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Final Quiz Passing Score: Is The 80% Written In Stone?

eLearning Industry

Is it something that learning specialists have arbitrarily chosen or does this magic number have any mooring in learning theory? Most of us set 80% as the passing score in eLearning courses. What is the rationale of this figure? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Active Learning Theory

Ed App

Active learning theory is one of the most popular buzzwords in the learning and development (L&D) community today. What is active learning? Active learning involves actively engaging with your learners. Active Learning Theory vs Interactive Reinforcement. But, what does it actually mean?

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Adult learning theories for instructional designers: Andragogy

Matrix

In a series of articles, I will take a closer look at three modern adult learning theories that are not only relevant but highly applicable. This is important in the current context, as learning specialists deal with the challenge of building materials fast. The relevance of adult learning theories.

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Use Scenarios to Make Quiz Questions Relevant to the Job

Integrated Learnings

A quiz can be a useful tool for taking a pulse check during training. In some cases, a quiz might be the next best type of level 2 assessment if the resources available to you don't support a more robust skill assessment. And how well those quiz questions are written determines how productive that role is. Here's a few reasons.

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Space invaders

E-Learning Provocateur

It’s worth noting the rather unhelpfully labelled spaced learning is a specific approach to spaced retrieval whereby the first presentation is followed by a 10-minute interval during which the learner undertakes a distractor activity (e.g.

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Why Multiple-Choice Only Quizzes Suck

LearnDash

There are learning management systems, course creation tools, gameification techniques, and so much more. B) Provide insight into what has truly been learned. In fact, there is little to no critical thinking involved in any multiple choice based quiz. C) Neither A or B. An Example.

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Why Your Quizzes MUST Support Modern Media

LearnDash

Over the years, I have implemented quite a few learning management systems and created countless elearning modules. The one consistent item across all of these implementations was that there needed to be a quiz to test users on their comprehension of the material. elearning learning management system lms'

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