corporate e-learning courses. At issue will be considerations of content scope, difficulty, judgment, leveling, content placement, and user control.

Get In The Game: Integrating Essential Game Design Elements into Instructional Design for e-Learning Kit: In this kit, Ethan Edwards discusses three essential game design elements to integrate into e-learning instructional design. The three essential elements of risk, meaningful choices, and a compelling frame are defined and illustrated through several e-learning course case studies.

Creating e-Learning that Makes a Difference e-Book: This e-book is a guide for designing e-learning that results in lasting performance change. Ethan Edwards covers four important instructional design elements (Context, Challenge, Activity, Feedback) and examples of their power that when correctly applied, can create meaningful and engaging e-learning experiences for the learner.

Solving the Boring e-Learning Dilemma and Living to Tell About It: A white paper on the iterative design of e-learning: This white paper takes a look at the problem of unclear goals and failed expectations and suggests an iterative design and development strategy using rapid online prototyping that creates engaging e-learning, which results in valued performance outcomes.

Other White Papers

HTML5 vs. Flash by Patrick Krekelberg | chief software architect — Our industry is in a time of transition. In this white paper, get a pragmatic and candid direction for selecting the proper tools and delivery strategies for e-learning without risking long-term viability and usefulness. Cut through the hype and come away with knowledge to apply right away in making technology selections!