Higher Education

Major educational institutions are rethinking the way they teach in order to adapt to new teaching processes. These new processes have partly come about due to lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. An example of this is the Universidad Santo…

Today’s college and university students expect to learn with top-tier technology integration. Casper College understands how important a seamless transition between computer and mobile learning is to students. They have implemented a branded mobile learning app, powered by Open LMS,…

We recently met with Liselotte Strarup Nielsen, self-appointed Moodle™ expert at Copenhagen Business Academy to discuss its transitions from in-person learning to online, to a bit of both over the last few years.

Training the best professionals is a goal that every organization wants to provide. To do so, they must always be at the forefront of the trends and latest learning technologies that the world demands.

There are so many tools and frameworks for creating eLearning content these days that it can be hard to figure out the best way to go. So we’ve put together a quick guide to H5P, what it is, how it…

It’s easy to see that Mira Perämäki is passionate about what she does. As an instructional designer with Mediamaisteri, an industry leader in Finland’s corporate training market, Mira works to ensure that learning technologies are used as effectively as possible. …

Instructional and learning designers understand the intricacies of creating meaningful experiences for learners. Needs assessments, analyses, and evaluation are all important steps of the process. Creating eLearning experiences is an art that isn’t always understood by others. Sometimes stakeholders who aren’t involved in the learning and development (L&D) process are unaware of the many complexities of developing eLearning experiences that go beyond adding content to slides.

We’ve seen more rapid growth and change in the way online learning experiences are created and delivered in the last few years than ever before. With so much change happening in such a short span of time, being tasked with…

The ability to communicate in different languages is more than just a skill—it’s practically an obligation due to the demands of modern employment and relationships. As students seek these kinds of skills to become more competitive professionally, countless educational institutions have positioned their curriculums to meet demand.

More and more institutions and organizations are adopting new distributed, accessible, and adaptable learning models for their students. Experimenting with technologies that provide new means of participation between students and teachers, opens new doors to innovative ways of assessing learning ability, creating professional approaches that better align to the needs of the future workforce.

University of the People, based in California, is the first non-profit, tuition-free, online university accredited in the US. Doubling its growth every year for the past five years, the virtual university needed a new LMS that effectively scaled its growth…

Partly due to the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutions have been forced to rethink how they teach. Universidad Privada Peruano Alemana (UPAL, in Spanish) is a great example of change and innovation. The Peruvian institution began operations…

The pandemic period threw a wrench in the works of many an ongoing strategy. But in the realm of learning, being forced to reflect and rework programs can sometimes be a blessing disguised as a curse. Discover how for the Alpha Gamma Delta learning team, this unexpected interruption allowed for a new emphasis on microlearning tactics and far greater engagement.

Since 2003, Sentis has been a leading voice in the Australian safety community. With more than 160,000 people taking part in its safety culture programs, it’s easy to see why.

Lyceum of the Philippines University was an early adopter of online learning, offering blended learning modules via open-source technology since 2002. Since 2019, the university has fully adopted eLearning and has the vision of offering borderless learning going forward. It partners with Open LMS as its chosen eLearning provider.

After years of using another eLearning provider, Montpellier Management in France decided to switch to Open LMS, an open-source-based learning management system that offered more user-friendly functionality and seamless integration with other teaching and learning tools used at the higher education institution.

We’re recording more at-home videos now than ever before. But let’s be honest—don’t you appreciate them more when the sound, video quality, and lighting are all in place so you can clearly and easily understand what’s being delivered? We thought so!

For many individuals, the word ‘mathematics’ is synonymous with fear and confusion—some just can’t find the formula to understand it. However, there’s a percentage of people who have allowed themselves to be captivated by the pure sciences. Julio Alberto Rios Gallego is among these math lovers: he discovered he could both easily understand mathematical concepts, and explain them to others as an eighth-grader. But, it wasn’t until 2009 that he began to grow an online community dedicated to mass education on the subject: a YouTube channel known as ‘Julioprofe’, with 835,000 subscribers.

