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June 28, 2021

Novices and experts

An important step at the start of course development is analysing the target group, which among other things gives us information about the learners' prior level of knowledge.

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June 16, 2021

The myth of learning styles

We have probably all come across the theory of learning styles in one form or another. Visual, auditory, verbal, analytic, holistic — we could go on listing the names of the…

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June 2, 2021

Humour? Don't make me laugh!

A very interesting study from 2018 featured in the Learning Science Weekly newsletter, examining the effect of humour on the learning process. San Bolkan and his fellow…

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May 26, 2021

Cognitive load theory

However exciting the ideas above may sound at first, if my goal is still to convey knowledge and not to win an Oscar for best visual effects, then these solutions are better…

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May 13, 2021

Spare us the canned feedback

Interactivity is an essential part of an e-learning course, because without active participation and engagement the learning process cannot be effective. If the learner has to…

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March 4, 2021

How to write good test questions

Examining how effective the method really is would deserve a post of its own, so for now let us settle on this: if this format is so widespread, we should put as much thought…

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