Successful eLearning outcomes require clear communication between instructional designers and the learners themselves. Providing relevant and timely feedback to students as they’re in the process of learning is a critical component of ensuring that students actually remember the lessons.
Or, as George Bernard Shaw once famously said:
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
Instructional designers must therefore be diligent in developing processes for delivering the feedback they provide to their students – both for correct and incorrect responses. Simply assigning a “pass” or “fail” response will result in the illusion that feedback has been provided, but the true objective of online learning — conveying lasting knowledge — will not be accomplished.
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