6 Main Things To Think About Before Having Your Amazing E-learning Platform Developed.

The E-learning platform is a space or portal filled with educational content and/or live instruction on a particular subject or many different topics.

Source: https://www.idtech.com/blog/what-is-an-online-learning-platform

Here are amazing tips that you have to take into consideration before opening an online platform.

1. Think about your audience.

Which prerequisites they may need to fulfil the study program that you are going to offer them. 

What kind of software they have or will need to have so that your course or study program works well on their devices.

2. Think about your content.

This should be the content of high quality. Avoid making your course too long.

According to different researches, the optimum length of the module should be no more than 8-9 pages. 

If you give a video course, divide it into short videos. Each of them should be no longer than 15 minutes.

Make your content easy to read by dividing it into several subtopics. 

You can use the images and graphics. However, don't place too much as it can be frustrating for the learner. 

To keep the learner's interest, you can integrate the interactive parts on every third page. 

It is a proved fact that we are learning something better if we are engaged emotionally. So make sure you have implemented emotional and entertaining elements in your course. This can be storytelling or games for example.

It is recommended to apply such elements on every third page.

Analyze beforehand which types of emotionally engaging activities your audience may like. 

3. Think about your website's design

Make sure that

- there are no frustrating elements in your website's design

- there is enough white space around the text

- the navigation is easy

- there is consistency in all the elements used on your platform

-the information on your website can be found easily. You can add bullets or numbers while giving some points on a particular subject. Grouping the information into small logical parts will also make the reading easier.

4. Consider the learner's engagement. 

It is vitally important to provide the learner with engagement opportunities. Engagement helps to learn by making the process easier.

What can be done here?

- Use hyperlinks for providing extra information and more explanations on a particular topic

- Use animations for better memorising 

- Prepare tests for each module or learning block, make sure that these tests are not so difficult and give the learner the feeling of progress and success.

- Give the information of different types including video and audio, it will improve the information memorizing and assimilation by the learner.  

 -Add funny exercises and games

5. Add customer service help

As there should be someone who will help with troubleshooting and who can simply help and guide the learner with the course information. 

6. Make sure that your website is suitable for different devices. Nowadays we start using our mobile phones more than laptops. So make sure you have a responsive website design. 

Sources used: 

https://medium.com/@zenesyslabs/5-core-components-of-an-e-learning-platform-88f90e669a39

https://www.google.com.tr/amp/s/www.game-learn.com/5-elements-best-online-learning-platforms-have-in-common/

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