Encouraging a love of reading and writing in children can be a challenging task for teachers and parents alike. And while education institutions aim to create interesting and robust learning curriculums to encourage strong literacy rates among children, some kids still lag behind. Literacy for Kids, an online learning platform founded by a mother and former teacher, is proving to be the perfect supplemental eLearning space for kids to increase their literacy competencies from an early age.

eLearn Magazine had the privilege of being able to chat with Dr. Dave Marcial, Associate Professor at Silliman University. He is a technical committee member for IT Education of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education, Executive Director of the Asian…

El principal desafío de los estudiantes al graduarse es conseguir empleo rápido y acorde a su perfil académico, sin embargo, esa búsqueda se vuelve tediosa y el resultado en múltiples ocasiones es negativo. Esta problemática la conoce muy de cerca KSchool, la escuela digital española con mayor índice de empleabilidad; pues aseguran tener el 94 % de alumnos trabajando en el sector digital.

The University of Mindanao is an extremely huge family of 13 university campuses in Davao City, the southeastern Mindanao island, Philippines. It is one of the two universities in the region to have been granted the Autonomous Status by the Commission on Higher Education.

Want to motivate and inspire your learners? In our latest blog on making the most of learning videos, Frank McCabe, LEO Learning’s Executive Producer of Moving Image, offers a few top tips.

Mexico’s Madero University (UMAD) has a motto: “Tenemos Madera”, which means “We Have What It Takes”. This call to arms motivates UMAD staff to reinvent, renew, and innovate the way it educates its students. It’s also helped the university develop an exemplary virtual education system, capable of training students with high academic skills as well as a love for this new educational modality:

Microlearning is becoming a popular alternative to traditional learning methods and many organizations are seeing the benefits of incorporating elements into their learning programs.

Higher education institutions are beginning to understand the value of redefining their learning strategies, and video learning is becoming a crucial element. Following video learning trends and utilizing them as part of your organization’s strategy will help you to increase learner engagement and to remain relevant in the future.

Creating a student-centered approach in your learning environment promises to help improve learner engagement and increase knowledge retention. But in an age where we’re increasingly utilizing technology in our classrooms, it’s difficult to keep up with the pace of innovation in higher education. 

The North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) is the third largest community college system in the United States, with an enrollment of 700,000 students across its 58 colleges throughout the state of North Carolina. Moodle™-based Open LMS serves 55% of NCCCS colleges, with 230,000 current active users.

Carl Sandburg College has adopted Instilled to give faculty video recording capabilities within its existing LMS, providing students with on-demand access to recordings wherever they need to learn.

While games studios have been around for the last few decades, the advancement of technology is allowing for more immersive learning experiences to be at the forefront of innovation in education today.

At the end of last year, the University of Vassouras (formerly Severino Sombra University – USS) celebrated an important milestone in the digital transformation of the Severino Sombra Educational Foundation (Fusve).

Video content is highly engaged with across a huge variety of platforms, from streaming services to social media. It can also play a hugely beneficial role in holding your learners’ attention throughout the learning process.

Daniela Soccio is a Customer Experience Specialist at eCreators, now a part of Open LMS. For years, she has helped customers load and troubleshoot SCORM issues within their LMS platforms. In this article, she explains the importance of setting up your SCORM activity correctly to ensure that you’re getting the most out of your completion reporting.

The University of Management and Technology (UMT) is a leading university in Pakistan, with over 25,000 enrolled students from across the country, including remote areas.

I have been in education for more than 45 years. I grew up in a small Lancashire village in the North West of England, and I’m the second eldest of nine siblings and the eldest girl. There is dyslexia and other educational needs in the family but I prefer to call them educational differences.

The Royal College of Art’s (RCA) Graduate Diploma Art & Design programme prepares students for master’s level study of Art and Design.

