Why Most eLearning Fails: How to Design eLearning That Delivers Results

Description: Let’s admit it: most eLearning just plain sucks! The sad reality is that most eLearning courses require learners to sit through a disappointing experience, where information is poorly-organized, the content isn’t relevant, and the interactions seem contrived and without purpose. This is compounded even more when the slideshow-like presentation is interrupted with several poorly-written quiz questions and cheesy animations to make it all seem “fun.”

In this session, you will explore many of the reasons why most eLearning fails and the components that contribute to bad eLearning design. You will also explore how bad eLearning design can negatively affect the learning experience. Finally, this session will walk you through several practical methods you can immediately apply to fix your bad eLearning courses.

During this session, participants will be able to...

1. Determine when eLearning is and is not the answer.
2. Design performance-based eLearning interactions.
3. Explain why good eLearning requires more than instructional design.
4. Distinguish the difference between knowledge-based vs. performance-based eLearning.

Speaker: Tim Slade is a speaker, author and award-winning freelance eLearning designer. Tim has been recognized and awarded within the eLearning industry multiple times for his creative and innovative design aesthetics. He has spent the last decade working to help others elevate their eLearning and visual communications content. Tim is a regular speaker at international eLearning conferences, a recognized Articulate Super Hero, author of The eLearning Designer's Handbook and creator of The eLearning Designer's Academy.