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Finding Your Own Voice

For years, I’ve been on a quest to find my own voice. I have seen the concept used in books, online courses, movies, and even songs. Voice...

10 days ago

Accessibility: It's more complex than you think.

One of the tenets of Onlea’s founders is “Learning is for Everyone” so we’ve always taken accessibility and inclusivity seriously while buil...

accessibility

17 days ago

Introducing Onlea LX Labs

Today is an exciting day for the entire team at Onlea as we’re launching a brand new arm of our business. Introducing Onlea LX Labs. LX Labs focuses on the tools and principles of Learner Experience Design is the intersection of pedagogy, technology and design that puts learners front and center....

a month ago

Onlea update: June reflections

It's been a heck of a month! Summer has finally arrived in our home city of Edmonton, and the weather is back to swinging wildly between sco...

10 months ago

Episode 4: The Tech Bootcamp Experience (Part 2)

Episode 4 of the ReSkilled podcast is now available! Listen below to part 2 of our exploration of tech training bootcamps. Onlea · ReSkilled...

ReSkilled, reskilling

10 months ago

Beginner's Guide to Filming Yourself

As you prepare for teaching online, you might be wondering how to record your videos on a budget. The first thing you need to remember is th...

filming, cameras

a year ago

What you need to know about choosing a Learning Management System

If you are in the middle of moving your courses, workshops, or training materials to an online format, one of the first questions you might be trying to answer is: Where do I host my courses?...

LMS, elearning

a year ago

ReSkilled podcast Episode 3: Bootcamps (Part 1)

Episode 3 of the ReSkilled podcast is now available! Listen to part 1 of a two-part exploration of tech training boot camps....

reskilling, upskilling

a year ago

Onlea is hot for teachers

Do you teach grades 5-12 in Canada? Are you interested in bringing data science into your classroom? If yes, we’d love your help creating a free course for teachers just like you....

a year ago

ReSkilled Podcast Episode 2: Informal vs Formal Learning

Episode 2 of our new podcast, ReSkilled, is now available! This time we explored the differences between informal and formal learning. Show...

a year ago

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...

a year ago

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...

a year ago

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...

covid19, coronavirus

a year ago

Not Another Podcast! ReSkilled Episode 1

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....

a year ago

2020 Photo Challenge

What better way to learn your way around unfamiliar equipment and try out new techniques than with a weekly photography challenge?...

photography, photographs

a year ago

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....

machinelearning, ai

a year ago

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...

a year ago

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...

2 years ago

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...

2 years ago

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...

2 years ago

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...

indigenous canada, Online Courses

3 years ago

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...

production, elearning

3 years ago

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...

networking, professional

3 years ago

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...

computerscience, programming

3 years ago

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...

mooc, cameras

3 years ago

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...

3 years ago

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...

focus, health

3 years ago

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...

elearning, mlearning

3 years ago

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...

astrophysics, black holes

3 years ago

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....

astro 101, animation

3 years ago

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...

theaterflat, setbuilding

3 years ago

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...

programming, computerscience

3 years ago

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?...

production, preproduction

3 years ago

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...

Budgeting, YNAB

3 years ago

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...

programming, video games

3 years ago

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...

studying, focus

3 years ago

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...

stack, app inventor

3 years ago

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...

office culture, office

3 years ago

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...

Serious Games, Development

3 years ago

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...

video, blog

3 years ago

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...

projection mapping, exhibit

3 years ago

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...

adobe capture cc, designer

3 years ago

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...

software product management, mooc

3 years ago

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...

mind mapping, free writing

3 years ago

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...

Graphic Design, Business Cards

3 years ago

International Women's Day: The Strength of Many Voices towards Positive Change

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PressforProgress, MyFeminism

3 years ago

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...

gamification, elearning

3 years ago

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...

worklifebalance, familyday

3 years ago

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...

science, STEM

3 years ago

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...

making of, elearning

3 years ago

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)....

making of, elearning

3 years ago

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...

elearning, Graphic Design

3 years ago

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...

3 years ago

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....

project management, productivity

3 years ago

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...

Online Courses, teach

3 years ago

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....

3 years ago

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....

3 years ago

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....

3 years ago

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...

3 years ago

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....

3 years ago

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....

education, greenscreen

3 years ago

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....

4 years ago

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....

4 years ago

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:...

4 years ago

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 years ago

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...

4 years ago

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...

4 years ago

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...

4 years ago

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...

4 years ago

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...

4 years ago

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...

4 years ago

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...

4 years ago

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...

4 years ago

Paleontology: Early Vertebrate Evolution - University of Alberta

Discover the story of our boneless, jawless ancestors and the eventual rise of the first animals with four legs....

Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles - University of Alberta

Explore in a four-lesson course how three groups of reptiles left the land and became adapted to life in the ocean....

Understanding Video Games

A free online course about video games and game theory taught by Dr. Sean Gouglas. This course was created with the help of world renowned video game developer, Bioware Corp....

Dino 101 - University of Alberta

Learn how we engaged with the University of Alberta to produce and launch their first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)....