You want to know how your e-learning is performing? Then regularly analyze your e-learning data and keep track of the learning progress of your participants. We will show you which data is important for this and what it signifies!

As the course creator, you have likely invested a lot of time and effort into creating your e-learning – after all, you want your learning content to be well-received by your participants. Therefore, today we will provide you with an overview of the most important data of your e-learning and show you what it means. This way, you can find out how well your content is actually being received and where improvement potentials are hidden! But a critical look at your e-learning data has more advantages:

That’s why you should analyze your e-learning data

1. Insights into your own e-learning offering:

Have you ever asked yourself: Where can I still improve my online course? This question is not so easy to answer, as it is often difficult to recognize your own improvement potentials. Therefore, you should evaluate the success of your online course based on objective data. This way, you can make informed decisions based on your data!

2. Insights into the use of your learning media:

Which media do you use most often: images, videos, audio, or the classic text? Your choice of learning media also influences the success of your online course! Therefore, align your media selection with the preferences of your participants and support them in achieving their learning goals.

3. Being successful in the long term:

Do you want the time you invested in creating your online course to pay off in the long run? Then analyze the course data regularly and adjust your e-learning accordingly. If your offering aligns with the learning preferences of your participants, you hit the nail on the head!

You see: There are good reasons why you should take a closer look at your online course data. But which data plays a role in the analysis and what does it mean for your learning content? To answer this question, we have compiled a catalog of questions for you that will help you analyze your data even more easily!

Your E-Learning Question Catalog – These are the data you should analyze!

The following questions will help you further optimize your e-learning and adjust it to the learning preferences of your participants!

Learning Materials

• Which media type is the most popular?
  Check which media types (text, image, video, audio) you frequently use in your online course and how popular they are. From this, you can derive which content you should use more often, as this resonates particularly well with your participants and makes learning easier!

• Are your learning contents more often downloaded or viewed?
  This question provides insight into whether your participants want to learn exclusively on your platform or also wish to save learning materials on their own computer. If this is the case, you should consider a learning library. The learning library is an online course where you can centrally store all important learning contents in one place. Here, your participants can get an overview and easily download content.

Interaction with the Course

• How often do your participants visit the platform?
  Do you want to increase the number of active users on your platform? Then engage your participants with particularly exciting/practical content! This way, you make your e-learning especially versatile and set yourself apart from other e-learning experts.

  Info: Learn how to tell an exciting story in your online course: Gamification in Online Courses: The Success Story of “Reach The Top”

• Which features are particularly popular?
  Start a survey with your participants! Based on the feedback, you can adjust your online courses and make them even more popular. On the blink.it platform, for example, you can incorporate quizzes, surveys, or tests to make the learning experience even more interactive.

• What are the learning preferences of your participants?
  Do your participants prefer to learn alone or engage in exchanges with others (social learning)? Depending on the answer, you should adjust your course and, for example, encourage your participants to upload their own content.

  Info: Do you want to learn how to sustainably link knowledge? In our blog, we introduce you to the Think-Read-Talk-Do model: How does learning work with the TRTD model?

Learning Success

• How long do your participants take to complete the online course?
  If your participants are taking too long, you should first ask yourself:
  Are my course contents too demanding?
  Is my online course too long (too many learning contents)?
  Are my participants receiving regular reminders to continue with the course?
  Should I present my contents differently (e.g., in the form of videos or graphics)?

• Assessment: What percentage of answers are correct?
  Based on the tests, you can analyze which contents of your online course are particularly easy/quick to internalize and which topics need additional explanation. You can respond to this by making your contents easier to understand or offering additional personal meetings in a blended learning format!

  Info: Do you want to analyze the performance of your online course? With the statistics tool, this is very easy: Measure learning success with blink.it: The Statistics Tool

The catalog of questions makes it clear: If you regularly analyze your e-learning data, you can increase the success of your online course! Because only through a critical look at your learning contents can you identify improvement potentials and adjust your course accordingly. The question catalog helps you objectively analyze your online course and interpret the data accordingly. This way, your participants can achieve their learning goals even more easily!