January eLearning Bytes
Big data doesn’t mean much without big feedback. Learn how analytics and surveys can improve your eLearning courses.
Big data is a business-world trend fighting its way into the eLearning arena. Clients are more interested in capturing data from courses than ever before. The rise of the Learning Record Store (LRS) goes hand in hand with the big data trend, although LRS implementation in organizations has been slow. EPI is actively pursuing what an LRS can provide for our clients, but in the meantime, there are other ways to harness big data. In this eLearningindustry.com post, learn about the benefits of running surveys in eLearning courses. It is a quick, simple – and immediate – way to capture feedback from learners.
While learner-provided feedback is useful to the eLearning developer, feedback to learners as they progress through a course provides great psychological reward. After all, who doesn’t have fun sharing their opinions? Information on progress is important to intrinsic motivation and encourages the learner. This shiftelearning.com article discusses how to create a good feedback system that is educational, encouraging, and empathetic.