topic, module, and course. Their purpose is to quickly state the key points from that section before moving on to the next topic or module.
Summary slides are typically presented in bullet point format. They can include links back to specific sections in the module to help learners refresh their understanding of one or more key points.
Resource slides provide post-course support for your learners. These slides are typically found at the end of each topic, module, or course. They can also be included in resource tabs on the player so learners can view them on-demand.
Typical resources included are:
As a course designer, you have unlimited options for combining e-learning elements in your courses. Your experience level, combined with expectations for your course and learners, will influence many of your choices. And if you’re a new e-learning designer, try covering these common elements to start. Good luck! Leave a comment or post in the forums if you have any other questions about these e-learning elements or want to share ideas for combining them in unique ways.
If you are aiming at creating an effective and engaging course, you need to focus on one main aspect: Relevance. Prior to developing the online course, you need to ask yourself whether the course is relevant to your learners. Does the course offer what learners are looking for? Right from designing the GUI to presenting the content, every element you include should address the issue of relevancy.
Relevancy is also important in a way that it decreases the cognitive load on learners because if the data is relevant, it is easy to relate to a learner’s life.
We have always focused on the relevancy and today with my blog post, I would like to share few relevancy ideas that goes a long way in creative an effective eLearning course.
Relevancy idea #1: Focus on clear course objectives:
Being aware of the importance of relevancy, how relevant the course is to your learners should be obvious within a few minutes of your course. Your learners find the course relevant if something useful is taught to them or if the content can address their concerns. So set up clear course objectives even in the beginning and tell them how they would benefit after taking the course. Your learners would always want to know ‘What’s in store for them’ or whether it is worth taking the course. Setting up clear course objectives would help address this concern and give them reason to continue.
Relevancy idea #2: Incorporate a relevant and effective design
As stated earlier, every element of the course should focus on relevancy. It is important that even the design should be relevant and should enhance the learning experience. E-Learning courses that have a professional and attractive look are more relevant to learners. They set up an attractive atmosphere for learning. Remember, the templates that you choose for your course should also match the content. For example, an e-learning course explaining about drugs can have a template containing tablets in the banner. Take a look at the screenshot below.
Relevancy idea #3: Make your course content actionable
Learners devote their time for learning because they’re surely looking forward to learn something important; something that they can put into practice and something that can enhance their knowledge. To accomplish this, first ask them questions based on their existing knowledge of the content and give them the assurance that they will be able to fulfill their learning requirements at the end of the course. Create scenarios and ask them how they would deal if they come across such situations in their workplace. This approach would naturally attract learners to the course. Take a look at the screenshot below.
Relevancy idea #4: Include a scenario
Learners learn better if they are provided with examples or scenarios that match their real-life situations. So scenario-based learning is again an effective way to accomplish the concept of relevancy. A scenario is essentially a story that is accompanied by an environment, characters and the problem that ch