Two months ago, Tom Kuhlmann wrote a piece on the importance of thoroughly reviewing your e-learning courses before launching them. One of his key tips was to watch learners go through the course in order to understand how they experience it. Web and multimedia designers call this user experience design testing.
ZURB, a team of interaction designers and strategists, put together a guide to facilitating feedback on user design which can be implemented throughout the design process. These techniques are very useful for understanding the user experience while following an e-learning course.
References:
- Facilitating Design Critique | UX Booth | ZURB | 4 May 2010
- 10 Things to Consider Before Your E-Learning Course Goes Live | The Rapid eLearning Blog | Tom Kuhlmann | 16 March 2010
Initially published on Brandon Hall’s Workplace Learning Today
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Kristina Schneider is organizational learning and performance technologist, merging instructional and systems technology with knowledge, project and operations management. 
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