Cues that You Need an Image Instead of Text

In many circles, eLearning has a bad reputation as a text dominated page-turner. Although instructional designers realize that images can enhance learning efficiency and effectiveness, many miss opportunities to replace text with meaningful images. This article suggests three cues that prompt the use of images instead of text.

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5 Ways to Tell Stories in eLearning

Training professionals promote storytelling as a way to engage learners and relay tacit knowledge. Although storytelling is a skill that many inherently possess, instructional designers often struggle to incorporate stories into eLearning lessons. This article describes five approaches to designing a story into eLearning.

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Visual Storytelling: Lessons from Slide:ology

A graphic can be an effective way to illustrate a concept, summarize data, or create a focal point within a sea of text. This is true for magazines, presentations, eLearning – just about any communication tool, really. Slide:ology, a book by Nancy Duarte, offers an inspiring and informative crash course on visual design. This articles summarizes lessons learned from the book and points out how its principles do (and sometimes don’t) apply to eLearning design.

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