Current Best Practices for Creating Effective and Palatable eLearning

Resumen

 Given the rapid growth of technology use in business and industry, there is an increasing need to research best practices for producing online learning materials. For behavior analysts, eLearning is a topic worth researching, as it can potentially merge the promise of Skinner’s teaching machines with the growing area of organizational behavior management (OBM). This paper presents an overview of some of the published research that addresses three components of generating palatable and effective eLearning: characteristics of eLearning users, the most critical components of instructional design, and how technology can be used effectively to enhance eLearning. The results show that using technology provides both aesthetic benefits through multimedia and visual effects, as well as instructional benefits that can maximize learner retention of the course material. Understanding the best practices for creating eLearning allows all of these benefits to be realized and put into action.