Videos are a great way of creating engaging content for an online course. You might have just finished designing some fantastic materials for your course to ensure your videos are ready to go for students to have the best learning experiences possible. However, even with great visuals and script, students may not be able to enjoy your video to its full quality if the audio is unclear. To ensure students are 100% engaged with the content, here are 5 easy tips on how to record professi... read more
Colour is a cue that gets your audience to see what you want them to see, feel what you want them to feel, and to do what you want them to do. How you use colour also affects the usability – whether people can read your content or not.
Colour has an impact on how we think and behave. It directs our eye where to look, what to do, and how to interpret something, placing content into context. It helps us decide what is important and what is not. That’s precisely why it is important to k... read more
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We are all familiar with the old saying ‘a picture paints a thousand words,’ and in many cases it’s true. When choosing the right picture to put on your course banner you need to keep in mind what words you want associated with your course.
There is no denying imagery is a very powerful medium (according to range of statistics found here) Some facts:
Imagine you are a software engineer working on developing a new app. You are really excited, your app has been released, people download and use it. The next step is to verify and evaluate the app to know how consumers rate it and based on this data, how you can make it even better!
Running an online course is a similar process. Once you design and create the course, one of your goals is to find out if the course objectives meet the course outcomes. In other words, if your students l... read more
So you’ve created a course on OpenLearning. You’ve set up each module, wiki page, video, and activity to be interactive and engaging. Now all that’s left is to make sure you really capture students’ attention and get them to join your course. How do you do that? The answer is relevant, attention-grabbing graphics.
This blog post will tell you how to use basic graphic design and typography to your benefit in your OpenLearning course.
In your OpenLearning course you can add a customise... read more
So you finally have everything set up and you are ready to teach! But hey, wait a second, you need students for that…
Have no fear - chances are that between your network of people and our platform, you can reach enough people to create a live and rich community of online engaged learner. For FREE!
Here are our 5 top tips for harnessing the power of your existing network of people to help you spread the word about your new and exciting Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).
An important concept to think about as a teacher is how people learn best.
Think back to a time when you learnt something. Not when you sat in a lecture theatre and passively listened to an expert talk on a subject, or when you crammed for an exam (only to forget the information immediately after the test). That is passive learning. The student isn’t doing anything but listening; they aren’t involved in the learning process. Passive learning disempowers the student and makes the teac... read more
Online learning shouldn’t be ‘lonely’ experience. While many people know and don’t like this, very few platforms have been able to solve it. The question then is how has OpenLearning shifted this experience from a lonely to a social experience? The answer is through a focus on community.
Traditional learning platforms give a sense of a lack of presence or regular activity. They have been built with very little ways to allow students to interact and express their identity, ideas, and ... read more
But rest assured you can still make a great video students will want to watch on a shoestring budget.
Here is a quick guide on how to create an engaging video for your course landing page.
While you can create beautiful, perfectly-edited videos using the most amazing locations, it is ... read more
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