ThingLink launches a MEC course on creating visual learning materials for blended learning

Ideas Sparked by ThingLink: A Recipe for Interactive Language Learning

This is a recipe for creating interactive language-learning experiences with ThingLink, using visual prompts, AI, audio, questions and everyday contexts to help...

Louise Jones 10 min read

Benefits of ThingLink: What Our Trainer Community Says

What does it actually feel like to teach with ThingLink? Not from a product page, not from a feature list, but from the people who use it every day in classrooms,...

Louise Jones 6 min read

How Barnsley College Doubled GCSE Maths Engagement with ThingLink

The Background Barnsley College is a Further Education college in South Yorkshire, England, which caters for over 8000 students across a number of campuses. It...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Shared Immersive Spaces with ThingLink

What If Your Training Room Could Transport Your Team Anywhere? Imagine walking into a meeting room and finding yourself inside a realistic oil refinery, a hospital...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Immersive Safety Training: Examples, Benefits, and Software

What if your employees could practise a hazardous procedure, make a wrong decision, and experience the consequences without anyone getting hurt? That is the promise...

Louise Jones 7 min read

The Case for Creation Tools without AI

As schools navigate the shift toward proactive, interactive and deep learning, teachers need practical tools that make student thinking and agency visible....

Ulla-Maaria Koivula 3 min read

Immersive Learning in Your Hands: Introducing Motion View for ThingLink

Virtual reality headsets are an incredibly powerful way for learners to explore immersive learning experiences. By placing learners inside an environment and allowing...

ThingLink Team 3 min read

Interactive Manuals: Turn Static PDFs into Clickable Guides

Your technicians are standing on the factory floor, tablet in hand, trying to find page 47 of a 200-page PDF. They scroll. They pinch and zoom. They give up and...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Gamified Learning in Higher Education: A Beginner’s Guide

What if your students were so absorbed in a learning activity that they forgot they were being assessed? That is the promise of gamified learning, and it is more...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How to Create Immersive Online Employee Training in 5 Days Using AI

What if you could go from blank canvas to a fully immersive online employee training program in less than a working week? For most learning and development teams,...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How to Build an Escape Room!

Ideas Sparked by ThingLink: A Recipe for an Interactive Escape Room This is the recipe to build a ThingLink escape room using the ThingLink Multimedia Editor. Looking...

Louise Jones 8 min read

New Question and Activity Blocks in the ThingLink Scenario Builder

ThingLink Scenario Builder now includes an expanded range of Question and Activity blocks, giving creators more ways to collect learner responses and build interactive...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Make Remote Onboarding Interactive: Engage New Hires From Day One

Your new hire logs in on their first day. They receive a PDF handbook, a slide deck, and a calendar full of video calls. By lunchtime, they are overwhelmed. By ...

Louise Jones 4 min read

How to Create Immersive Learning with Adobe Express and ThingLink

We’re thrilled to announce a brand-new integration between ThingLink and Adobe Express, making it easier than ever to design stunning visuals and turn them...

ThingLink Team 2 min read

Discovering VR in Learning: My Conversion Story

I’ll Be Honest: I Used to Keep VR at Arm’s Length If you have ever felt slightly suspicious of VR headsets in education, or thought they were a bit ...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Virtual Tours for Onboarding: A Step-by-Step Guide

Your new hire’s first day shouldn’t be the first time they see your workplace. By the time someone walks through the door, they’re already managing...

Louise Jones 5 min read

L&D Interactive Content: Where to Start in Corporate Training

Your learners are busy. They are balancing targets, deadlines, and back-to-back meetings. And somewhere in between all of that, they are supposed to complete their...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Student Interactive Projects: Showcase and Inspiration for K12

What if your students did not just study a topic, but actually built something with it? Student interactive projects flip the script on traditional assessments....

Louise Jones 4 min read

How to Add Hotspots to Any Image or Video

You have a great image or video. You know there is more to say about it. But a static file sitting inside a course or on a webpage can only do so much. What if ...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Special Education Accessibility: How Interactive Media Helps Every Learner

What if every student in your classroom could access the same learning experience, regardless of their communication style, sensory needs, or cognitive profile?...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Accessible Interactive Images: How to Add Alt Text and Descriptions

You’ve built a beautiful interactive image. Tags are placed, content is layered in, and the learning journey feels intuitive. But here’s the question...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How to Create Interactive Manuals That Employees Actually Follow

You have printed the procedures. You have uploaded the PDFs. You have added the laminated cards near the equipment. And yet, workers still do the task their own...

