Most courses on the web fall into one of the following classifications:
Class 1: Narrated PowerPoint
PowerPoint is not eLearning. It is a presentation online (yes, it is still just a presentation online even if you add audio and make it an automatic Flash presentation).
- Does not adhere to best of breed web characteristics.
- What would you think if you went to a web site that was made out of PowerPoint?
- An average student stays on a PowerPoint2Flash presentation 2 to 5 minutes while they stay on a web course that adhere to the principles discussed in this course 25 minutes to an hour.
- Students on average score 20% higher when taking a web based course then watching a PowerPoint2Flash presentation.
(yes - the instructional design in a web based courses makes a difference)
- Class 2: Daisy chained web or graphic pages
- Does not adhere to best of breed web characteristics.
- Is just a fancier version of PowerPoint.
- Class 4: Rapid eLearning
- Can be very effective if it adheres to the principles laid out in this course.
- Class 3: Traditional eLearning
- If done right is great, but can be very expensive.
