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8 Visual Design Mistakes to Avoid When Developing eLearning

Tim Slade

The use of color can have a massive impact on how your course is perceived by your learners. Picking images that are pixelated, have bad lighting, or look dated can make your learners question the overall quality of the course, and more importantly, the content itself. Luckily, it’s becoming much easier to find free stock images.

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Make Learners Care about Compliance Training

Experiencing eLearning

What if you could create compliance training that learners actually wanted to complete, that they cared about? To create compliance training that learners care about, they need to know both why and when the policies matter. The worst case scenario gets learners attention because it shows them why the policy or regulation matters.

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Inclusive Learning, Free Images & More: ID Links 1/3/23

Experiencing eLearning

Free Vectors, Stock Photos & PSD Downloads | Freepik. Free Stock Photos, Royalty Free Stock Images & Copyright Free Pictures · Pexels. Free Stock Photos, Royalty Free Stock Images & Copyright Free Pictures · Pexels. Free stock photos, no attribution required. Atlas Icons. Clark Quinn.

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Traits of Adult Learners

CourseArc

Traits of Adult Learners. Working with adult learners comes with a lot of perks. They’re savvy, motivated learners who have specific goals in mind and they bring valuable personal experience that instructors can leverage to create engaging learning experiences. Adult learners want to build skills now.

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The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned From Instructional Design

Association eLearning

Stock teams (as in people who re-stock products, not the ones who work at the stock exchange) don’t just need to find space for everything in the back room. This is why it’s important to get a feel for learners’ real environment. Visiting learners where they work is a great opportunity.

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Instructional Design Research, Tools, & More: ID Links 8/10/21

Experiencing eLearning

3-Star learning experiences Summary of research on the value of telling learners the objectives at the beginning of training. The research supports giving learners specific “focusing objectives” to help them recognize what’s important. Free Stock Video Footage, Royalty Free Videos for Download.

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Show, Don’t Tell For Scenario Feedback

Experiencing eLearning

One of the most common mistakes I see in scenario-based learning is using feedback to tell learners what was right or wrong instead of showing them. One mistake learners can make in the scenario is setting a goal that is too difficult. The level of motivation increases and decreases depending on the choices the learner makes.