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I don't win any of these awards, presumably because I do not enter the contest ;) but the awards entries can offer some indication of what works and what doesn't. In this post Clive Shepherd points to some of the elements of the more recent crop of successful e-learning. Here's his list:

  • An acknowledgement that resources matter as much as courses.
  • A much more modular approach, with content presented in small chunks.
  • A shift in emphasis from knowledge exposition to skill-building using challenging scenarios.
  • Better art direction and much more use of video.
  • Deployment through much friendlier and more usable platforms than your traditional LMS.

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