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In this week’s e-learning heroes challenge, the task is to use slide numbers, or progress, in e-learning courses. Showing learners where they are in the course, and how much they have to go, is a good way to help them both orient themselves as well as organise their time and plan how and when…
This week’s E-learning Heroes challenge asked designers to come up with creative ways to gamify e-learning courses using badges, awards and achievements. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I take great pride in finding and fixing typos and spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, and pointing out the fact that I have done so.…
Animation in e-learning can help get concepts and ideas across to learners as well as add visual interest. Last week’s E-learning Heroes challenge was exactly that—using educational animations. Reduce, recycle, reduce OK, I don’t think this is what the slogan means, but, for this challenge I decided to re-use the first interaction I built…
This week, e-learning heroes are asked to come up with a a creative way to let learners know how they performed in a quiz or assessment with a custom results slide. You may have seen many e-learning courses where, after completing the assessment, learners are presented with… this: I wanted to do something that…
OK, maybe not everything, but when it comes to e-learning courses, I am really into custom slides and custom players. Sure, it’s more work and the budget doesn’t always allow it, but it’s so worth it. That’s why I was thrilled with Dave Anderson’s new e-learning heroes challenge: Designing custom feedback and results slides…
I was so excited to see that this week’s E-learning Heroes Challenge was to create a Choose your own learning adventure style interaction. Growing up I used to love these books. How cool was it to get to *an* end, and then be able to change your destiny? Branching scenarios At the core of…
Checkout Interaction A couple of years ago I was sub-contracted to develop 3 out of 15 levels of a gamified e-learning program for a major supermarket chain. The program was to train supermarket cashiers in how to operate the chain’s new checkout system—a fully touch-screen system complete with many, many buttons. They had to do it…
E-learning that rocks I’ve been busy so haven’t had heaps of time to participate in Dave Anderson’s weekly e-learning challenges lately. However, when I saw the topic for this week, I simply could not resist: E-Learning Röck Band Challenge! The task is “to design an interactive graphic or micro site for your (fictitious) e-learning…
Blurred images I remember the not-so-good-‘ol days pre-digital cameras when you had to aim really carefully and make sure no one was moving to get a good photograph without any blur. Those days are well and truly over, with happy snaps being taken 24/7, left, right and centre. Blurred pic? No worries, there’s a…
Create-your-own-challenge I love movies. When I watch a movie at home I inevitably have a sketch pad with me so I can sketch out visual designs and aesthetics I like. I make notes about how I could use a certain effect or shot, or whatever it is, in e-learning. So, when David Anderson set…
