The Holy Trinity of Effective eLearning: Usability, Utility and Desirability

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Will learners gain more clarity of the subject? Can learners easily find what they're looking for? Do interactive elements behave as expected? Are all links working? Is your material readable? Can they quickly perform tasks? Will learners actually find it useful? Is it easy to navigate? Is navigation straight-forward? Will learners know they're on the right track? Does your material acknowledge goal completion? Is the content tailored to fit learners' real-life situations? Useful Usable desirable The Holy Trinity of Effective eLearning Is it Useful? Is it usable? Is it desirable? Does your course appeal to their emotions? Does your course attract to and influence learners?

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Usability, along with utility and desirability, unlocks the key to effective eLearning courses. By following these three essential principles, course developers are able to create great learning experiences for learners of all types.

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Will learners gain more clarity of the subject?

Can learners easily �nd what they're looking for?

Do interactive elements behave as expected? Are all links working?

Is your material readable?

Can they quickly perform tasks?

Will learners actually �nd it useful?

Is it easy to navigate? Is navigation straight-forward?

Will learners know they're on the right track?

Does your material acknowledge goal completion?

Is the content tailored to �t learners' real-life situations?

Useful Usable desirable

The Holy Trinity of Effective eLearning

Is it Useful?

Is it usable?

Is it desirable?Does your course

appeal to their emotions?Does your

course attract to and influence

learners?