Recently, Bryan Jones from eLearningArt invited me and 59 other eLearning people to share their single best tip for creating effective eLearning scenarios. The post is now live, and you can check it out here: 13 eLearning Scenario Tips that 60 Experts Agree On
He asked everyone this question:
What’s your #1 tip for creating effective eLearning scenarios?
And, here’s how I responded:
Our scenarios must be realistic but focused on the desired learning outcome.
Scenarios need to be challenging. The learner must have the chance to guide the scenario to an appropriate outcome—and to do so by making choices that require thought. It shouldn’t be easy.
In real life, situations are messy, and we juggle lots of things at the same time. Our scenarios must be realistic but focused on the desired learning outcome. Don’t include other things that might be going on if they aren’t critical to that outcome.
It needs to be authentic and believable. We’ll lose our audience if they can’t picture themselves in the situation.
If you want to see a summary of all 60 tips, you can check out the embedded YouTube video below:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuMWeWroKxA]
Or visit the full scenario tips post to see all the detailed responses.