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Effective eLearning Content Development to prevent Cognitive Overload

Thinkdom

This means that when we are exposed to too much information, we experience cognitive overload, which hinders our learning and retention. This is what cognitive overload feels like. Your employees may face this in their eLearning courses, if they are exposed to an excess of information without proper structuring or pacing.

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Situated Cognition In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

TalentLMS

Context is key to creating successful eLearning experiences. Learners must be able to put their knowledge to use outside the virtual classroom, and simulating real world challenges is one of the best ways to achieve this. Situated cognition is based on the idea that learning is most effective when it is in context.

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Benefits of Scenario-Based Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Ruth Clark’s book Scenario-Based e-Learning: Evidence Based Guidelines for Online Workforce Learning explains how scenario-based elearning helps people learn new skills faster. But in scenario-based e-learning a series of simulated work challenges can be organized from simple to complex, thus assuring a smoother learning curve.

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Design Fallacies Getting in the Way of Learning Transfer

Upside Learning

Wouldn’t it be a perfect world if we could avert workplace accidents just by getting all our employees to “recall” safety guidelines (and sing them to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)? While we’re waking up to the importance of scenarios in learning, worked examples still remain a grossly underused instructional strategy.

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What is an eLearning Module? Know the Benefits, Challenges & Future of eLearning Modules

Hurix Digital

The pandemic has rapidly transformed how we approach education, leading to a significant shift towards eLearning modules. The demand for eLearning has surged and is expected to grow as society embraces the concept of “social distancing.”

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6 Effective Ways to Optimize Your Online Course Structure and Boost Learner Engagement

Hurix Digital

In this blog, we will share with you 6 strategies that will help you overcome challenges with online classes and enhance your learning experience. It can include text, images, videos, audio, animations, simulations, quizzes, games, etc. Stimulate the different senses and cognitive processes of your learners.

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The RETAIN Model for Creating Effective Courses

TalentLMS

With the widespread use of platform independent eLearning, instructors scramble to convert their existing courses’ content into online learning material. Unfortunately, most trainers and faculty believe that the deployment of powerpoint and pdf notes on a learning management system equals the development of eLearning content.