Hour One is leading the way on AI presenter-led video production to offer organizations and educational institutions quality teacher-led videos at scale. Working with a range of clients in the corporate and educational sectors, Hour One uses real people to create lifelike digital characters that provide immersive and engaging video experiences.

When it comes to immersive tech, there are three major players on the scene. These are augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality. Learn more about these trending technologies in digital content.

Digital learning tools have been on the rise in educational settings for the last 20 years, and today’s sophisticated content management systems are capable of enhancing student learning in ways that previous models simply didn’t have the tools to achieve. This is due in large part to the rise of machine learning tools that use student and instructor input to create a customized learning experience for each individual.

Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, is known as one of the leading private universities in the country, with approximately 50,000 students studying in 13 faculties and 22 graduate schools, including specialist graduate schools. 

RISE is a new online journal and publishing platform created by a team of professionals at the University of Portsmouth (UoP), in the United Kingdom, with the aim to recognize excellence primarily in the research-based work of students and build a greater sense of community. 

We naturally see the visual first, it’s critical for our design to be dynamic and engaging but still relate to the educational content.

In discussing this magical new tool called ‘the internet’ in 1996 Bill Gates asserted that those who will make money and be successful in the new arena, would do so on the back of content, rather than via hardware which enables it. He said that:

In this article, LEO Learning’s Derek Phillips, Lead Learning Designer, and Patrick Billingsley, Principal Consultant, explore contemporary shifts observed in the types of content and media at play in blended learning. The pivot from partially or entirely face-to-face to entirely online during the pandemic has provided a more varied experience of learning for both facilitators and learners. So how blended does the future of learning look? Let’s find out!

Organizations across the globe are increasingly bringing more, if not all, of their training courses online, a trend that has no doubt accelerated even more during the COVID-19 pandemic as most businesses recognized the benefit of offering learning programs in an online format to keep business initiatives moving forward.

Discover how the university has achieved a strong digital transformation for its distance education offer, which is supported through Open LMS, its eLearning partner.

E-Learn spoke with Mustafa Sualp, AEFIS CEO, to learn how he’s leading the charge towards more effective assessment and outcomes for higher education institutions in the United States and globally.

Accessibility in education is one of the tenets of many educational institutions today. With the right technology, educators can ensure digital content is accessible for all learners.

Michael Feldstein shares insights on how higher education institutions can create digital content that enables high-quality learning experiences for today’s students.

Supporting international students in growing their English language and Academic skills is a challenge since we were not sure if they would be able to travel or participate in the programmes. However, transforming the course into an entirely online programme worked out well.

In this article, we take a look at five features that global organizations need to keep their eLearning projects economical and effective.

Read about digital content trends and how 2020 has changed the future of digital educational content forever.

See how this technical and vocational education and training college in South Africa transitioned to Open LMS EDU to begin offering blended learning.

See how Carl Sandburg College in the United States grew their online course offering by 85% in 2020, plus their recommendations on how to approach eLearning. Take a look!

As the events of 2020 showed us, digital transformation in learning doesn’t stop at transferring classroom training into a webinar or other virtual setting. In fact, that’s barely the start.  Over 20 years of working in corporate learning, we developed…

While many academic institutions globally had digital transformation as part of their agenda, COVID-19 accelerated the change to digitization at an unprecedented rate. Globally, developed countries had been more advanced in the adoption of digital tools prior to the pandemic,…

Italy  In February 2020, as the possibility of a national lockdown in Italy was becoming more evident, ITS-ICT Piedmont Director, Giulio Genti, contacted Learning Solution, an eLearning platform solutions company based in Torino, Italy, and Open LMS Channel Partner, to…

United States No other communication medium is quite as powerful as video is today.  Just as we wondered years ago whether mobile phones would permeate society on a daily basis, video trends and usage have crowned it one of the…

