Summary: Learning is more effective and enjoyable if information is easy to access. 3
People have a limited capacity to take in new information. 6
Learners can process more information when the learning combines verbal and visual information. 7
Imagery should support the learning, not distract from it. 8
Consistent navigation makes elearning easier and more efficient. 9
Colours should be kept to a minimum and used judiciously. 10
Text must be legible and content accessible. 11
Avatars can make complex learning tasks less intimidating and support learning that will benefit from demonstration. 13
Learning is more effective and enjoyable if information is easy to access.
Look for opportunities to simplify the effort required
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• Use animation and video only to explain how something changes over time or space.
• Use mnemonics and acronyms only when the learning objective is strictly memorization.
• Use screen captures or detailed imagery only when realism makes the lesson clearer.
People have a limited capacity to take in new information.
The amount of mental processing power needed to absorb new content has a profound impact on a person’s ability to learn.
1. Balance the learning between visual and verbal information to prevent cognitive overload in any one area. Learners process visual information and verbal information differently and they can only process so much through each channel.
2. Avoid using more than two learning elements at a time (text, image, animation, video or narration). You might combine text plus visual, text plus narration or visual plus narration, but you would not combine visual, plus narration, plus text.
Learners can process more information when the learning combines verbal and visual information.
1. In elearning, use narration to transfer some of the content to the verbal channel.
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A photograph needs to tell a story. Consistent navigation makes elearning easier and more efficient.
While it is tempting to create a custom look and feel for each elearning course, the goal is to make navigation effortless.
1. Ensure navigation is straightforward, clearly structured and intuitive, regardless of the eLearning navigation style you use. This lets the learners focus on the elearning content rather than on how to navigate through it.
2. Standardize your elearning navigation design for consistency between modules and courses so that experienced learners arrive at the learning already knowing what to do. http://elearningindustry.com/effective-elearning-navigation-5-key-principles
3. Provide clear navigation instructions at the beginning of the elearning course and throughout as appropriate, and make sure that a “Help” button/resource is visible on every page.
4. Use transition statements often to keep the learner oriented to where they are in the module, the process or the system.
Colours should be kept to a minimum and used judiciously. • Follow the 60-30-10 rule: rather than using an equal amount of each colour, divide colour use into 60 percent, 30 percent and 10
It is hard to navigate the site of this online class. I am going to contact the professor or my fellow students and ask for recommendations on better navigation
Great outline and arranging, while pivotal for each kind of training system, are significantly more imperative for e-learning tasks (Asirvatham, Venkatachalam, & Kapa, 2013). In traditional training, the biggest exertion is in the conveyance of training sessions, while in e-learning, it is in the configuration and development of organized materials, which must act naturally contained and ready to be utilized various times without making progressing alterations. There are numerous instructional frameworks outline models, a large portion of which are based on well-known ones, for example, the ADDIE model, which is diagrammed beneath. The ADDIE model incorporates five stages: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.
Use this completed guide to assist you when completing the “Navigating the Online Learning Environment Quiz” due at the end of Module 1.
Discuss what you’ve learned in the course, explain how what you’ve learned fulfills your program outcomes, and indicate which course assignments met which outcomes.
students who have been trained to use guided notes will be able to generalize the information
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One strategy to be a successful student is to follow directions. Students think they’re experts on following until they’re told how to follow them correctly. Following direction has to be motivated no forced onto a student. The process of following directions can often be misunderstood and is much harder than it seems.
In the first journal entry it was revealed that I am a visual learner, thus in order to further improve the quality of my learning abilities new strategies have been established. As a result, I include illustrations in some of my notes, pay attention to body language, utilize flashcards while reviewing information and make sure to study where there are no distractions. It is for this reason that I have been able to understand most of the lectures and recitation packets without any issues. However, there is still room for improvement, as I still require a visual aid in order to fully understand a concept, thus I plan on paying special attention to graphs, charts, and diagrams during class. In addition to this, over the years I have learned that
In order to thoroughly teach the client the nurse will have to asses which learning style will work best for the client. The learning styles include visual, auditory, and kinetic learning. A combination may be most beneficial for the client so it is important that the nurse have a teaching techniques ready for each learning style.
Hearing key words several times in relation to what is going on (the "context" of the learning situation) really helps cement the learning.
Throwing information at readers without explanation may prove to be more difficult for learners. Cathy Birkenstein and Gerald Graff do an impeccable job of relaying the information on templates while using
Creating an effective learning course requires that you know a little about your audience. Depending on the profile of the course taker, you can tailor the content accordingly.
The world is composed of more than seven billion individuals. With the large number of inhabitants that are on Earth, people are bound to have differences between them. One area where differences can be seen among individuals is their ability to learn information efficiently and effectively. A publication from North Carolina State University called Learning Styles and Strategies written by Richard Felder and Barbra Soloman, discusses the various learning styles and strategies that people use in order to understand material, and how those styles vary depending upon the individual.
Designing a course can seem overwhelming. Even more so, designing a course that effectively involves and stimulates students can seem downright impossible. As an award-wining educator (student voted), I’ve constructed this guide to walk you through the process of creating interactive courses for any subject matter and via any instructional method (i.e., face-to-face, online, etc.).
Designing learning is one of the most decisive phases in the life cycle of a course or learning unit. The main idea behind this phase is to maximize the probability of developing good quality learning/instruction. This requires accurate description of all components on which is based the educational process and whose interaction contributes to achieving the educational purpose of the unit. These components include roles, educational resources, learning environment, activities involved in the educational process, and all elements and factors that determine the success of the teaching / learning process. Usually it is up to the teacher, instructional designer, or generally teacher-designer to describe the learning unit before or after its actual course.