Ken Flesher, President and Founder of BaseCorp Learning Systems answered questions from students at Concordia University in Montreal about the the eLearning industry.

Sarah Flesher

This article is an interview with Ken Flesher, President and Founder of BaseCorp Learning Systems. He answered questions from students at Concordia University in Montreal about the the eLearning industry.

Interview with Ken

An eLearning authoring tool is an application for building eLearning courses and content. Let’s take a look at what an authoring tool can do for you.

Jill W.

Read on to take a closer look at what an authoring tool can do for you.

Why You Need an Authoring Tool

Online learning doesn’t have to be isolating. Collaborative learning offers social contact while encouraging learners to engage in higher-level thinking like analysis and evaluation. How can you incorporate collaborative learning in your next online course?

Shauna Carson

Read on to look at how you can incorporate collaborative learning in your next online course.

Collaborative Activities for Online Learning

Training that contributes to business goals must be evaluated accurately, and sometimes that means using a chainsaw as well as a computer. eLearning may be versatile, but when physical skills are involved, the corporate trainer's toolkit must include practical skill evaluations.

Read on to look at the value of on the job evaluation.

When You Need a Practical Learner Evaluation

Skill gaps can be responsible for poor productivity, failure to meet business goals, unsatisfied clients, error-prone processes and even safety incidents and injuries. They can develop for any number of reasons, but successful companies don't let them continue. This article will introduce and discuss four steps for finding the skill gaps that are causing you problems.

Are you wondering where skill gaps might be hiding in your organization? This article will introduce and discuss four steps for finding the skill gaps that are causing you problems.

Finding Skill Gaps

Single sign-on (or SSO) is a feature we hear a lot about today. But what does it mean? Let's take a closer look at what single sign-on means for you as you research different learning management systems, and how it connects with other terms you may be researching, such as APIs.

Read on to take a closer look at what single sign-on means for you as you research different learning management systems, and how it connects with other terms you may be researching, such as APIs.

What's the Deal with Single Sign-On?

Read about training challenges and how to define what success means to you

Whatever your training challenge, a good LMS can help you achieve your goals, but before you can become successful, you must define what success means to you.

What Does eLearning Success Mean to You?

Read on about how eCommerce works and how to choose the right eCommerce platform and sell eLearning online

This article will look at how eCommerce works, help you choose the right eCommerce platform, and provide you tips for selling eLearning online

Using eCommerce to Sell Your eLearning Products

This article will look at what you can do to start improving your training today.

Are your learners unmotivated? Are your admins frustrated? Is your training just not working? Discover how you can start improving your training today

How Can You Improve Your Training Today?

This article is about why choosing the appropriate voice for your courseware is important to its success.

What's the difference between voice and tone? And why is choosing the appropriate one for your courseware important to its success?

Finding the Right Voice for Your Courses

This article is about how to use mobile learning to engage your workforce.

Is mobile learning right for your organization? Read on to find out how you can ensure you best engage your workforce.

5 Tips to Engage Your Workforce Through Mobile Learning

Read on about why learning paths should be individualized, how to use a skills matrix and individualized learning paths

Learning can be tailored to specific learners. Read on to find out how the right LMS can help you treat learners as individuals rather than groups by individualizing learning paths.

Why You Absolutely Need Individualized Learning Paths

This article talks about gamification and how it is different from game-based learning.

What exactly is gamification? How is it different from game-based learning? Read on to find out!

Is Game-Based Learning Different from Gamification?

This article has five tips that will help you create successful online compliance training.

Read on to look at five tips that will help you create successful online compliance training.

5 Tips for Successful Online Compliance Training Programs

This article will define personalized learning, why it's important and provide tips for designing personalized eLearning.

In this article we define personalized learning, identify why personalized learning is important and provide tips for designing personalized eLearning programs, offering suggestions for supporting personalized learning using your LMS.

Personalized Learning: 6 Tips for Designing eLearning Programs

Read on about key differences between an LMSs and an LCMSs.

LMSs and LCMSs are often complementary technologies which serve similar purposes. This article will discuss some key differences between them.

LMS vs LCMS: What is the Difference?

