Traditionally, most experts have tried to reach their audience by broadcasting information (i.e. publishing books, blogs, CD’s, DVD’s and/or speaking in keynotes, workshops, seminars.). But there’s a fundamental weakness in the broadcast model: while they get the information to your audience, they don’t help your audience [...]
One of the biggest challenges to creating an online course (or any information product for that matter) is actually finding the time and doing the work of creating the structure and content for your course. While we can’t eliminate the work, we can make it [...]
Design online training with the Elearning Blueprint
We talked to dozens of independent experts about what tools they’ve tried to use to set up online courses and learning communities. We learned that there’s a huge “hassle factor” getting in the way of their work. As Marlene Hielema says, “Programming and those types of [...]
MC: Do these folks have to come to San Francisco to see you? LC: No, I offer coaching sessions over the phone. Also, I offer online courses throughout the year. You can visit the “Teaching” page on my website to see the latest offerings, or [...]
Web forms to the rescue! In a previous post, we talked about how you can use Web forms to enhance your learning communities on ruzuku. In this article, we’ll walk through a specific example of how to create and integrate a form into ruzuku, using [...]
Why should I care about Web forms? The core of your course on ruzuku is probably “content” — using articles, images, video, and other media to present ideas. And you can pose questions and prompt discussion using the Discussion forum and Discussion prompts in ruzuku.But [...]
Dr. Lisa Chu, M.D.founder of The Music Within Us, is an experienced performer, educator, and creative entrepreneur. She offers individual life coaching, group classes and workshops, and writes and speaks on a variety of subjects related to life balance, self-care, and wellness. Her story and lessons [...]