Forum Discussion
Animated decorative elements
Currently in order to make pages more engaging, if we want to add animated elements which are purely decorative, we have to use gif format images which are pretty terrible for file size. Are ther...
A decorative animation distracts from learning. It pulls the user's eyes away from the important content and increases cognitive load.
I think the best way to make pages "more engaging" is to provide M&Ms: meaningful & memorable content. They need to know "WIIFM" (what's in it for me). And they need to see how it fits into the scenarios/ tasks they're learning about.
