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Online Course Forum Tips

LearnDash

Many online courses today have some component of online forum for discussion about the course material. But creating an effective forum takes more than having the proper technology in place. Below are a few quick tips for generating a positive, thoughtful community for your elearning. Reference: Michaels & Associates.

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Will Learners Pay for Your Online Course?

LearnDash

Our commenter wanted to know whether a certain type of course content was still relevant, given the number of tutorials learners could find for free on the same subject on YouTube. Probably the biggest misconception about online education is that, once learners have the content, they won’t stay for the instruction. Interactive content.

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Does Your Website Need More Than a Course Grid?

LearnDash

We’ve written a lot about how to create a top-notch course, how to build community, and how to support learners as they move through your program. In this case, they may have already fleshed out the primary portion of their site, and are basically using the subdomain as a login portal to the rest of their user content.

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14 Badge Ideas to Engage and Motivate Learners

LearnDash

How to use badges to build habits, encourage socialization, and teach learners how to use your system. We’ve written before about how badges and gamification elements encourage learners to engage with a course. And, as it so happens, it’s also an excellent case study in how to use gamification to support learners in your course.

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6 Tips to Improve User Registration for Your Online Course

LearnDash

Give your learners an excellent course experience from the moment they register. Because this is the first exposure your learners will have to your content, making sure this section of your course works well is key to helping them get started. There are a few ways you can encourage your learners to secure their account.

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eLearning Learning August Top Posts

Experiencing eLearning

The eLearning Learning site got a major upgrade a few weeks ago, with a new design that has more of a magazine feel and shows more images. eLearning Learning is a great site to get a snapshot of what people are talking about in the field without being as overwhelming as subscribing to dozens of individual blogs can be.

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Online Education Is about More Than Video

LearnDash

I suspect this practice has its roots in the kind of remote courses that predated the internet—ones where learners would purchase a textbook and a series of video lectures. But the reality is that while it’s easy enough for a learner to turn on a video, staying focused enough to remember its contents afterward is more difficult.

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