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

Association eLearning

Look for things that grab your attention or that you end up voluntarily trying more than once. If you can get someone to feel, you have their attention. Stocking the break room with hand sanitizer and some vitamin C-rich snacks might though. Give your learners something to look forward to! Motivation is incredibly important.

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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. Learners can sense stock photography from a mile away. But illustrations might.

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6 Tips to Create Engaging Presentations for Your Online Classrooms

Raptivity

Attention spans are too short, and you might lose your audience right at the start. A picture definitely speaks a thousand words. If you have an image subscription, well and good, else look out for a royalty free stock library like Pexels and Pixabay. They are my favorite image libraries for free stock photos.

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6 Visual Design Tips to Make Your Course More Effective

LearnDash

If you’re trying to remember what you learned, recalling the picture that was on the page when you read it can help. It shouldn’t be just any picture, however. The picture should be relevant to the content, even if it’s a little abstract. Just as importantly, it’s worthwhile to invest in attractive images.

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Presentation storytelling with visuals of people

BrightCarbon

If ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’, how much value do visuals of people in our presentations have? We also know that part of the decision-making process happens in our visual cortex, so images are a great way to grab attention, communicate ideas quickly and inspire action. Well, rather a lot actually. When used well….

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How to tell better stories with imagery

BrightCarbon

Saying that images are key tools for visual communication may seem obvious, but it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of using pretty pictures in a presentation simply because they’re pretty. No matter how well it tells your story, if a picture is grainy, it will distract your audience. Images can be so much more than decoration!

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