An Interview With Oriol Pujol, University of Barcelona

We’re honored to have had the opportunity to sponsor and attend the 15th eLearning Forum Asia 2020 on 7-8 December 2020, hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Together, we discussed, exchanged ideas, and explored many new technologies…

Following this year’s eLearning Forum Asia 2020 conference theme, “Enhanced Teaching and Learning with Technology: Present and Future”, a confirmed line-up of diverse speakers will discuss topics covering teaching and learning with AI technology, digital transformation plans and strategies, and…

Quick Take: COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of education institutions and corporate organizations alike. If you’re looking to start a journey towards digital transformation, considering technology adoption, course design, and implementing a student-centered approach to learning are some aspects to keep in mind.

E-Learn Magazine is excited and proud to sponsor the 15th eLearning Forum Asia (eLFA2020), being held virtually this year between the 7th and 8th of December 2020. The event aims to advance the application of information technology in teaching and…

COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of many sectors, including education. With extended quarantine measures and the temporary closures of schools and universities, educational institutions globally have had to strengthen their digital teaching and learning ecosystems in order to continue…

Quick Take: How has COVID-19 changed the way we teach and assess students? See what education professionals from around the world have to say about how they’ve adapted and what they anticipate for the future.

Santiago de Chile, Chile  Iplacex is a higher education institution that offers technical and professional training to students who live throughout Chile. Iplacex’s distance education program reaches approximately 17,000 students through its Open LMS-hosted digital learning environment, allowing the institution…

United Kingdom Since the emergence of COVID-19, many higher education institutions across the globe have been presented with significant challenges. In particular, institutions that had mainly relied on traditional, in-person teaching models have had to quickly pivot and adopt online…

Quick Take: The Educational Revolution has been present in our lives for some years now. And an increasing number of academic institutions have come to understand the opportunities and potential these resulting educational models represent, offering greater flexibility without compromising quality or integrity to both learners and institutions.

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Apr. 3, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Sydney, Australia How can you teach creativity in the classroom? This is the main question that the Australian Film Television and Radio School has been…

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Apr 1st, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Boston, MA, United States To be the global expert in educating women for their own empowerment and leadership: this vision couldn’t be more…

Quick Take: France is known for welcoming international students to their high standard universities and Grandes Écoles. Now, the government is investing more each year in order to continue providing a remarkable educational experience for French students as well.

Quick take: Have you ever asked yourself why international students may reproduce test answers word by word? Perhaps they’ve been encouraged to do so throughout their academic lives. Learn about distinct learning styles and find out how to teach students more effectively.

Quick take: Can an idea really be owned? Looking at how authorship is perceived across different cultures and generations can help us reflect about our own views, and create more effective ways to teach students about academic integrity and proper citation.

Quick take: With proper tools and data analysis, Rutgers University and California State University are fighting academic violations such as plagiarism.

Quick take: The reasons why students plagiarize are often unknown by teachers. By understanding cultural differences, it’s possible to create helpful prevention strategies.

Bogotá, Colombia Inclusive education is a topic that has been addressed mostly in recent years worldwide, and in particular in Colombia, and has gained momentum due to its importance and necessity. According to UNESCO, education is a fundamental right, and…

Quick Take: With this teaching model that puts students at the core of the learning process, students can decide whether they want a face-to-face, online or mixed model to strengthen their learning.

Quick Take: Digital identity is understood as the trace each user leaves in the virtual world, and this university aims to inform its students on the repercussions this may have on their working future.

Quick Take: Few universities teach their students basic abilities for their future career, such as how to find a job before graduating. Thus, these abilities become purely empirical knowledge.

Quick Take: Tele-presence makes it possible to have a class with all the benefits of distance and face-to-face teaching, all at the same time.

Quick Take: Jonathan Bergmann is a Pioneer in the flipped classroom model, which aims to ‘flip’ the classroom dynamic by turning students into active participants and teachers into observers and guides.

