Encourage Reflection Using Learning Journals in E-Learning #516

Using Learning Journals in E-Learning #516: Challenge | Recap

🏆 Challenge of the Week

This week, your e-learning challenge is to design an interaction that asks learners to reflect on what they just learned. 

In most e-learning courses, it’s easy for learners to rush through content without absorbing it. That’s where reflection comes in.

Whether it’s a one-sentence takeaway or a real-world connection, even a brief pause can make learning stick. This week’s challenge is all about helping your learners pump the brakes just long enough to turn information into insight.

🎯 Challenge Goals & Objectives

• Try adding short speedbumps for reflection moments into your courses
• Explore ways to reinforce learning without adding development time
• Practice using open-ended prompts to deepen engagement

🚀 Tips for Getting Started

Here are some ways to approach this week’s learning journal challenge:

• Ask a question: Prompt learners with a single question like “What would you do?” or “How would you apply this in your day-to-day work?”
• Use a text entry fields: Let learners type in a reflection box and optionally email it to themselves for later review.
• Borrow from past challenges: Draw inspiration from past challenges like  decision-making scenarios, or micro-interactions that prompt learners to reflect or respond.

⚒️ Authoring Tools

You’re welcome to use any authoring tool you’d like this week. If you’re short on time, try quickly mocking up your ideas using PowerPoint, Figma, or your favorite graphics app.

Rise 360 Users: You can still participate. Check out Alyssa's tutorial on embedding external content into Rise to create your journal. 

🙌 Share Your E-Learning Work

You put in the effort, now make sure your work gets seen:

• Personal blog: If you have a blog, please write about your example from this week’s challenge and share the link with your submission.
• Social media: Please share your examples on LinkedIn and mention both David & Articulate using the #ElearningChallenge tags so we can help promote your work.
• Support your peers: With the new submission format, you can comment directly on each example. Try leaving helpful feedback on at least three projects this week
• Community forums: Feel free to cross-post in the forums to give your work even more visibility.

🎉 Last Week’s E-Learning Challenge:

Before reflecting on this week’s challenge, tune in to last week’s recap to see (and hear) how your fellow challengers used audio to encourage active listening in e-learning.

 

 

Using Audio in E-Learning #515: Challenge | Recap

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📆 Upcoming E-Learning Challenges and Supporting Webinars

• Challenge #517 (08.01): Back to basics week with tabs interactions. 
• Challenge #518 (08.08): Creating Performance Meters in Storyline 360. 
• Challenge #519 (08.15): Customer Service Training in Rise 360. AlyssaGomez​ is teaching a live class August 12 on this topic.
• Challenge #520 (08.22): Using variables to personalize e-learning. I'm teaching a live class August 26 and will feature your work in this class.