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    Successful eLearning Starts with Six Key Attitudes

    In the world of education theory, writers and researchers talk a great deal about learning dispositions, those tendecies of great thinkers and learning that help them learn more effectively. In essence, a learner disposition is the attitude or mindset the student brings to an educational environment to make him or her more likely to retain the new information. Kratz defines dispositions as “relatively enduring habits of mind or characteristic ways of responding to experience across types of situations.”

    The Different Levels of Boredom in eLearning Content

    Boring eLearning is a huge problem for learners and instructors alike. Most of students, quite understandably, avoid them like plague. Everyone in the teaching and training profession knows this. The problem is, why are people still creating boring courses?

    The Four Phases of Effective eLearning: an Indispensable Guide for Instructors

    Effective eLearning, or learning itself, is a process. It’s made of stages and a set of interrelated principles, all of which completes the learning process. This means you can’t skip a stage or miss a principle if you want learners to make the most out of your content. When they're properly applied in a course, student learning increases.

    The 3 Big M’s of Successful eLearning Courses

    When it comes to eLearning, quality definitely matters. eLearning professionals are not only tasked with creating useful, relevant and meaningul content, but they are also responsible for addressing learner motivation and making sure the learning experience has a lasting impact.

    5 Instructional Techniques that Encourage Optimal Learning

    It’s no secret that students learn best when they can set their own goals. But did you know that you can help students find effective learning strategies? That you can actually help them get the most out of their lessons?

    4 Guaranteed Ways to Make Your eLearning Courses Worth Taking

    It’s easy to create eLearning content. But to create an eLearning course that resonates with your learners? That’s not easy. It’s a difficult job for course developers to master but it’s worth it. Why? Because it’s the only kind of eLearning content that keeps people reading, from start to finish. It’s the only kind that elevates your learning program from ordinary to monumental.

    The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Creating Learner Personas

    Successful marketing professionals work diligently to create the ideal customer persona knowing that a deep understanding of a client's needs will help them tailor their message to achieve their desired result. Effective classroom teachers also spend a great deal of time getting to know their students for the same reason, to tailor instruction to achieve proficiency.

    Six Key Ingredients of Learner-centered eLearning Courses

    Several studies revealed, time and again, that a student-centered approach to learning is far more superior than any other methods of instruction. This booklet published by the Cambridge University Press, for instance, found that such approach helps students cultivate a “can do” attitude. It allows for autonomous, active learning. Autonomy, positive psychologist notes, is key to motivation. It’s what makes people wake up in the morning and do the work they love.

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