Quick Take: Dr. Jill Biden explains the importance of community colleges as an engine of American economy and as a source of improvement for US citizens’ skills.

Since 2009, higher education institutions have been opening new pathways to degree completion in answer to a national goal voiced by President Barack Obama: “by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of graduates in the world” (Obama,2009)….

College Station, Texas, United States Nowadays, numerous subjects can be taught via e-learning tools such as online content and materials, video assignments and voice recordings, to name a few. There are many advantages to online learning, one of which is…

Melbourne, Australia For Dr. Kulari Lokuge, associate director of eLearning at Monash College, the pedagogical approach taken by the Central eLearning Team (CeLT) has facilitated the team’s support in the delivery of high quality pre-university courses. With the creation of…

Read the PDF Openness has been a feature of higher education for decades thanks to the establishment of open universities and digital technologies. Due to technological evolution, Open Educational Resources (OERs) have become the bridge between education and digital development[1]….

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Mar 4, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Manila, Philippines Academic excellence and passion for innovation are pillars at Manila-based Lyceum of the Philippines University. By April 2016, it had set…

Portland – OR, United States Online learning environments can be either synchronous or asynchronous. Synchronous online collaboration tools remove distance, whereas asynchronous collaboration minimizes both distance and time as barriers to working and learning together. Asynchronous learning can therefore provide…

Atlanta – Georgia, United States E-learning continues to thrive and erase geographic distances using digital communication and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) for formal and informal learning. This gives people the same leverage regardless of location. Gautam Saha, Instructional Designer at…

Coventry, United Kingdom. In today’s globalized world, speaking more than one language has become an important skill for business and in life. More people are learning a different language as a means to travel, effectively communicating with others, and as…

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Feb 15, 2019 To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Missoula, Mont., United States Thanks to the Personalized Learning Designer from Open LMS, students at Montana Digital Academy who are completing a credit…

Texas, U.S.A Due to its small-schools model that allows teachers to really get to know each student, Frisco Independent School District is one of the fastest growing in the United States. Technology and e-learning systems are a big part of…

Barcelona, Spain Pompeu Fabra University believes in strong, interactive teaching, and that is why it has partnered with Open LMS, the online platform that will enable it to expand its learning and performance strategies.

Our desire at the University is to encourage innovative careers, especially double degrees that cover a broad array of topics and reach superior levels of knowledge compared to those of a single discipline.

São Paulo, Brazil Technology has changed the way we see, do and think about various aspects of everyday life, one of which is teaching and learning. This is the case at Centro Universitario Adventista de São Paulo, which has expanded…

Hudson, NC, United States The use of a digital platform like Open LMS at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute (CCC&TI) has allowed education programs to be complemented and expanded beyond daily classroom sessions, and this has also increased the…

London, England For over 50 years, The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) has been committed to cross-cultural exchange. Under the guidance of founder Sir Cyril Taylor, AIFS operates as a social enterprise based in Stamford, Connecticut. The organization maintains…

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Feb 28, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Cairo, Egypt Speaking a second or third language is virtually essential in today’s globalized world. Academic opportunities, greater competitiveness in the job market,…

Ciudad de México, México After several years of continuous decline, the Universidad Latinoamericana de México (ULA) did a complete turn around to become one of the fastest growing institutions in the country, driven by the introduction of blended education programs for…

Manila, Philippines Philippine Women’s University is the first private university for women in Asia founded by Asians. Established in 1919, its goal was to prepare women to participate in the building of a new nation. Today, the university also accepts male…

London, United Kingdom With a history that dates back 130 years, Middlesex University is an educational institution that arose from multiple colleges and training institutions in North London, England coming together. Today, it is a world-class institution with campuses and partnerships that…

Trenton, NJ, United States Matthew Cooper, Associate Provost, Center for Learning and Technology and August “Chip” Stoll, Associate Director, MIS, Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey (USA) speak about their strategies employed build a successful online offering. Thomas Edison State…