{"id":83613,"date":"2022-02-23T07:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T06:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skillbest.com\/e-learning-quizzes-relic-from-old-days-or-meaningful-e-didactics-tool\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:10:49","slug":"e-learning-quizzes-relic-from-old-days-or-meaningful-e-didactics-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skillbest.com\/en\/e-learning-quizzes-relic-from-old-days-or-meaningful-e-didactics-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Learning Quiz – Relic from the old days or useful e-didactic tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-554342″ heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”fontsize-197929″ text_transform=”uppercase” uncode_shortcode_id=”213317″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]e-Learning Quiz[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=”0″][vc_separator sep_color=”color-554342″ el_width=”10%” el_height=”1px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-154192″ text_font=”font-604939″ text_size=”fontsize-101650″ text_weight=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”190167″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]e-Learning Quiz: Relic from the old days or useful e-didactic tool?[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”136939″]The e-learning quiz is part of the standard repertoire of e-learning. But is a classic question-and-answer scenario still at all purposeful? We think: Yes, but. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The quiz boom took off in the second half of the last century. In all media – radio, television and later also on the smartphone – quizzes were and are being played for all they’re worth. Since the rise of digital learning in the 1990s, e-learning<\/strong> has also relied on e-quizzes<\/strong>, which usually take the form of single-choice, multiple-choice, or drag-and-drop tasks. Mostly, these tasks are found at the end of the e-learning and are somewhat reminiscent of the theory part of the driver’s license test: You learn things by heart and try the questions so many times until you finally pass. You can probably guess that we, as e-learning<\/strong> providers<\/a>, consider this way of using e-learning quizzes<\/strong> to be not very effective. But that doesn’t mean we completely demonize its use. On the contrary, if implemented correctly, an e-learning quiz<\/strong> can make a lot of sense and contribute to learning success. What does this correct use look like? To do this, we need to backtrack a little.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-154192″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-604939″ text_size=”fontsize-898198″ text_weight=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”640077″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]e-learning quiz in authoring tools[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”546596″]Something basic to start with: an authoring tool is a program that can be used to prepare the content of e-learning courses. Just about all authoring tools allow you to include an e-learning quiz<\/strong>. In the design of many e-learning offerings, however, this function is used too rarely or in the wrong place. As with the theoretical driving test, the knowledge test in conventional e-learning is at the end. Learners then rush through the entire e-learning, which in the worst case consists of nothing but slides with weak content and design, and come across a quiz at the end. This they repeat until they pass. The added value for learners and companies alike is limited. In this context, authoring tools also offer the (better) possibility to include knowledge checks during the actual learning. If you divide the learning content into several chapters, you can include a separate quiz block per chapter. An approach reminiscent of a well-prepared classroom training: professional trainers always link questions or exercises to individual knowledge sections and thus continuously check the learning progress of the participants. In e-learning, this slice-by-slice knowledge review is unfortunately not standard. It is precisely this way of using an e-learning quiz that would bring added value for both learners and companies. Let us support our argument with an example.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-154192″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-604939″ text_size=”fontsize-898198″ text_weight=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”124696″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]e-Learning Quiz – a thought experiment[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”287856″]Let’s say you are creating a sales training course. First and foremost, you want to introduce employees to the product you are selling. In addition, you go into the products of the competition. In the last section, learners practice typical sales conversations using fictitious customer inquiries. A traditional e-learning offering would have the following chapters:<\/p>\n