Geeta Bose presented this paper on Learner Centered Methodology - A New Approach to Effective Learning at the 3rd National Seminar on ‘eLearning and eLEarning Technologies”, (ELELTECH India) November 5-6th, 2009. This seminar was organized by Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad and JNT University Hyderabad in association with Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Government of India.
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By Archana | Mar18, 2010 |
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Geeta Bose presented this paper written by Archana Narayan on Learnability Testing of Online Courses at the 3rd National Seminar on ‘eLearning and eLEarning Technologies”, (ELELTECH India) November 5-6th, 2009. This seminar was organized by Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad and JNT University Hyderabad in association with Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Government of India.
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By Archana | Jun16, 2009 |
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Have you worked on projects where you have limited access to learners? Do you roll out the course anyway? Let us first list the reasons why learner testing cannot be conducted for all projects.
- Learners may be situated halfway across the world and therefore, they are accessible only over phones/Skype/emails.
- Clients may not wish to give you direct access to their learners as they are not comfortable about this. Read more…
Audio is a crucial aspect of an elearning application. There are lots of courses that do not have audio. These courses can still be good if the learner hates audio. But audio can play an important role in learning. Audio:
- Sets the tone for your course. If the audio is formal, the theme of your course will be formal. If the audio is humorous, the theme of your course is light and humorous.
- Adds a personal touch by giving your course a personality. This does not apply for robot-like audio.
- Captures learner’s attention.
- Completes the learning experience.
- Reinforces learning by supplementing visuals and content. Read more…
By Archana | Oct30, 2008 |
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This post has been authored by Geeta Bose.
The objective of the approach is to design courses that help learners achieve their learning outcomes and increase the ROI of stakeholders. This research is based on proven research in human factors engineering, which has techniques, processes, and procedures to design user-centered products.
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By Archana | Oct25, 2007 |
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As promised, here’s the follow-up article on ‘Do you test your elearning courses?’. Before I proceed to explain how we conduct learnability testing at Kern, let me briefly explain the origins of this testing methodology. eLearning at Kern is highly influenced by usability. We apply design logic, contextual inquiry, usability testing, design principles typography, accessibility, and lots more to our eLearning courses. Learnability testing is inspired by usability testing. In simple words, usability testing is a controlled experiment that tests how well people use a particular product. The user performs a series of tasks while the observer watches him and takes notes. Read more…
What is testing in a typical eLearning environment?
In a typical eLearning company, testing involves several rounds of QA. To ensure that the course is error-free, these QA rounds generate numerous defect reports. But is that all that you need to test the course for? Read more…
Kern has evolved a three-step learning evaluation methodology. Unlike Kirkpatrick’s model which considers evaluation as the final step in the training development process, Kern’s evaluation model is a continuous and ongoing process. This ensures that training is continuously revised, refined, and the results of evaluation are ploughed back to make the training program more robust. Read more…
