Using Case Studies/Scenarios for New Application Training

When you have to get people to use a new product/application, there are definitely some challenges because the new product/application will bring a drastic change in the way they work.  If the orientation to the new product/application is not done properly, people will simply be confused and resist using the product/application, no matter how beneficial [...]

Why You Should Have User Centric Tutorials for Software Products

When you create tutorials  for a software product, it is very natural to capture the following: Description about the product features All tasks that one can do with each of the product features Steps to complete each of the tasks Most software product tutorials are product feature centric. Here is an example  of a product feature centric tutorial [...]

Tips to Build Scenarios for Your Scenario Based E-learning Course

Building effective scenarios is a major challenge in designing a scenario based e-learning course. The challenge lies in building scenarios that are: Realistic ( Based on day to day activities of the learners) Relevant (Learners must be able to relate to the scenarios) Precise ( Scenarios cannot be long winding) Sensible ( Scenarios must have [...]

What is a Scenario Based E-learning Course?

by ruparajgo | Create your own Cartoon at www.toondoo.com This post is for the benefit of fresh Instructional Designers who want to learn about scenario based e-learning courses. To begin with let me try and explain what a scenario based e-learning course is. Scenario based e-learning courses use real life situations to teach the subject. [...]