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3 Major Theories Of Motivation That Massively Boost Engagement In eLearning Courses

eLearning Industry

Theories of motivation are physiological theories that explain a person’s reasons for engaging in a particular behavior. By leveraging these established principles, eLearning designers can create highly engaging online courses that leverage both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation factors.

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The 4 D's Of eLearning Content Modernization: From Theory To Implementation

eLearning Industry

You may have a top-notch looking course with high-quality design, superb setup and the content of these courses may be accurate and robust. But what would you do if the end-users faced issues accessing these courses because the browsers did not support Flash?

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Learning and Cognitive Load

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In a previous post, I looked at the fundamentals of cognitive load theory. Adult Learning Principles eLearning Design eLearning Development eLearning Strategy adult learning principles design elearning eLearning content eLearning course design eLearning strategy instructional design online learning rapid eLearning'

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Final Quiz Passing Score: Is The 80% Written In Stone?

eLearning Industry

Most of us set 80% as the passing score in eLearning courses. Is it something that learning specialists have arbitrarily chosen or does this magic number have any mooring in learning theory? This post was first published on eLearning Industry. What is the rationale of this figure?

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Learning And Behavior Change: Part 2

eLearning Industry

This one looks at Csíkszentmihályi's theory of flow. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. In my previous article, we explored BJ Fogg's model for behavior change.

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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

It was nearly five years ago when I started thinking about writing a book to share everything I knew about designing and developing eLearning. At the time, the mear thought of writing my own book seemed like an enormous task, and it was! In fact, it wasn’t my first time working on a book.

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What Is It That Drives Learning And How To Use It In L&D

eLearning Industry

There has been a number of learning theories that have been propounded in order to explain how learning takes place, and all of them have some takers. While some are accepted by a large number of professionals in the field of Learning and Development, others are not. Other times, theories get obsolete with time.