Free Learner Experience Workshops with Onlea We're in the middle of an unprecedented shift in the way education is provided, and Canadian learning institutions are facing incredible cha...
Onlea's early lessons learned from working remotely This week, the Onlea production team joined the ranks of remote workers around the world. On Monday, we met one final time to ensure everyo...
COVID-19 and becoming an Online Educator in 3 (not so) Easy Steps Our already fast-changing world seems to be moving even more quickly in the past few weeks. As health authorities in Canada and around the...
Not Another Podcast! Onlea’s President, Adriana Lopez Forero and Director of Client Productions, Jeff Woodward, share what our new podcast is all about, why we thought now was the time, and why we’re the right people to make it....
2020 Photo Challenge What better way to learn your way around unfamiliar equipment and try out new techniques than with a weekly photography challenge?...
Continuous Learning, Human and Machine Interested in the possible applications of #machinelearning for your business? Not everyone knows #Alberta is a hot spot for #AI research and development! In our latest blog post, Onlea’s talented tech writer describes some of what we learned building an #ML online course....
Ember Awards 2019 Two new Ember Awards!!! Thank you Digital Alberta! What a great way to celebrate a fantastic journey this year, learning about a variety...
Women in STEM - Who inspires me and why? A blog post by Onlea's Production Artist, Chelsey Zaplachinski When I think about Women in STEM one name always comes to the forefront of m...
The challenges of developing a cannabis online course At Onlea we’re lucky to get to work on MOOCs and courses for different disciplines and subjects. Over the past years, we’ve learned about e...
Using Immersive Technologies to deliver accessibility and drive understanding Onlea is excited to announce that we are developing an online version of the RHFAC Accessibility Assessor training for the Rick Hansen Foundation and Athabasca University. This course will be the first of its kind using immersive technologies to deliver an accessible and engaging learning experience...
Getting Things Right Written by Jeff Woodward We’re coming up on the Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada so as many of us here at Onlea prepare to see our famil...
Why I Love My Job A blog post written by Jeff Woodward How many of us have the pleasure to honestly say we love our jobs? How many of us look forward to Mond...
Networking: It's All Mutual A blog post by Nikhil Chhikara, Business Development Manager Standing in the middle of a room, looking at people having discussions with on...
What a New Computing Science Grad Should Know Before Joining the Workforce A blog post written by Jillian Lovas, Developer When I first graduated from the University of Alberta, I really didn’t know what my future...
Finding the right tools for the job A blog post by Jeff Woodward, Director of Client Productions “Use the right tool for the right job in the right way”. What does that mean w...
Welcome To The Team: Nikhil Chhikara Tell us what do you do here at Onlea? My role at Onlea is to develop business opportunities by working on strategies to increase our bran...
Being Active At Your Desk A blog post by Alma Tang When being behind your computer all day, a full work day can catch up to you so quickly. It happens to me all the...
Learner interaction and engagement tools in eLearning A blog post by Adriana Lopez Forero, President, Onlea Corporation Have you ever taken an online course that was so boring you left the cour...
To Infinity, and Beyond! A blog post by Suzy Spence, Animator. To Infinity, and Beyond! As we know the famous line of Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story, the cosmos i...
Web Animation Optimization - Making Things Look Good Everywhere A great way to make interactives more engaging is by implementing animations. The problem lies in implementing these interactives in a way that ensures they’ll run well....
Building a Set A blog post by Veronica Krawcewicz, Senior Production Designer. To date most of Onlea’s courses have been filmed in front of a green screen...
Using The Stack in App Inventor 2 - Part 2 A blog post by Jill Lovas, Front End Developer Welcome back to the second part to the Burger Master App Inventor 2 tutorial! If you missed...
Be Prepared! How to Nail Pre-Production When You're Making Videos. A blog by Jeff Woodward, Director of Client Productions Be prepared. So say the Boy Scouts, but what does that mean in terms of production?...
Productivity Tips: A Different Way of Budgeting A blog written by Tony Lynch, Productions and Operations Manager As a Project Manager, you would probably believe me if I told you that bud...
From C++ Nightmares to PVG: Lessons Learned by the Least Computer-Savvy Girl A blog written by Mymy, Senior Design Strategist at Onlea. She is the design lead on one of an upcoming University of Alberta MOOC, PVG: Pro...
Studying Tips for Stellar Students A blog post by Nicole Lovas, Front End Developer Since It’s been only a year since I finished school, I still remember all too clearly how...
Using the Stack in App Inventor 2 - Part 1 A blog post by Jill Lovas, Front End Developer Recently I was involved in Technovation, a worldwide initiative to introduce girls to progra...
10 Things That Make Me Happy At Work A blog post by Alma Tang, Client Services Lead The environment we surround ourselves into affects our mood. A fun environment creates a pos...
Onlea and the Serious Game Jam A blog post by Theo Keeler, Development Team Lead On March 29th, Onlea had its very first internal serious game jam. That sounds great, but...
Video Blog: Meet the team "Jeff Woodward" In today's video blog, we introduce to you our Director of Client Productions, Jeff Woodward. Jeff brings a wealth of knowledge from the TV...
Projecting Fishies A blog post by Sandra Sarmiento, Senior Design Strategist Here at Onlea, we love all kinds of learning mediums. Recently, we dabbled a bi...
