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E-LEARNING

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Page design

If you need to develop some resources using web pages, it's worthwhile spending some time considering how it looks as well as the content! A few pointers:
  1. Try not to put too much text on one page - learners tend to be intimidated by lots of text on one page and having to do too much scrolling. If you need to incldue lots of text, consider creating it as a PDF file that learners can download and print. Or consider how the information can be 'chunked': Web Style Guide

  2. Break up the text with plenty of white space and try to keep the lines short: Web Style Guide

  3. Be careful with graphics: Don't include meaningless or distracting images! But images can be useful to illustrate key points, establish a visual theme, or render text more user-friendly. If you'd like to know more about graphics on the web, check the Web Style Guide

  4. Plan how learners will access and interact with your web resources and navigate within them: Web Style Guide

Finally, here's an over-the-top tongue-in-cheek example...

Bad Page Guide

 
More resources for designing e-learning

e-Learning development in a small tertiary education provider: Niu Sila Training

A template for assessing your own learning activity design (from JISC).

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