eLearning Scenario Tips

You may not have realized it, but  eLearning and movies have many things in common. Both seek to captivate their audience and produce a memorable story, and both can fall flat if not produced correctly.

Learners not retaining information? e-Learning not prompting behavioral changes? As the old adage says, “Experience is the best teacher.” When teaching a new process or facilitating a change in behavior, there’s no better teacher than experience. But this is e-Learning we’re talking about. How can you help your learners truly experience a situation when they’re sitting at their desks? Enter the magic of branching scenarios.

In this article, I'll share 6 tips to create effective eLearning scenarios, so that you can design motivational and informative eLearning courses.

Scenarios put your learner in the real-world situation of your choice—that’s instant engagement. You can create any scenario you imagine, from a basic simulation to a complex experience that serves as the entire course.

In this post, I will walk you through the various aspects of scenario-based eLearning, so that you can design eLearning courses which not only keep the learners motivated and engaged, but provide them with the best possible educational experience that effectively enhances their skill sets and/or knowledge base.

Don’t believe scenarios are worth the time it takes to build them? Discover the benefits of incorporating scenario-based e-Learning in your online training and learn how scenarios improve learner job performance.