If you look on the history of eLearning industry, then you will realize that this industry is not safe from the rapid changes. It is fact that change in all humans is necessary and it cannot be avoid and same is the case of the technology. Technology comes and when it time passes it goes in no time. At the same way pedagogy strategies comes and go. At the same way the eLearning courses designs and development ideas comes and goes. As discussed above, changes are important to perform in each aspect of the real life. These changes cannot be ignored. Here in this article our discussion will be all about the changes that are needed for eLearning tools and designs. Here you will find that what are the tools which you need to say goodbye to them.
Some eLearning trends and practices might be very successful in the previous era, but they may need to be on side in current times for some justifiable reasons. Here the question arises that why such changes occurs? Yes, this is due to the reason that the changeable user experience and demands causes bringing changes in these eLearning tools. For example, if you look on the past of eLearning then you will realize that in past there were limited devices. But now as a developer or designer you need to use the latest tools that should match and support all the major devices that are in market. If you are not able to provide support to cross platforms your chances of success will be minimal.
Here are some trends of eLearning for design and development that you need to say goodbye to them like:
Away with the Text
In the eLearning field, there is always the need to integrate interactivity with the large number of text and other multimedia objects. The main goal of this change is to create engaging test items and to adjacent the newly introduced contents. We cannot ignore text based elements, because these are still very important to convey message through different platforms. But you also need to keep in mind that text is not the only media to send message to the end users. You are not supposed to use text each time, text can be change with:
- Some descriptive images
- Infographic contents
- Videos
- Audio
- Gamification
- Some images with animations and transitions
- Characters
- Other content
“It is a fact that content is still the main thing, but this cannot be text each time, all the content is not preferred to be in the text form. This also means that you as a designer need to convert most of the text to visuals and other interactive contents.“
Simpler LMS
Nowadays each and everything is converting to latest engaging trends. So this is not the time of simpler eLearning tools and these simpler tools cannot stress enough. LMS should not be complicated, but it should be user friendly as well as expert friendly only. Corporates are seen to have moved away from the larger and standalone systems (LMSs). Simpler LMS with supporting cross platform will be the next generation need.
Say Goodbye to Traditional Learning Sources
Latest learning trends and the growing mobile technology and dependency of end users has shifted and moved the corporate learning environment from the traditional to the advance versions. Mobile learning also called mLearning is the rising trend in the online learning world. Mobile based contents are friendly for users who use mobile and hand held devices. Nowadays this is not the time of traditional learning, but things are completely moved to mobile devices as these are easy to use and handle. Furthermore, through mobile devices it is quite simple and easy to access learning materials easily because it does not need any office or room, but where you are, you can access these with just few clicks.
