Many researches show that visuals in eLearning courses help in enhancing the learning experience. However, indiscriminate use of visuals could mar the learning experience. If this fact is overlooked, we may end up having courses filled with too many bullets, irrelevant images, unnecessary decorative visuals which leaves learners detached and unenthusiastic about the course. http://www.commlabindia.com/visuals-effective-elearning-presentation/#video

1. Using Visuals in Elearning to
Make Learning Effective

2. Agenda
• Introduction
• How do people learn?
• Visuals and their impact on learning
• Making best use of visuals for effective eLearning
• DON’Ts while adding visuals in eLearning
• Conclusion

3. Introduction

4. ELearning is a self directed approach to learning.
Engaging the learner is of prime importance.

5. Visuals play an important role in engaging learners

6. Indiscriminate use of visuals mars
learning experience.
Ignoring this fact results in a results
in a poor outcome.

7. So what should you do ?

8. How to make use of visuals for knowledge
retention?

9. Understand how learning takes place.

10. How do people learn?

11. Learners learn by seeing, listening, or by doing.
• Visual learners
NN
• Auditory learners
• Kinesthetic learners
O

12. Learn when presented in visual form.
Like to watch videos and animations.
Visual Learners

13. Learn better when they hear.
Like videos with audio explanations.
Auditory learners

14. Like to move, do and touch to learn.
Like to move, do and touch to learn.
Kinesthetic learners

15. But how to design a course which
satisfies all the learners?
Visual learners
Auditory learners
Kinesthetic learners

16. Right, blend of all the three.

17. Visual part plays an important role. But why?

18. Visuals and their impact
on learning

19. 75% of our
learning
takes place
by vision.
Our brain by
default
imagines
picture for
words
Dominates
all senses.
Vision
precedes
speech

20. How to use visuals for effective eLearning?

21. Content decides the need for visuals and the
types of visuals to be used.
Here are
few tips…

22. Have a strong reason for using a Visual.
When
demonstrating the
working of a piece
of equipment.
To reduce textual
clutter and facilitate
easy understanding
of concepts.

23. Simple images are easier to understand.
3D images increases the cognitive overload on learners.
Have simple images

24. Illustrations are easy to remember
Real images are difficult to grasp.
Use illustrations
Illustration Real image

25. Color is a powerful visual design element.
Choice of colors depends on the content of the course.
Use of colors

26. Provides memory cues.
Facts can be remembered effortlessly.
Use visuals as memory aids

27. Online animated agents are used to engage learners.
Facts can be remembered effortlessly.
Use visuals to engage and motivate learners

28. Don’ts while adding
visuals in eLearning

29. More visuals do not mean more learning.
Too many visuals may burden the learner.
Visual overload

30. Deviate and distract learners.
Do not waste visuals for decoration purpose.
Visuals for decorative purpose

31. Irrelevant visuals confuse learners.
Visuals should be simple and relevant.
Irrelevant visuals

32. Conclusion

33. Conclusion
• Visuals play an important role in motivating
learners.
• All visuals are not effective.
• Add them depending on the type of content.
• Visuals improve the learning process.

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