Giving learners the flexibility to choose how and when they engage with content while using multimedia to offer the most flexibility and pathways to understanding helps you meet every learner where they.
Here’s the 6-Step Quick-Start Guide to Designing for Learner Choice to help you get there.
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👁️ Can learners access key information in more than one way?
Offer text, audio, visuals, and captions so all learners can best perceive essential content.
🧭 Is your course easy to navigate?
Provide clear navigation, structure, headings, jump-ahead options, and replay capabilities.
⏩ Can learners control pace and flow?
Chunk content, allow pause, replay, and skip functionality, and don’t set arbitrary time limits.
🔥 Are you offering flexibility in how learners consume content?
Let learners read, listen, watch, or do — choice drives access and engagement.
✍️ Do learners have multiple ways to explore the topic?
Include varied means of engagement such as scenarios, discussions, reflections, and practice activities.
🧠 Are you supporting different ways of processing complex ideas?
Break down dense information with an effective mix of narration, visuals, examples, and summaries.
Go deeper with The learner-focused 6-step cognitive load checklist.
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