Ponderings Three: Designer Elearning
Posted by scutter33 in elearning methodology, elearning-design, PonderingsI’m sure a big part of the reason why I am such a skeptic when it comes to elearning is the poor design I have seen used time after time. My journey though the internet today took me into areas concerning good instructional and interface design which I found invaluable in ensuring I don’t make the same mistakes others have made.
A great starting point for looking at instructional design is the Content Wrangler Community. Its only new but its already got links to some good resources on the effective design of learning content. I like this site so much I think I am going to use it as the focus for my first assignment.
On the lighter side I also found a great movie on how not to design a PowerPoint that, apart from being very funny, has some key design messages for elearning content makers:
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Mal
This is just great, and oh so true!
I am going to use it next week with a project team of trainers I’m working with – a number of them think PowerPoint is the best training tool since sliced cheese – to the extent of trying to teach firefighting skills using it. I’ve converted a few, but this might get my recalcitrants on board.
Thanks for the resource
Heather
As someone who presents a lot, I love it too – my PET hate is the reading out word for word of what is on the creen. I am going to show it to my students.
It amazes me that when I look at YouTube I only ever find useless stuff and everyone else finds these really cool videos. What am I doing wrong in my searching???
Thanks for sharing this!
Prue