Louise Jones 3 min read

Accessible eLearning: Design Interactive Content for Every Learner

What if your most important compliance training module was completely invisible to 20% of your workforce? Not because they skipped it, but because the format itself...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Employee Onboarding Software: What to Look For

Your new hire has signed the contract. Now comes the part that shapes everything: onboarding. Research consistently shows that the first weeks in a role have an...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Spatial Learning: What It Is and Why It Matters for Training

Your team completed the compliance module. They passed the quiz. Three weeks later, they freeze on the job. Sound familiar? If you lead learning and development,...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Interactive Image Maker: How to Create Stunning Interactive Visuals in Minutes

You have a great image. Maybe it’s a product shot, a training diagram, a trade show graphic, or a customer education visual. But static images only go so ...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Scenario-Based Training Software: The L&D Guide

Your learners are sitting through another slide deck. They click through, they score 80% on the quiz, and two weeks later they cannot recall a single decision they...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How Museums are Using Interactive Media to Boost Visitor Engagement

Are Your Visitors Truly Engaged, or Just Present? There is a difference between a visitor who walks through your galleries and one who connects, questions, and ...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Higher Education Interactive Learning: Ideas for Lecturers

Lecturing to a room of disengaged students is one of the oldest frustrations in higher education. You know the material matters. Getting students to genuinely connect...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How ThingLink Capture Turns Your iPhone into a 3D Scanner

What if the most powerful 3D scanning device in your organisation was already in your pocket? For learning designers and instructional designers, capturing real-world...

Louise Jones 4 min read

AR Training: What It Is and How to Get Started

What if your learners could point a phone at a piece of equipment, a product, or even a printed workbook, and instantly unlock a layer of interactive guidance on...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Inclusive Virtual Field Trips: Design for Every Student

What if every student in your class could visit a mountain observatory, explore a religious site, or step inside a science museum, regardless of mobility, geography,...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Employee Onboarding Software: 360 Tours for New Hires

Your new hire starts on Monday. Their laptop is ready, their desk is booked, and someone has ordered the obligatory welcome pack. But here is the honest question:...

Louise Jones 5 min read

New Webinar Series! From Interactive Images to AI Conversations: Enhancing Language Learning with ThingLink

A free three-part webinar series with Joe Dale and Louise Jones Language learning is entering an exciting new chapter. As educators explore how AI can support teaching...

Louise Jones 5 min read

360 Campus Tours: How Universities Win Prospective Students Online

What if a prospective student could walk your campus, peek inside your labs, and feel the energy of your student union, without ever leaving their bedroom? That...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Benefits of Immersive Learning for Every Industry

Why Traditional Training Is No Longer Enough Your learners are switching off. Slide decks, compliance click-throughs, and passive video modules have been the backbone...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Immersive Learning Examples Across Education, Healthcare and Training

What Does Immersive Learning Actually Look Like in Practice? You have probably heard the term immersive learning used a lot lately. But when you work in healthcare...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Everyday Maths: Teach It with Real-World Contexts

Your students can solve a quadratic equation on a worksheet. But ask them to work out the best mobile phone contract, calculate how much paint they need for a room,...

Louise Jones 7 min read

Interactive Video vs Traditional Video: Why Engagement Wins

Your audience clicked play. Then they opened another tab, checked their phone, and missed the key message entirely. If that sounds familiar, you are not alone. ...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Branching Scenario Software: Build Better Learning Fast

Your learners are sitting through another click-through compliance module. They’re reading, clicking next, reading, clicking next. And by the time they close...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Gamification Software for Higher Education: How to Gamify Any Lesson

What if your students were genuinely reluctant to stop learning? Not because you threatened a grade penalty, but because the lesson itself felt too good to quit?...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How to Create a Virtual Tour: The Definitive Guide (2026)

Your visitors should never be limited by geography, mobility, or opening hours. Whether you run a heritage site, a contemporary art gallery, or a natural history...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How to Make an Interactive Infographic: The Complete Guide

Static infographics are great at grabbing attention. But what if your audience could click into the data, watch a product demo, or explore a process at their own...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How to Make a 360 Virtual Tour with Your iPhone

Turn Your iPhone Into a 360 Virtual Tour Creator What if the most powerful 360 virtual tour software you need is already in your pocket? With ThingLink’s ...

Louise Jones 5 min read

AR Training: What It Is and Why L&D Teams Need It

Your employees are sitting through another slide-heavy compliance module. They complete the quiz, tick the box, and forget 70% of the content within a week. Sound...