Capturing Inspiring Moments A blog post by Suzy Spence, Animator. As a designer you can get inspiration from anywhere - when you’re walking down the street and see a b...
Meet your virtual client: Developing a Fully Interactive Learning Experience A paper based on the Software Product Management specialization produced by Onlea for the University of Alberta in 2015-2016 was recently published on the proceedings of the 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference...
Analogue Creativity A blog post by Neal Merrell, Production Designer. Much like the sweet warm sound of Vinyl, or the grainy imperfection of celluloid film, so...
Business Cards as Unique as our Team Members A blog post by Veronica Krawcewicz, Senior Production Designer. At Onlea we are proud of our diverse team. We wanted to reflect the uniquen...
The Gamification of Education - Part 2: Player Types A blog by Adriana Lopez Forero, President One of the best ways to understand using video game techniques in the classroom is through the le...
A Family Day post about work life balance A blog by Jeff Woodward, Director of Client Productions Work life balance in the age of constant connectedness. Happy Family Day to you an...
What can you do with a science degree? A blog by Jill Bagwe, Vice President (Operations) I was recently asked by the Interdepartmental Science Students' Society (ISSS) at the U...
Video Blog: Meet the team "Theo Keeler" Here at Onlea we do a lot of work with video, from filming to animation to editing to scriptwriting. With that in mind we thought it might b...
The Making of Graphic Design Fundamentals Graphic Design Fundamentals (GDF) is our design team’s answer to that question. First envisioned in 2014, GDF reveals the components of great graphic design for those who haven’t taken a four year degree in Visual Communication Design (VCD)....
Course Launch Announcement: Graphic Design Fundamentals Onlea's first developed course is now live: Graphic Design Fundamentals Our team did such an amazing job bringing this course to life. We c...
Video Blog: Meet the Team "Influences" Here at Onlea we do a lot of work with video, from filming to animation to editing to scriptwriting. With that in mind we thought it might b...
Get Your Sh*t Together: A Guide To Bullet Journaling At Onlea, being effective with the use of our time is important. It helps us deliver quality services and keep a balanced fun life. This blog post by Onlea's Production Manager, Tony Lynch, will give you fun insights into how to keep your life relatively sane and organized....
10 Things We Learned (or Loved) in 2017 10 Things We Learned (or Loved) Last Year 2017 was a big year at Onlea, we hired new staff, saw some of our original employees move on to n...
Life After Graduation Onlea’s newest front end developers talk about their experiences graduating with Computing Science degrees, job hunting, finding and adapting to their first jobs related to their degrees....
Welcome to the team! We are growing our team and we are happy to welcome Alma Tang to join Onlea in the role of Client Services Lead....
Visual Shorthand and how it helps us tell stories One of the most common mantras in film and video production is “show, don’t tell”. Film is a visual medium that affords us unique opportunities to tell stories and share information that other mediums do not....
Seven Steps for Creating Digital Creature Illustrations At Onlea we create illustrations to help explain and demonstrate the knowledge being communicated in our online courses. Each course has a u...
The future of MOOCs Learn about the future of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from Onlea's founder Jennifer Griffin Schaeffer. In this video interview Jennifer will take us through the future of MOOCs from their benefits to their availability on multiple platforms....
How to use Chroma Key with a Greenscreen in Adobe After Effects. When you see some of our Onlea productions, you can see the compositing of two images. I would like to introduce you to the Adobe After Effects’ Chroma Key tool which we use to easily composite two different images....
What Makes a Good Interactive Learning Object? One of the key components of online courses that we produce is a set of Interactive Learning Objects (ILOs). ILOs are small web apps that allow students to explore interactive course content. This can be as simple as naming mountains on a map or as complex as a virtual project management meeting....
The Gamification of Education - Part 1: The Engagement Loop A videogame is an engaging machine designed to keep you wanting to come back to play more and more. That sense of progression and engagement can be used in multiple contexts including services, websites and education....
Welcome to the team! At Onlea, each person plays an integral role to create and deliver award-winning digital learning experiences across the globe. Meet our newest team members and what they have to say:...
Branded learning experiences to grow your business When we think about online learning, the first thing that comes to mind are courses aimed towards career seekers or learners of a specific i...
4 ways to establish trust with your expertise and online learning videos In today’s increasingly digital media consumption where video traffic is projected to account for more than 80% of all consumer Internet tra...
Online Teaching Astrophysics: A conversation with Ross Lockwood A conversation with Ross Lockwood on our current online learning production for Astrophysics 101: Visiting a Black Hole...
We are celebrating our designers during Edmonton Design Week Design is a big part of what we do here at Onlea. Our strategists, production designers and animators shared their insights about their process...
Announcing our New President Onlea is delighted to announce a new leader at the helm of our organization to continue supporting the growth of Onlea Corporation. Adriana...
Telling Stories Narratives are fundamental to human life. As meaning-making creatures, we look at the stars and see pictures; then we use those pictures to...
Dr. Ken Wong on teaching MOOCs, blended MOOCs and the recently launched Software Design & Architecture MOOC We recently launched Software Design & Architecture, a four-course specialization produced for the University of Alberta delivered thr...
Welcome Welcome to Onlea’s new home on the web. If you’re here today you’re one of the first visitors to our recently relaunched website. If this...
The making of Mountains 101 Onlea’s Mountains 101 is an award winning MOOC that takes the learner out of the classroom (or any room) and puts them into the heart of t...
