6 eLearning Lessons We Learned from a Galaxy Far Far Away…

In honor of May the Fourth, we sat down and watched all the Star Wars we could sit through. During that potato chip fueled marathon, it dawned on us that many of the characters in this classic series have some great perspectives on eLearning.

“Size matters not.”

A course doesn’t have to be an hour long if you don’t have an hour of material to fill it.

“I thought these things smelled bad on the outside!”

If a course stinks from the get-go, it’s probably a good indicator that the innards aren’t exactly potpourri. Discerning learners are definitely going to pick up on this, so don’t just take a bunch of bad ideas, throw them together, and hope they cancel each other out.

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent

Just because you have an authoring tool, that doesn’t mean you know how to make good eLearning. It’s difficult to learn when you’re too busy laughing at the teacher.