The quality assurance practices in the elearning industry are subpar. Hadiya Nuriddin explains how to improve the quality of your eLearning.
Novice Versus Expert Design Strategies
The Expertise Reversal Effect
When designing, consider the expertise reversal effect. Instructional techniques for novices may be detrimental for experienced learners
6 Alternatives To Bullet Points in eLearning and Slides
Get Rid Of Those Text Heavy Slides
Here are six creative bullet point alternatives to use in text heavy eLearning and presentation slides. Try these ideas for your bullet point designs.
Elaboration Strategies That Benefit Learning
Making Connections to Prior Knowledge
These elaboration strategies provide ways to connect new learning to prior knowledge in order to make learning meaningful.
Using Critiques To Improve Learning Experience Design
How to Run Design Critiques for Learning Experience Design
Knowing that it is difficult to work in a vacuum, it seems that critiques should be a formal part of learning experience design. Critiques involve calling together a group of people to assess an idea while it is still a sketch, wireframe or prototype. It is not an opportunity to vent or criticize.
8 Tips to Prepare Audio Scripts for Recording
Writing and Formatting Voiceover Scripts
There are certain approaches audio scripting that will make the recording run smoothly. Here are 8 tips for preparing audio scripts.
DesignxHumanity: Adding Diverse Voices To LXD
A Conversation with Nyla Spooner
Do we talk enough about diversity, equity and inclusion in LXD? DesignxHumanity is changing the conversation and taking action.
How to Do a Quality Assurance Self-Check on Your Own eLearning
Quality Assurance Testing
Quality assurance for online training should never be skipped. Here’s how to do QA testing on your own work before you pass it on.
Instructional Designers Are Content Neutral
It’s difficult for some people to understand that instructional designers are content neutral. Here is how to work with any content.
ELC 068: Applying Social Learning Theory To Learning Design
A Conversation with Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner
I speak with Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner about the big ideas in their book, Learning to Make a Difference. They share ways that we can live and learn intentionally in a social learning context.
How Visual Clarity Affects Learning
Research on Processing Fluency
Processing fluency refers to the ease with which a person processes information. A high processing fluency benefits learning.
5 Levers Of eLearning Design
How can you continually improve the learning experiences you design? Pull these levers a bit more with every new effort.