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What are Development Ratios and How Do They Affect eLearning Courses?

Thinkdom

This is where the concept of ‘development ratio’ becomes important. What is a Development Ratio? A development ratio is a measure that reflects the amount of time required to develop an eLearning course. The development ratio is influenced by the complexity and interactivity of the eLearning course.

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eLEARNING DEVELOPMENT: Dude, Watch Your Aspect. Ratio!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

  When I teach any of my eLearning courses, I encourage learners to consider their end-users when determining the size of the canvas. For that reason, I think the eLearning canvas should be set up to use a 16:9 aspect ratio as opposed to 4:3. Both 1024x576 and 1280x720 are 16:9 ratios.

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What You Need to Know About Your Labour to Revenue Ratio

Acorn Labs

In this article, we'll take a look at the labour to revenue ratio, what it can tell you about your business, how to calculate it, and the best practices to optimise it for your business. What is labour to revenue ratio? Do you need to measure labour to revenue ratio? Yes, but not how you think.

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Content/Practice Ratio?

Clark Quinn

So, I’d roughly (and generously) estimate that the ratio is around 80:20 for content: practice. We really don’t scaffold the learner from their initial capability, through more and more complex scenarios, until they’re at the level of ability we want. Learners appreciate it. What ratios do you see?

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8 Visual Design Mistakes to Avoid When Developing eLearning

Tim Slade

An image gets distorted when the image is resized in such a way that it affects the aspect ratio of the image (i.e., Most design programs, including PowerPoint and Articulate Storyline, will maintain the aspect ratio of an image when resized from the corner. scaling the image too tall or too wide). 4: Bad Color Choices.

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Should We List the Learning Objectives?

Experiencing eLearning

Is that really the best way to communicate with learners about the goals of training? The argument in favor of listing learning objectives I don’t want to directly pile on this person any further (I already ratioed him with my comment on his article), but someone recently shared some elearning tips on LinkedIn. Or maybe not.

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Section 508 and WCAG: Why Should a Learning Designer Care

CommLab India

Well, Section 508 and WCAG establish a set of rules that when followed, ensure your e-learning content is accessible to even learners with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, speech and hearing impairments, learning disability, limited movement, and photosensitivity. Text and images have a minimum ratio of 4.5:1.

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