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Ten Rules for Writing Effective Test Questions

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Rules for Writing Effective Test

As an instructional designer, you’ll frequently have the task of assessing whether your courses have met their instructional objectives. Typically, trainers consider several parameters to judge the outcome of a course – course completion, engagement, interaction with fellow learners, assignment quality and timeliness, etc. However, a learners’ performance on tests is often an important benchmark for determining course effectiveness. How trainers and course designers develop those test questions is, therefore, critical. Testing a Broad Spectrum of Intellectual Accomplishments The key to writing effective test questions is in developing them so they assess a broad spectrum of intellectual understanding of the course content. It is important to test all six levels of that understanding, as espoused by Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis, and Evaluation …with knowledge being the lowest level of understanding, and evaluation … [Read more...] about Ten Rules for Writing Effective Test Questions

Filed Under: Instructional Design and ELearning Tagged With: E-learning Instructional Designer, effective test questions, eLearning, eLearning Authoring Tools, eLearning writing, instructional design, learners, Learning, questions, test questions, testing, tests and quizzes

How to Deal With Too Much Content and Avoid Information Overload

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Having more content than you know what to do with is a common problem. It's actually more common than having too little, with course creators beginning the process with years of research, SME input, and ideas on what their mega-course will look like.    Here are 5 things you can do if you have TOO MUCH content! #1 Keep focused on your learner What skills or knowledge are essential for their improvement? The content being added should always pass the "need to know vs. nice to know" test. If you're having trouble narrowing down what fits into each of these buckets, revisit the learning objectives and measure each chunk of content against that objective. Is it essential in helping the learner achieve the stated learning objective? If it's not, cut it from the course (but hold onto it and I'll tell you what to do with it later). #2 Deliver it like a bullet Just as you can have too many content ideas and topics, you can be too wordy on delivering them to your learner. Master the method … [Read more...] about How to Deal With Too Much Content and Avoid Information Overload

Filed Under: Instructional Design and ELearning Tagged With: Course Content Creation, eLearning course, eLearning objectives, how to avoid information overload, Learning, writing eLearning content

iSpring Suite Max Review

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iSpring Suite Max Review

At Your ELearning World, we are always looking for great solutions and easy to use eLearning authoring tools. When I learned about iSpring Suite Max, I knew I had to give it a try. Here’s an account of what I learned. Hopefully, some of you who are looking for an eLearning course authoring and publishing solution will find this information insightful. What’s It About? iSpring Suite Max is a collection of eLearning course authoring tools that allows you to design content through collaborative teamwork. With the Suite of tools available to them, design teams create e-courses that include videos, dialogue simulations, interactive quizzes and assessments, and a whole lot more. One distinctive feature of the product suite is a remarkably short learning curve. Thanks to the intuitive navigation and well-laid-out design, I was able to get productive, using my demo/trial subscription, within a short period of time.   What’s Included? iSpring Suite Max is a 3-in-one solution … [Read more...] about iSpring Suite Max Review

Filed Under: Instructional Design and ELearning Tagged With: eLearning, eLearning Authoring Tools, eLearning course, eLearning courses, eLearning objectives, iSpring Suite Max, Learning, SMEs

The Art And Science Of Building Engaging And Result-Oriented eLearning Courses

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Distance learning, online learning, remote learning, and mobile learning are extremely popular today. Today’s online learners, however, are extremely e-savvy. Therefore, when it comes to picking an online course, their expectations on value are high. What online learners are looking for isn’t just high-quality content, but also a fulfilling learning experience. And that experience starts with the sign-up process and continues even beyond the time they sent in their final assessments and feedback forms. The Value Propositions Understanding how to build engaging eLearning courses is vital to your success. In short, remote learners are looking for courses to help them understand, retain, and use the knowledge they learn. But they also want to enjoy the time they spend on the learning platform. For IDs, delivering such value lies in producing courses that meet learner expectations. As an ID, the interactions you deliver through your eLearning courses must provide learners with the … [Read more...] about The Art And Science Of Building Engaging And Result-Oriented eLearning Courses

Filed Under: Instructional Design and ELearning Tagged With: building eLearning course, eLearning, eLearning course, eLearning courses, engaging eLearning course, instructional design, instructional design for eLearning, Instructional Design for eLearning course, Learning, result-oriented course

Agile eLearning: A windfall against “Waterfall”

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ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate), a 5-step methodology in designing eLearning courseware, is commonly used in the industry. It traces its roots to the 1950’s Waterfall methodology of software design, where the development process gradually flows from one step to another, just like a waterfall. You can’t start step 2 until you’re done with step 1, and so on. As a result of new developments in how eLearning is viewed by training professionals, and significant enhancements in supporting IT and multi-media technologies, Agile methodologies have now sprung up. Agile eLearning design and development: Promotes a “parallel” way of developing courseware, as opposed to the serial Waterfall (ADDIE) approach Endorses the use of team-work as opposed to specialist roles (Designers, Developers etc.) that worked in insulation Infuses flexibility, speed and cooperation into the development process The Agile approach, which is based on short iterative full-cycles that … [Read more...] about Agile eLearning: A windfall against “Waterfall”

Filed Under: Instructional Design and ELearning Tagged With: agile, eLearning, instructional design, ISD Models, Learning

Agile Project Management for ELearning Development

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Nowadays, more and more eLearning project managers lean towards agile methodology. As opposed to traditional project management approaches, agile methods let you adjust your courses as you go based on the need. Agile project management is an iterative method of managing the design and development activities for eLearning projects. The best part about agile project management is that it embraces change even late in the development phase.   The main difference between agile and traditional approaches is that agile method reduces complexity of a project by specifying and managing small usable chunks of the project as opposed to managing the whole project at the same time. In agile method, team members handle most of the assignments, are responsible for managing their chunk of the project, and are accountable for quality control of their piece of the project.   To ensure success of any project, agile project managers are responsible for managing the team’s environment … [Read more...] about Agile Project Management for ELearning Development

Filed Under: Project Management Tagged With: agile, eLearning, instructional design, Learning, project management

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