The Art of Simple Design & Negative Space in eLearning

Simplicity is key when designing an eLearning course.   Why? Because with too many design elements, your learners become overwhelmed and the information retention rate drops. Your course needs to be clean, simple, and easy to digest with just enough interesting elements to hold your learners’ attention. So how do you design an eLearning course with…

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Articulate just released Update 5 to Storyline 2, which can be found here. The main focus of this update was on Accessibility features. If you’ve ever worked on a course that needed to be 508 compliant, you know how much goes in to making an eLearning course accessible. There are several visual implications (as in,…

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eLearning and Cognitive Load Theory

When building an eLearning course, it can be tempting to do a full-on information dump and completely overload your learners with too much information. After all, have you ever heard a SME admit that any related content wasn’t critically important? However, as you probably guessed, this isn’t an effective approach to education. This brings us…

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Different types of eLearning require different levels of interactivity. Some are just needed to share generic information, while some need to really engage learners with material that can be transformed into hands-on training. Before you begin designing and developing a new eLearning course, be sure to identify which eLearning treatment level your course needs to…

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When it comes to eLearning, the main focus should always be on learner experience. Why? Because even the best content and subject matter expert you can find can’t fix a poor learning experience. When learners can’t easily navigate material, digest information, and use the features you’ve built in, all your development work goes to waste….

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Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and Meghan Trainor teamed up to sing “All About That Bass” using only classroom instruments. As evident from the music video, this group of creatives know an important lesson: It’s not always about your tools. Sure, these celebrities have access to the newest, most expensive instruments on the market. It’s The…

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