Preparing Virtual Learners
Although virtual learners have a wide range of backgrounds, skills, and technical experience, all must learn to navigate the virtual classroom.

Super Successful SMEs - Subject Matter Experts as Virtual Facilitators
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) have always been essential to the design of successful training programs. In virtual training the role is expanded.
Five Trends Driving Blended Learning
With social media, virtual classrooms, mobile learning, and more, we are being asked to create blended learning that takes advantage of all the future has to offer.
Show Your Work: Book Review
This title supports productivity, improves performance, encourages reflective practice, speeds communication, and helps to surface challenges, bottlenecks, and that elusive tacit knowledge
Enabling Virtual Learners By Design: Virtual Facilitation
In virtual learning the facilitator maximizes learner motivation, opportunities to collaborate, a blended learning experience, and usable technology.

Enabling Virtual Learners By Design: Usable Technology
Enable virtual learners by providing usable and accessible technology, and by teaching virtual learners how to use the educational technology.

Enabling Virtual Learners By Design: Creating A Blend
We have many options available when we design blended learning programs. The trick is knowing what technologies to use and how to facilitate the blend.

Enabling Virtual Learners By Design: Creating Collaboration
How do you design collaborative exercises for virtual learners? This critical environmental factor is a stumbling block for instructional designers.
The Pedagogy of Learning Design: Creating Learning Communities with Social Presence
Social presence guides the design and development of learning spaces where emotional expression, open communication, and group cohesion come into play!
101 Tips to Motivate the Virtual Learner: Design for Virtual Learner Success
Motivate virtual learners by designing for virtual learner success.
101 Tips to Motivate the Virtual Learner: Success Stories
Motivate virtual learners by publishing success stories.
101 Tips to Motivate the Virtual Learner: Rewards and Recognition
Motivate virtual learners by providing rewards and recognition for virtual learning participation and success