Your approach to instructional design can influence your students’ experience. This influence is direct. It can affect students’ engagement level with your content. It can even determine whether they continue the course. Students who quit their courses negatively affect your revenue. So, it is easy to see why quality instructional design is important in your…
While elearning has been on the rise in recent years, there are still many challenges that the online education world faces, often based on student retention. Between the busy schedules of people who often choose to pursue a degree online to maintaining the motivation to keep up with lessons, there is often a sharp attrition…
Online courses represent some of the most accessible and potentially comprehensive learning available. Whether they come in the form of free online courses or classes from a university, online learning is extremely popular. However, online classes are meant to be more than assignments and reading without interaction; they need to be personal. Taking these steps…
One of the most common issues faced by learners in online courses is a lack of engagement and personalized learning. To many learners the digital classroom can feel impersonal, and they may not receive as much from the instruction as they would in a real classroom environment. Because of this many educational institutions in the…
Online and distance education has been growing in popularity in recent years as many Learners realize that it is more convenient than most traditional classroom settings and with the proper development can be just as rewarding and engaging as learning in these more traditional settings. One distinct advantage of online learning is that it is…
While there is much focus on the bonding relationship between student and teacher in higher learning institutions, there seems to be less focus on bonding between students. The former, of course, is just as important as the later, but the later seems to be largely ignored as a whole. Why? Because learning institutions generally leave…
The use of stories in teaching dates back to antiquity, and even today, many people find it easier to grasp lessons when they are made more relatable through the use of stories and real-life examples. Stories can often be used alongside traditional methods of teaching to augment the experience and to turn abstract concepts into…
Quality instruction is one of the biggest complaints across a variety of higher education institutions. Highly skilled professionals often have a unique skill set that may not include the ability to pass on information in a traditional learning environment. This challenge is magnified by online learning environments, which tend to reduce the amount of one-on-one…
Online instruction is becoming increasingly popular, but can it measure up to face-to-face teaching in terms of quality? While there are some important differences between online and face-to-face instruction, both modes of teaching are able to deliver a high-quality learning experience to students. Here are some of the key differences between the two types of…
In some form or another, human beings have created and taken part in games for millenia. The rules and details may change, but one thing has remained true since antiquity: people love games. Games take away from the tedium of everyday life, and turning routine tasks into games can make them more enjoyable. When played…