September eLearning Bytes: eLearning Should Be Fun

Excellent voice work isn't the only thing that can make eLearning more fun!

Here are some resources we're excited to share this month:

• Are you looking for some great ideas for voice-over work in eLearning courses? If so, check out these tips for effective eLearning voice-overs from elearningindustry.com. From ensuring the narration adds to the learning experience to keeping tone natural and conversational, well-done voice work truly elevates a course.

• Learning Solutions Magazine interviewed Hewlett Packard L&D leader, Glyn Townsend about adopting new styles of learning. Visual learning is far more effective for certain people than traditional instructor-led training; therefore, we should allow easily accessible learning that can be watched repeatedly with free navigation. One example is watching a YouTube video on home improvement projects. Watch and do, instead of just read how to.

• In 7 Reasons I Hate Your Content, Punk Learning gives readers a smart, concise list of design elements for eLearning that are essential to developing an engaging course. Mark Lassoff has these ideas, among others:

  • Don’t rely on the same old stock photos (learn to manipulate images to make them stand out and feel a little less . . . stock-y).

  • Don’t narrate onscreen text.

  • Keep it straightforward and concise.