Serious eLearning Manifesto

The Serious eLearning Manifesto App breaks down the manifesto’s three main sections (Preamble, Values and Principles) into handy chunks for individual reflection or group discussion. Hear the manifesto instigators discuss why they feel each of the values are important to today’s learning and development professions.

The app also includes links to becoming a signatory and the world premier recording.

About The Serious eLearning Manifesto
We believe that learning technology offers the possibility for creating uniquely valuable learning experiences.
We also believe, with a sense of sadness and profound frustration, that most elearning fails to live up to its promise.
We further believe that current trends evoke a future of only negligible improvement in elearning design—unless something radical is done to bend the curve.
Finally, we have concluded that in order to elevate elearning to the height of its promise, we need to begin with a personal commitment to a new set of standards.
Through continuous assessment of learner performance, the elearning experience can optimize use of the learner’s time, individualize the experience for full engagement, address needs, optimize practice, and prepare for transfer of learning to performance proficiency.
Through our work in developing elearning experiences and helping others do the same, we believe that we need to go beyond typical elearning to the values and characteristics of Serious eLearning…