Louise Jones 4 min read

What Is a Digital Escape Room? A Guide for Higher Education

What Is a Digital Escape Room, and Why Are Educators Talking About It? Your students are disengaged. Lecture slides are going unread. Formative assessments feel...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Immersive Safety Training: A No-Headset Alternative to VR

Your learners are spread across three sites. Your budget does not stretch to a fleet of VR headsets. And your compliance deadline is in six weeks. Sound familiar?...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Virtual Escape Rooms for Corporate Onboarding and Team Building

What if your new hire’s first week included solving a mystery, navigating a virtual office, and unlocking company knowledge one clue at a time? Virtual escape...

Louise Jones 5 min read

360 Orientation: Offer Smarter Workplace Safety Training

What if your new hires could walk the factory floor, identify hazards, and practise emergency procedures before they ever set foot on site? That is exactly what...

Louise Jones 6 min read

What is Digital Storytelling and How to Use it in the Most Powerful Way

Digital Storytelling Techniques for the Modern Classroom Humans have always told stories. But the tools we use to tell them have changed dramatically, and so has...

Louise Jones 7 min read

Virtual Field Trips for K-12: Ideas, Tools and Examples

What if your students could stand inside a working observatory, walk the floors of a historic building, or explore a rainforest ecosystem — all before lunch? ...

Louise Jones 6 min read

From Recall to Reflection: New Ways to Engage Learners with New Question Types and Conversational AI

Great learning experiences don’t rely on a single type of interaction. Sometimes learners need to recall key facts. Sometimes they need to recognize patterns,...

Ulla-Maaria Koivula 3 min read

Planning Your First Virtual Field Trip: A Step-by-Step Guide

What if your students could stand inside a volcano, walk the halls of a world-class museum, or explore a university campus without leaving the classroom? Virtual...

Louise Jones 7 min read

How to Make a Virtual Escape Room (2026 Guide)

What if your next training module felt less like a slideshow and more like a mission? Virtual escape rooms are one of the most engaging formats in digital learning...

Louise Jones 5 min read

How to Create an Online Course Without a Developer

You have the expertise. You know what your team needs to learn. But every time you picture building an online course, you hit the same wall: you need a developer,...

Louise Jones 7 min read

How to Make an Interactive Video Without Any Coding

You have great training content. You also have a team of busy learners who click away from passive video within the first two minutes. Sound familiar? Interactive...

Louise Jones 5 min read

Gamified Learning: What It Is and Why It Boosts Engagement

What If Learning Felt More Like Playing? Imagine your students leaning forward in their seats, eager to find out what happens next. Imagine a lecture hall where...

Louise Jones 7 min read

New Mini Webinar! Discover ThingLink and Canva Together

Your Canva Resources Deserve to Do More You have already put in the work. You have designed the posters, built the infographics, and created the visual guides. ...

Louise Jones 4 min read

Virtual Exhibition Ideas for Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites

What Could Your Collection Look Like Online? Imagine a visitor exploring your gallery at midnight, zooming in on a centuries-old artifact, listening to a curator’s...

Louise Jones 6 min read

VR Training ROI: How to Calculate It Before Asking for Budget

You already believe in immersive learning. Your challenge is convincing the person holding the budget. Before you walk into that meeting, you need more than enthusiasm....

Louise Jones 7 min read

Immersive Learning vs Traditional Training: The Hidden Costs

You've planned the session. Booked the room. Printed the handouts. Gathered the group. And two weeks later, most of what was covered has quietly vanished from...

Louise Jones 6 min read

Immersive Learning vs Traditional Training: What the Data Shows

Immersive Learning vs Traditional Training: What the Data Actually Shows You've sat through the slide decks. You've administered the compliance click-throughs....

Louise Jones 6 min read

Immersive Learning vs Traditional Training: 2026 Stats

You've sat through the end-of-year review. Completion rates are acceptable. Quiz scores look fine on paper. But six months later, your employees can't recall...

Louise Jones 6 min read

VR Training ROI: Build a Business Case Your Board Will Approve

You already know immersive learning works. You've seen the engagement numbers, heard the feedback from pilot participants, and watched colleagues at other organisations...

Louise Jones 7 min read

VR Training ROI: The Numbers L&D Managers Need to See

You're under pressure to prove that every training pound or dollar is well spent. So when someone suggests replacing classroom sessions or e-learning modules...

Louise Jones 7 min read

Bringing Clinical Simulation Online: Oxford Brookes University Builds ThingLink Virtual Escape Room for Postgraduate Healthcare Education

Institution: Oxford Brookes University, Faculty of Health Science and Technology Lead: Emma Mellors, Senior Lecturer Advanced and Specialist Practice / CPD Programmes...

Louise Jones 4 min read

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