The document provides guidance on creating engaging e-learning courses. It notes that e-learning is often boring due to an overuse of bullet points and a lack of good presentation, balanced color scheme, suitable feedback, purpose, concept and layout. The document emphasizes that the human memory can only hold 3 items at once, so courses need to engage learners and use various visual and interactive elements to maintain attention. It recommends defining a clear purpose and concept, using an innovative design, interactive media, harmonious colors, and feedback to track learner progress. The overall message is that e-learning courses need emotions, fun, multitasking elements, and a storytelling approach to develop goals that are relevant and engaging for learners.

1. Creating engaginge-learning course

2. Instructional designer’s dream: e-learning = ENGAGEMENT!

3. But moreoftenformula of failure works:e-learning = bullet points = BORING!

4. A lot of people are killed by bulletpoints right now!

5. According to recent researchE-learning doesn’t kill people

6. People are killed by other people

7. Not intentionally

8. But regularly 1234

9. Reasons? Lack of:Good presentation

10. Balanced color scheme

11. Suitable feedback Purpose Concept Good layout 142536

12. Vicious circle

13. That’s the question!WHYdevelopedbad andboring e-learning courses?

14. Characteristics of memoryLike needle’s eye our shirt term-memory can held only 3 items simultaneously.If more – we could notlearn. If don’t use what we have learnt during30 minutes, we lose it.Have you kept it in mind when you developed your last course?

15. Bad and boring e-learning formula:““TESTCaterpillarTextText + PictureTextOops...

16. Deadliest mistakes?

17. Brain aneurysms – he had to read every word on slide.

18. Visualfatigue - she fall asleep and could not wake up.

19. Eyestrain– She tried to read each slide with 9 pt font.

20. To much of a text – one more victimof bad e-learning.

21. No purpose… No emotions… No engagement… death by e-learning course.

22. MURDER WEAPONS: Purpose not defined.

23. Flat linear course structure and no story.

24. No taste,bad graphics.

25. No sound, no video, no interactivity.

26. Inharmonious colors.

27. Boring feedback test as usual.123456

28. Main question: HOW to develop goodand interesting e-learning courses?

29. How good e-learning works?Relevant goal creates engagement Engagement keeps attention Attention creates action123

30. Are there EMOTIONSin your course?

31. Are there FUN in your course?

32. Is your course МULTITUSKING?Does your course help company?Does your course help EMPLOYEE ?

33. Course is intermediary between you and learner. Course can help you to show your attitude to something learner is going to know. Try to make course as human and honest as possible.

34. That’s cool!That’s funny!You can share your attitude this way.Steve Jobs, AppleBill Gates, Microsoft