Comments on: Development standards for e-learning… a starting point http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/02/07/development-standards-for-e-learning-a-starting-point/ Philip Hutchison's technology journal, dedicated to exploring web technologies for website and e-learning development. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Philip Hutchison http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/02/07/development-standards-for-e-learning-a-starting-point/#comment-780 Philip Hutchison Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:53:21 +0000 http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/02/07/development-standards-for-e-learning-a-starting-point/#comment-780 that's always a tough one. how do you go from one section (or a SCO) to another? i usually do one of two methods: 1. Flow from section to section with no breaks or visual indications that the learner is in a new section. Sometimes they don't need to know and I don't want to interrupt the flow of the instruction. 2. At the end of a section, send them back to a main menu and let them select the next section. This is a good option for long courses, because it gives the learner a more natural break point... a place where they feel ok to close the course and resume later (like finishing a chapter of a book before closing it and going to bed!). The argument about page turners (are they evil or wonderful?) is also hard to deal with; I can argue for either side depending on my mood! :) Linear instruction often works well in corporate training (my world) and feels familiar to a learner, but filling a course with wall-to-wall text is boring as hell... I dont like making it and the learner sure doesn't like reading it! I prefer to find a middle ground, where the course is technically a page turner (which is easy to manage and maintain), but also has a number of interactions or activities along the way. that’s always a tough one. how do you go from one section (or a SCO) to another? i usually do one of two methods:

1. Flow from section to section with no breaks or visual indications that the learner is in a new section. Sometimes they don’t need to know and I don’t want to interrupt the flow of the instruction.

2. At the end of a section, send them back to a main menu and let them select the next section. This is a good option for long courses, because it gives the learner a more natural break point… a place where they feel ok to close the course and resume later (like finishing a chapter of a book before closing it and going to bed!).

The argument about page turners (are they evil or wonderful?) is also hard to deal with; I can argue for either side depending on my mood! :)

Linear instruction often works well in corporate training (my world) and feels familiar to a learner, but filling a course with wall-to-wall text is boring as hell… I dont like making it and the learner sure doesn’t like reading it! I prefer to find a middle ground, where the course is technically a page turner (which is easy to manage and maintain), but also has a number of interactions or activities along the way.

]]> By: cole http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/02/07/development-standards-for-e-learning-a-starting-point/#comment-771 cole Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:40:47 +0000 http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/02/07/development-standards-for-e-learning-a-starting-point/#comment-771 What are your thoughts about multiple navigation based on content organization levels? For instance. Within a learning-step, there are multiple scenes which are viewed in a linear fashion. Therefore to go from scene to scene, continue buttons are utilized. At the end of the last scene in a learning step, the user is prompted to click the next button, which then has a glow fading in and out, to proceed to the next learning-step. This has been my practice for about 3 years. But, in the last few weeks, many questions have arisen as to the best approach to take, without going as far as a page turner. Hopefully this isn't too obscure. I look forward to your thoughts. cole What are your thoughts about multiple navigation based on content organization levels?

For instance. Within a learning-step, there are multiple scenes which are viewed in a linear fashion. Therefore to go from scene to scene, continue buttons are utilized. At the end of the last scene in a learning step, the user is prompted to click the next button, which then has a glow fading in and out, to proceed to the next learning-step.

This has been my practice for about 3 years. But, in the last few weeks, many questions have arisen as to the best approach to take, without going as far as a page turner.

Hopefully this isn’t too obscure. I look forward to your thoughts.

cole

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