I know how I personally would answer this question, but rather than being biased, I wonder how many of you would answer this question: Why is a Storyline 360 Lesson more engaging (over text, CourseArc, and SoftChalk)?
I have resisted answering for a few days and decided to seek some wisdom from all of you. Please tell me your thoughts on how you would answer this question and what examples or reasoning you have to support it.
Honestly, I am really baffled at why anyone would ask this question after viewing a Storyline 360 lesson example in comparison with a professional development (PD) course loaded with text. I'm hoping to provide a valid, supportive and politically correct answer (rather than saying "Are you kidding me?!"); especially since our PD participants are begging for more "engagement."
I have never seen a CourseArc or SoftChalk course but it would really depend on how the Storyline course was built, I have seen Storyline courses that are very engaging or very dull like a PowerPoint.
I would give them examples of engaging courses I have built, but may just be a case of comparing apples with oranges.
Phil is right (as usual). SL is merely a tool, and has nothing to do with how engaging the final course can be. Not knowing the options you mentioned (other than books [text]), I think the point you want to make is that better tools in the hands of your designers or creators will result in more efficiency. More flexibility in the tools can allow for some options that less flexible tools might not.
Much of what SL does can be done in Ppt, but may take longer, and some of it cannot be done at all. Basically, equipping your workers with better tools can give you the expectation of probably better, and certainly more efficient results.
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I have never seen a CourseArc or SoftChalk course but it would really depend on how the Storyline course was built, I have seen Storyline courses that are very engaging or very dull like a PowerPoint.
I would give them examples of engaging courses I have built, but may just be a case of comparing apples with oranges.
Phil is right (as usual). SL is merely a tool, and has nothing to do with how engaging the final course can be. Not knowing the options you mentioned (other than books [text]), I think the point you want to make is that better tools in the hands of your designers or creators will result in more efficiency. More flexibility in the tools can allow for some options that less flexible tools might not.
Much of what SL does can be done in Ppt, but may take longer, and some of it cannot be done at all. Basically, equipping your workers with better tools can give you the expectation of probably better, and certainly more efficient results.
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