Read on to learn 9 ways your Learning Management System (LMS) can play a starring role onboarding new employees

An effective LMS will support you to develop a comprehensive onboarding program that welcomes new hires and accelerates their integration. This article will explore 9 ways your LMS can play a starring role onboarding new employees

Why You Need an LMS to Develop a Stellar Onboarding Program

Read about how to improve learning transfer to ensure that your investment in education is reflected in your organization

This article will take a look at ways to improve knowledge transfer to help you ensure that the investment you make in educating your learners is reflected in your organization.

Top 5 LMS Features to Improve Knowledge Transfer

This article reviews 7 benefits of the twin concepts of gamification and game-based learning (GBL) in eLearning.

How does gamification in eLearning increase motivation and productivity? Read on to find out 7 benefits of gamification and game-based learning in eLearning!

7 Benefits of Gamification in eLearning

Read about eLearning content development and working with Subject Matter Experts - SMEs.

In this article we will talk about key elements to building a successful relationship in online content development with your Subject Matter Expert - SME.

5 Keys to Success in Working with SMEs on eLearning Content Development

This article will talk about gamification, game mechanics and the role they play in a Learning Management System.

So what is gamification, how can a Learning Management System (LMS) be gamified and, when you get down to it, why does it matter? Read on to find out.

LMS Gamification: 7 Key Game Mechanics

This article will talk about 5 instructional design elements to consider when designing eLearning courses.

Read on to discover 5 instructional design elements to consider when designing eLearning courses.

5 Instructional Design Tips for Engaging eLearning

Skillbuilder infographic highlights how we can take your training to the next level!

How can SkillBuilder® LMS help you implement a competency-based learning program? Our infographic highlights how we can take your training to the next level!

Infographic: SkillBuilder® LMS and Competency-Based Learning

Read about the benefits of accessibility and why making your eLearning accessible matters.

In this article we will talk about the benefits of accessibility and why making your eLearning accessible matters.

eLearning Accessibility: What It Is and Why It Matters

This article will define content curation and explain how to create a successful content curation strategy.

Read on to find out what is content curation, how to create a successful content curation strategy in your organization and see an example of content curation in the context of compliance training programs.

Content Curation as part of your L&D Strategy

This article will explore when to use and how to develop and deploy just-in-time training (JITT).

What does it mean to do just-in-time training (JITT) well? In this article we'll look at when to use and how to develop and deploy JITT.

Making Just-In-Time Training (JITT) Work for You

This article will explore what just-in-time training (JITT) is and when it’s the right choice.

What is just-in-time training (JITT)? This article will explore what it is and when it’s the right choice.

What is Just-In-Time Training and When Do You Need It?

SkillBuilder® LMS has the features you need to engage your audience, keeping them on track to learn.

Read on to learn about how SkillBuilder® LMS can help you engage your learners.

How SkillBuilder® LMS Engages Your Learners

A successful implementation requires a good process and solid support system. SkillBuilder® LMS sets you up for success.

A successful implementation requires two things: a good process and a solid support system. Find out how SkillBuilder® LMS sets you up for success.

How SkillBuilder® LMS Helps You Ace Your LMS Implementation

This article will talk about why SkillBuilder® LMS is a good fit for your organization and what it can do for you.

With hundreds of learning management systems available, finding one that is a fit for your organization can be overwhelming. Read on about what SkillBuilder® LMS can do for you.

5 Things SkillBuilder® LMS Can Do for Your Organization

In this article, I’ll explore some common objections to eLearning and explain how to answer them and how to convince clients that eLearning is the right choice for them.

Read on to look at some common objections to eLearning and how to answer them. Also learn how to convince clients that eLearning is the right choice for them.

Convince Clients That eLearning is the Right Choice

Companies who onboard efficiently have a lot in common with each other. Read about what a smooth onboarding process look like.

A smooth onboarding process makes the new hire feel welcomed, informed, and set up for success. What does smooth onboarding look like? Read on!

Improve Your Onboarding with an LMS

Interested in how SkillBuilder® LMS can make your onboarding process more effective? Read on!

