Creativity within Constraints

Presented by Kevin Gumienny

Too often, the focus of elearning design is on the latest exciting, innovative, and flashy animation or activity. Using ever more complex interactions is often justified by the need to maintain learner engagement in a fast-paced training environment.

What’s often overlooked in this approach is the cost, both to the learner—flashy doesn’t equal effective, and innovative doesn’t guarantee immersion—and to the organization—time spent designing and programming complex interactions is time that’s not spent on the next project.

This presentation explores simple elearning interactions that can be quickly developed which will nevertheless grab learners and hold their attention. We’ll touch on theory and research that shows how learners learn. We’ll discuss the benefits of using templates and pattern libraries to design simple, elegant, and functional interactions. And we’ll explore the idea that while templates constrain us, we can find creativity within those constraints and develop effective elearning that’s a proven hit with learners. Resources referenced during the presentation follow.

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Resources for Simplified and Engaging Elearning

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