eLearning Design Tips

The biggest and most thorough collection of eLearning Design Tips. Tips to increase retention and interactivity, to create immersive eLearning courses, all the eLearning Design Tips you need to know, written by the top eLearning experts worldwide.

Multiple Choice Questions In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know
July 28, 2015

Multiple Choice Questions In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

Multiple choice is the most popular method of questioning, and it’s easy to see why. Rather than getting a 50/50 chance at choosing the right answer, as is the case with true or false questions, multiple choice involves a diverse range of variables that require insight, knowledge, and skill to answer correctly. In this article, I’ll delve into 4 best practices of developing multiple choice questions, and share 4 tips on how you can use them most effectively in your eLearning course.
by Christopher Pappas
Using Real Life Scenarios In eLearning: 5 Advantages
July 27, 2015

Using Real Life Scenarios In eLearning: 5 Advantages

Real life scenarios can add much needed flavor to otherwise vanilla eLearning. Out are the old school text based scenarios; in are graphic novels and comic strip panels using real employee and workplace photography. In this article I will share with you 5 advantages of using very real life scenarios in eLearning.
by Ruby Spencer, CTDP
Project-Based Learning In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know
July 26, 2015

Project-Based Learning In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

If you’re looking for a way to make your eLearning courses more interactive, immersive, and empowering for your learners, then read this article on how eLearning professionals could enrich their eLearning courses using a project-based learning approach. You’ll learn about the characteristics of project-based learning activities, as well as 4 tips that can help you effectively use the project-based learning approach in eLearning.
by Christopher Pappas
Factual Questions In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know
July 22, 2015

Factual Questions In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

The famous author, Mark Twain, once said “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please”. As eLearning professionals, it is our duty to give our learners the facts, and to ensure that they comprehend these facts, so that they have the power to apply the information in whatever way they wish. In this article, I’ll explore the types of factual questions and how you can use them to gauge learner progress, improve knowledge retention, and build cognitive thinking skills in your eLearning course.
by Christopher Pappas
Higher Order Questions In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know
July 19, 2015

Higher Order Questions In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

Multiple choice and true or false questions have their uses, but higher order questions take learning to the next level. Rather than giving simple one word responses, your learners must think abstractly and search their knowledge banks to arrive at the correct conclusion. In this article, I’ll delve into the basics of higher order questions, as well as the various types you can use in your eLearning course. Finally, I’ll give you 4 tips on how to properly integrate them into your eLearning experience.
by Christopher Pappas
How To Use Master Courses (Templates) To Deliver eLearning Faster
July 14, 2015

How To Use Master Courses (Templates) To Deliver eLearning Faster

Under pressure to deliver more for less? Reusing elements from projects such as design, interactions, logos, look and feel, media, assessments, and content can really help you save time. Let’s look at how you can use Master Courses to create eLearning themes that will allow you to reuse these elements over and over again.
by Li Whybrow
12 Tips To Create Effective eLearning Storyboards
July 13, 2015

12 Tips To Create Effective eLearning Storyboards

A storyboard is a map that guides eLearning professionals through every twist and turn of their eLearning course design. eLearning storyboards make the eLearning design and development process much more efficient, as they can not only help eLearning professionals to illustrate their ideas, but also to deliver engaging and visually rich eLearning experiences to their audience. In this article, I’ll share 12 tips that will help you create eLearning storyboards, so that you can effectively develop and communicate your eLearning vision.
by Christopher Pappas
Matching Test Questions Advantages And Disadvantages
July 11, 2015

Matching Test Items: Getting Them Right

Matching test questions present learners with two items separated into two columns and ask them to match items from the first column to the corresponding items in the second. The number of items in the first column does not necessarily have to match that in the second - it is totally possible to have more items in the second column than in the first one.
by Michael Treser
The Art Of Giving Feedback In eLearning
July 10, 2015

The Art Of Giving Feedback In eLearning

Have you ever seen feedback to a quiz of an eLearning module consisting of only one or two words? I have seen many courses in which “Bravo!” or “Wrong answer” were typical responses to all learning efforts for completing a challenge. Such an approach is definitely a bad practice; in this article I will discuss the 3 roles of feedback and how to give effective feedback in eLearning courses.
by Marek Hyla
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