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Keys to Instructional Design Success for E-learning<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

Have you ever experienced a poor university or university-type lecture situation where the lecturer simply gives a monologue, regurgitating information as you scramble to take notes? Instructional design is the opposite of this. As a result, instructional design makes e-learning courses successful.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, using instructional design techniques and concepts is often the difference between a professionally produced course and one created by someone who is not an e-learning professional. What exactly is instructional design in e-learning, however, how does it work, and what does it look like in practice?<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Instructional Design?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Instructional design<\/a><\/span> is about designing e-learning courses in a way that makes learning easier, faster, and more effective. It focuses on helping people learn rather than simply giving them information they can then use to learn if they choose to and if they can.<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, it is not just about presenting materials for people to learn. Instead, it is about presenting the learning materials and structuring the e-learning course to assist people in the learning process. This includes things like making the content relevant to the learner as well as helping them navigate through the content in a way that maximises results, particularly medium and long-term retention rates<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, instructional design is about making sense of the content in an e-learning course as much as it is about the content itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, an instructional designer should understand how people learn.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Instructional Design in E-Learning Looks Like<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

An e-learning course developed using instructional design principles will focus on what the learner needs to do rather than what he\/she needs to know. This shift in emphasis is subtle on the surface, but it creates much more powerful and effective e-learning courses based on good instructional design.<\/span><\/p>\n

In practical terms, e-learning courses based on good instructional design are rarely linear. This is because people don\u2019t learn in a linear way. E-learning courses based on instructional design instead use techniques like scenarios<\/span><\/a>, gamified elements, and learning techniques like spaced repetition to ensure learners fully grasp and can use the knowledge and skills they are learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

How Instructional Design Works in E-Learning<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Creating an e-learning course using instructional design involves going through several stages. Those stages include:<\/span><\/p>\n