Collaborative Learning and How You Can Use It In E-Learning Collaborative learning has been widely used for some time now to improve teaching and training. What is collaborative learning, however, and can you use it in e-learning courses? Collaborative learning is where learners work in pairs or small groups to solve problems or complete tasks. It is a technique that …
Tips for Using Audio in E-Learning
8 Tips for Using Audio in E-Learning One of the objectives you should have when creating a new e-learning course is making it as engaging as possible. This means using different types of media, including audio. In fact, audio offers a range of benefits to your e-learning course. It makes the experience richer and more immersive for the learner, for …
Artificial Intelligence in E-Learning – What the Future Holds
Artificial Intelligence in E-Learning – What the Future Holds Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology that will increasingly impact our lives in the future. In fact, it is already here today. The autonomous vehicles that car manufacturers are currently testing in locations around the world use AI, for example. There are also chatbots on Facebook with basic AI engines, plus …
Optimising Scenarios in E-Learning
Optimising Scenarios in E-Learning Scenarios can help turn a good e-learning course into a fantastic one. They help make the content of the course more relevant to the learner and they encourage engagement. They also show the learner the consequences of taking a particular course of action. As with most things in life, however, there are good scenarios in e-learning …
E-Learning Gamification Tips
9 E-Learning Gamification Tips Gamification is one of the most powerful tools you can use when creating an e-learning course. Gamification improves retention rates, increases engagement, and helps you assess the progress of learners, among other things. How can you design gamification elements that get the best possible results, however? Here are our top nine tips. 1. Understand Your Goal …
What You Need to Know About Working Memory
What You Need to Know About Working Memory One of the things that frustrates many organisations when it comes to training is rate of retention. In other words, when the training is well-received, but the learners then forget what they’ve learned in the days, weeks, and months that follow. Understanding working memory and how your e-learning course impacts it is …
Are Your Learners Intrinsically or Extrinsically Motivated? The Difference is Crucial
Are Your Learners Intrinsically or Extrinsically Motivated? The Difference is Crucial You probably already understand the importance of motivating your team to ensure maximum levels of performance. You will also understand that you must motivate different individuals in different ways, i.e. what works with one person won’t necessarily work with another. Motivating your team to learn is no different. In …
Bridge the Right Gap – Knowledge, Skills, or Motivation?
Bridge the Right Gap – Knowledge, Skills, or Motivation? Why do learners need the training you plan to deliver to them via an e-learning course? This is an essential question to answer before any design work begins. This is because the answer will determine the direction of the design, the content of the course, and, ultimately, the final product. There …
How to Make E-Learning Courses More Accessible
How to Make E-Learning Courses More Accessible There is a widespread myth about accessibility. This myth is that accessibility is all about making e-learning available to people with disabilities. This is, of course, an essential and important part of the accessibility question. Accessibility is about much more than this, however. After all, everyone who completes your e-learning course will be …