Scoopit Blog – Instructional designers need to understand

Instructional designers need to understand that content and visual design play a critical role in providing the best learning experience for students and in the success of eLearning. Engaging content and aesthetically pleasing design contribute to your approach to e-learning and encourage student, instructor, and other learners to engage with the learning material. Whether you want your employees to understand safety precautions when operating equipment, or you want to teach them different techniques to increase your customer base, all of these goals can be achieved with well-organized and structured content presented in training materials in simple and easy-to-understand language. Well-designed, visually interesting, interactive and personalized eLearning content helps engage different parts of the learner’s brain, reducing cognitive load and increasing learner attention span. Let’s take a closer look at the importance of design and content in creating an engaging eLearning course. Good design is essential in eLearning because it solves specific problems for learners and encourages them to take action and acquire more knowledge than expected. Many academic institutions and learning centers that previously hesitated to change their traditional approach to learning have no choice but to turn to online platforms. Relevant concise and visually appealing content ignites students’ curiosity and encourages them to delve deeper into the concept. Let’s take a closer look at how content can make a big difference in eLearning. Using appropriate visuals, audio-visual clips, diagrams, and infographics makes it easier to understand complex theories or concepts and makes learning engaging. E-Learning has the opportunity and potential to bring world-class teaching and learning to every corner of the world. To make a lasting impression on students, it is important to provide high quality instruction. The centuries-old traditional classroom learning industry has undergone a paradigm shift, and online learning has become the new norm overnight. Instructional designers can leverage these attributes by creating eLearning courses that engage students.