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Placeholder Images: Do They Help or Hurt in an eLearning Storyboard?

Association eLearning

The final course was going to use a different set of stock photos. The content was there, but they couldn’t picture how it was going to fit together. Draw attention away from the rest of a storyboard’s content. Unlike a temporary stock image, it won’t misrepresent age, gender, race, facial expression, etc.

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Goldmine for Stock Photos

LearnDash

If you have been creating digital content, then you have searched for photos online. Trouble is, these image warehouses often only have a handful of good pictures while the real good ones are littered with watermarks until purchased. Their pictures and images are everywhere, (most notably on news sites like CNN).

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Be a Stock Photography Model!

Trivantis

We’ve written a lot about the importance of choosing the right images for your e-Learning projects and suggested some sources for economically priced stock photography. But what if you don’t want to spend hours searching for the perfect stock photo, or you just can’t find one that demonstrates your industry? Rule of Thirds.

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10 Reasons to Use Illustrations Instead of Stock Photography in Learning

eLearningMind

The grinning woman eating a salad; the perfectly multicultural meeting; the man with a headset: these are the standards for stock photography. And while it definitely has its place, stock photography isn’t the gold standard when it comes to learning. In most cases, illustrations are the superior choice. Remove unconscious bias.

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Bit by the Instructional Design Bug: A Conversation with Connie Malamed

TalentLMS

And our work is incredibly varied—analyzing content, interviewing audience members, designing user interfaces, developing eLearning, writing video scripts, and more. For example, you may spend one morning doing a content analysis. When I got into the field, we thought of ourselves as content developers. Here’s what she shared.

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6 Visual Design Tips to Make Your Course More Effective

LearnDash

We’ve talked a lot on this blog about the importance of good instructional design , which often focuses on how educators create course content. This is important for instructional designers because the way content is presented affects not only a learner’s experience of a course, but also their estimation of it.

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I’m Glad Millennials Scare Learning and Development – Part 3

Association eLearning

The goal is to keep the content fresh in their minds. In terms of making content interesting, try adding real-world decisions, consequences, and emotions. Stocking the break room with hand sanitizer and some vitamin C-rich snacks might though. Once you have that information it’s much easier to craft an appropriate solution.