The Power of White Space to Improve Screen Design in eLearning
When you began to plan your course, you probably never thought of one aspect of eLearning design: the effects of white space. In fact, it’s one of the most overlooked ...
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Use the Psychology of Surprise to Grab Your Learner’s Attention
Every learner wants to believe that their teacher is an expert who can give them knowledge they did not know. Realistically, that isn’t enough to keep the learner on ...
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Avoid These eLearning Horrors – Not Only on Halloween
No matter how good you content is, there are a few factors that can totally kill your eLearning courses. If you are looking to create an effective eLearning design, it ...
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Using Concept-Mapping Techniques for eLearning Content Analysis
Is it possible to find a murderer through the analysis of his writings? Imagine you are a detective who faces the search of the murder of a young woman. There are no ...
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Overcoming the Motivation Challenge in eLearning: 5 Things You Can Do
Motivation in eLearning can best be described with a U-shaped curve: novelty and enthusiasm produce high drive at the beginning, but it drops off sharply thereafter, ...
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A Simple Technique You Can (and Should) Apply To Your eLearning Courses
It’s easy for an eLearner to “zone out” when faced with complex course content, especially with limited existing knowledge of a topic. The instructional design challenge ...
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Targeting 6 Social Learning Needs in eLearning Environments
It’s time to enable the social learning mode! When it comes to successful eLearning design, everybody should agree that there’s no such thing as too much information ...
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Add a Dose of Psychology to Create Great eLearning Courses
Here’s a news flash: If you want to be really great at eLearning design, you need to know more than how to come up with an attractive look and content that gets ...
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A 4-Step Recipe for Maximum eLearner Engagement
We’ve all met them. Ask about online courses they’ve taken, and they’ll roll their eyes. Current eLearners are bored and can’t wait for their courses to end. Whoever put ...
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A Handful Of Tips To Kick Your Bad eLearning Design Habits
Every eLearning project is different, and comes with a different set of demands. However, when it comes to slide design, there are some best practices that fit all or ...
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10 Things Successful eLearning Professionals Do Differently
eLearning professionals need to raise the bar and reset their expectations if their learners are to consider courses worthwhile. The following ten points are things we ...
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Use Stories in eLearning: 6 Tips to Bring Out Your Inner Storyteller
Stories have captivated us as a species since the dawn of man. Through stories, we have passed on traditions, remembered the past, and carried information across the ...
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