Hiring is a big expense. An effective onboarding process can both minimize costs and maximize efficiency. Read on to learn how SkillBuilder® LMS may be just what you need to step up your onboarding.

How SkillBuilder® LMS Can Optimize Your Onboarding

Read about how SkillBuilder LMS can contribute to the practical skill training and evaluation process.

SkillBuilder LMS can contribute to the practical skill training and evaluation process. Read on about how it will help you present cognitive training, track and manage practical skills training and organize the whole process.

SkillBuilder® LMS: Facilitating Your Practical Skill Training and Evaluation

Read on to explore the reporting capabilities of SkillBuilder® LMS.

This article will review how you can use key reports in SkillBuilder® LMS, and how to make those reports work for you.

SkillBuilder® LMS: Getting the Data You Need

Read about what adaptive learning is, it's benefits and ways to create adaptive learning experiences for your learners.

This article will explain what adaptive learning is and discuss some of the benefits of using this type of learning, as well as some of the ways that you can create adaptive learning experiences for your learners.

Designing Adaptive eLearning Experiences

This article is about the tools you need in your eLearning provider toolbox to develop and deliver top-notch on-demand learning.

The ability to access learning anytime, anywhere is a big thing for the modern learner. Read about about the wrenches and screwdrivers you need in your eLearning provider toolbox to develop and deliver top-notch on-demand learning.

Can You Deliver Training Anytime, Anywhere?

Look at what you can do to get the most out of your data to start moving your training program in an effective way.

Let's look at what you can do to ensure you're getting the most out of your data to start moving your training program in an effective way.

Using Your Data Effectively

This article is about how you can improve teamwork skills, increase knowledge retention and even generate new knowledge by building collaborative learning into your learning strategy.

Read on to find out how to improve teamwork skills, increase knowledge retention and even generate new knowledge by building collaborative learning into your learning strategy.

Build Collaborative Learning into Your Learning Strategy

This article will help you analize which Learning Management System best meet your needs.

Read on about how to narrow down which LMS best meet your needs: what features your learners, administrators and decision-makers need?

SkillBuilder® LMS: The Right Choice for Today’s Learner

Look at some of the questions that your LMS reports answer, and what kinds of data you can examine to help answer them.

The ability to run reports is essential for any LMS. Let's look at some of the questions that your LMS reports should be able to answer, and what kinds of data you can examine to answer them.

Revolutionize Your Training with Optimized Reporting

This article will look at the challenges modern learners face, and how organizations can respond to their needs.

Read on to look at the challenges modern learners face, how those challenges shape their approach to learning, and how organizations can respond to their needs.

What Challenges Does the Modern Learner Face?

This article will explore how to ensure your learners stay engaged with their training.

Read on to look at a few things you can incorporate into your learning program to ensure your learners stay engaged with their training.

Want to Improve Your Training? Stop Boring Your Learners!

This article will look at why and how you should measure the impact of your training.

Read on to look at why it is so important to measure the impact of your training, and how you can do this without having to grow another set of hands.

Measuring the Impact of Your Learning Program

Read about the major trends in eLearning and how you can enhance your eLearning based on your training needs.

Do you want to be able to keep your training cutting edge? Let's take a look at some design approaches that you can use to enhance your eLearning based on your training need.

Design Trends You Can Use to Enhance your eLearning

Read about who the modern corporate learner is, and how we can design learning that engages millennials.

This article will help you discover who the modern corporate learner is, and how you can design learning that engages millennials.

Who is the Modern Corporate Learner?

This article will show some ways to add a bit of humour to your eLearning content.

Read on to look at some ways you can add a bit of humour to your eLearning content.

Using Humour to Improve Your Learning Content

This article will show how SkillBuilder® LMS can accommodate an instructional designer's dream scenarios.

Read on to look at the many ways SkillBuilder® LMS can accommodate an instructional designer's dream scenarios.

Learning Items in SkillBuilder® LMS: An Instructional Designer’s Dream

This article will take a look at why a white label solution is key when looking at Learning Management Systems.

Read on about why a white label solution is key when you are looking at Learning Management Systems.

Why Are White Label Solutions Important?

This article will talk about a few ways to save time and money when creating courseware.

