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How Audio Can Improve Online Learning

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Audio-enhanced lessons help make the learning experience much more robust, functional, and accessible. Other benefits of audio-enhanced lessons include: Context through Vocal Inflection: Even brilliantly written and artfully designed text and graphics may not be able to convey the essence of a concept or theory the same way spoken words can.

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How to Improve Student Retention in eLearning

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Because of this, as Leo Widrich, COO at BufferSocial , explains, learners tend to react more favorably to interactive storytelling rather than plainly presented content in a linear lecture format. Therefore, you should include engaging and memorable stories within your lessons, or use storytelling principles to design the lessons themselves.

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Designing Mobile Learning Solutions

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However, to be successful, mobile learning solutions should not simply aspire to become classroom lectures on a tablet or smartphone. Just like with eLearning, one can learn how to program using lessons on a smartphone or a tablet; but you certainly cannot teach someone how to become an astronaut purely through mobile learning experiences!

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Are Online Courses as Effective as In-Person Education?

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Dissemination – Lessons can reach well beyond the confines of a classroom, campus, or training center. Support – Instructors, lecturers, and mentors are often more available on-site. Responsiveness – Online content can quickly be updated, revised and made more up-to-date.

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Tips for Adapting an In-Person Course to an Online Course

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Or, if you’re a teacher with a great ILT track record or an expertise in a popular subject, your institution may ask you to adapt your lessons for digital students. There’s more to creating a successful online course than a literal point-by-point conversion of what works in an ILT lesson plan. Not so fast! Conclusion.

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How to Plan a New Online Course, Part 2: Goals and Assessments

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Now let’s explore the process of assessing your learners’ progress to make sure your course clearly and effectively delivers its intended lessons. Key points to consider: What lectures, slides, visual aids, videos, and graphics will you include in order to support each of the learning objectives? Prerequisites. Technology.

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7 Components of High-Quality Online Content

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Back then, we read everything in the class, from e-textbooks and lectures to discussion board posts. A few simple questions online can help guide the direction of your lesson. The only interaction was typing discussion responses, writing papers, and sometimes creating a PowerPoint.

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