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

eLearning Industry

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

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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

It was nearly five years ago when I started thinking about writing a book to share everything I knew about designing and developing eLearning. At that point, I had already co-authored several of the E-Learning Uncovered books and was well-versed in the self-publishing process.

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What Is It That Drives Learning And How To Use It In L&D

eLearning Industry

There has been a number of learning theories that have been propounded in order to explain how learning takes place, and all of them have some takers. While some are accepted by a large number of professionals in the field of Learning and Development, others are not. Other times, theories get obsolete with time.

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Experiential Learning Online: A 'How-To' Handbook

eLearning Industry

An insight into how online learning or eLearning can support experiential learning with reference to David Kolb's experiential learning theory cycle. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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The student will become the master! But how? Adapting the Feynman 3-Step Mastery Technique to Online Learning

Association eLearning

As you can see, there are many ways to help your learners achieve mastery by incorporating the Feynman technique, so don’t be afraid to get creative with your course design if you’d like to give this learning theory a whirl. Want to continue the conversation? Post your questions and comments in the forum.

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Best Practices and Strategies to Implement Experiential Learning Design

Hurix Digital

Traditional learning models are often biased toward strong memory retention and fall short of the holistic nature of learning beyond exam success. Experiential learning, a robust learning theory, emerges as a compelling alternative to traditional models.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning? Because video is, apparently, a perfect manifestation of social learning theory. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them.