Read on to look at a few ways to save time and money when creating courseware.

How to Save Time and Money When Creating Courseware

This article will talk about 7 ways that you can energize learning content and give your learning audience an engaging learning experience.

Read on to look at 7 ways that you can energize learning content, please your client and give your learning audience an engaging learning experience.

7 Ways to Energize Learning Content

Read about why you shouldn't base you training decisions exclusively on the technology available to you.

You shouldn't base you training decisions exclusively on the technology available to you. Read on about the three key factors that you need to consider before selecting your learning technology.

Don’t Let Tech Drive Your Training Outcomes

This article will look at 6 questions that will help you decide what you need from an authoring tool.

Read on to look at 6 questions that will help you find the authoring tool that offers the most for your organization.

Six Questions to Help You Choose the Right Authoring Tool

This article will take a look at the features all successful eLearning strategies must have.

Successful strategies may look very different at different organizations, but they should all include the same elements. Read on to take a closer look at these features.

What Does a Winning eLearning Strategy Look Like?

This article will explore the Cognitive Load Theory that provides strategies we can use to optimize our learners' ability to learn.

Did you know that people can only store around seven items in short term memory? Read on about the Cognitive Load Theory that provides several strategies we can use to optimize our learners' ability to learn.

Optimizing Cognitive Load in eLearning

This article will review some common, but avoidable, mistakes in corporate training.

We always want our learners to be engaged and interested and to apply what they've learned when they return to their jobs. This article will take a look at some common, but avoidable, mistakes in corporate training.

10 Common Corporate eLearning Mistakes

This article will look at what makes feedback effective, and how to create it for your eLearning.

Read on to learn what makes feedback effective, and how you can create useful feedback for your eLearning.

How to Provide Effective Feedback in eLearning

This article will explore six essentials for an effective practical skill evaluation.

We need to know whether an evaluation will be effective before we develop it, not after. This article will take a look at six essentials for an effective practical skill evaluation.

Six Essentials for an Effective Practical Skill Evaluation

This article will look at some of the common training problems and possible solutions available.

It's disheartening to pour your efforts into training development and then to find that the training just isn't working. This article will take a look at some of the common problems that might be happening and see what possible solutions are available.

What to Do When Your Training Isn’t Working

This article will discuss eight features you need to reach your audience and make the most of the online learning format.

Online learning is versatile and cost-effective, but which of the many available features should you choose? Read on to look at eight features you need to reach your audience and make the most of the online learning format.

Features You Need for Effective Online Learning

This article will describe some of the barriers learners with these disabilities face. It will also provide you with six tips for designing eLearning that is accessible.

Read on about the three main types of impairments: vision loss, hearing loss and cognitive impairments, and some of the barriers learners with these disabilities face. This article will provide six tips for designing eLearning that is accessible.

Tips for Designing Accessible eLearning

This article will review the benefits and drawbacks of the ten top eLearning trends.

This article will outline some of the benefits and drawbacks of the ten top eLearning trends. It will also take a closer look at each of these trends and how they interact.

The Future of eLearning

Motivation is critical to learning. This article will identify some ways to enhance learner motivation with SkillBuilder.

Motivation matters, even when you're thinking about the software that will organize, administer and deliver your learning programs. Since technology plays a role in motivating learners, let's take a look at what SkillBuilder® offers.

Let SkillBuilder® Solve Your Motivation Problems

This article will explore the definition of soft skills and look at five ways to motivate people to develop them.

Read on to look at the definition of soft skills and five ways to motivate people to develop them.

Motivate People to Develop Soft Skills

Learners are looking for ways to streamline all aspects of their day. This article will explore how you can give learners the efficiency they crave.

Efficiency is the new holy grail, and learners are looking for ways to streamline all aspects of their day. This article will take a look at a few ways you can give learners the efficiency they crave.

Give your eLearning an Efficiency Makeover

Learning is such a great way to train your workforce. This article will take a focussed look at what you can offer to engage your learners.

You can encourage people to take a course with all the incentives you want, but if they aren't engaged with what you are offering, your training won't be a success. In this article, let's take a look at what you can do to avoid this.

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