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OCTOBER 28, 2014

Cognitive - Try to gain an understanding into the mental processes like attention span, short & long term memory, and perception bias. Reading Patterns - Pay attention to where you place important learning content within the course. Certain areas of the screen capture the attention of a users better than others.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

It will pay attention to what vocabulary the learners knows, which grammar examples they struggle with, and what content they seem to enjoy. The result is that teachers spend more time focusing their attention on material learners actually need. How are they applying this research to their courses?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Your personal attention is valuable—not only because your time is a finite resource, but because learners like meeting the person behind everything. It may just get you the attention you’re looking for. In reality, they require a lot of time to develop new material, market to new learners, moderate and support.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It should grab the reader’s attention, clearly communicate the benefits of your course, and encourage the reader to take action. Now that you’ve got their attention, it’s time to expand on how you’ll deliver your promised outcome. What is the outcome you’re promising your students?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For many users, I suspect the reality will be that their attention is split in too many directions, such that it is hard for them to give any facet of their business the care it needs to flourish. Remove distractions from your screen and keep learner attention on your content. Most educators (coaches, gurus, etc.) Focus Mode.

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JULY 7, 2022

Sometimes, online learning can feel a little impersonal—especially if students don’t receive individual attention from the instructor. Highlight those credentials in your course description and emphasize your street cred wherever it’s relevant. Offer one-on-one coaching.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

When it comes to teaching skills, one of the most important—and most difficult to learn—involves how to work with a classroom of children of varying attention spans, interests, and motivations. For as much as teachers may hope to work with an idealized class of engaged and respectful students, the reality often falls far short.

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MARCH 7, 2024

At any point during that process, members can exit if they get cold feet.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

These should be concise and action-oriented to convey the goal of the course, yet grab the visitor’s attention and lead them to a desired action. It’s a great opportunity to speak directly to your audience and draw attention to your new course. Let’s explore the elements of a winning course landing page : Headline and subtitle.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Make sure you conceive a membership site name that immediately grabs people’s attention while capturing the spirit of your website and memberships. Use your website Long before a user lands on your membership sales page , they will check the site name to see if there’s value behind the URL.

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DECEMBER 21, 2014

There are many components to pay attention to when creating elearning. Beyond just the font family though, you should also pay attention to how the font is used in terms of bolding, italics, and underlines. Clients usually get most excited with the flashy functionality like transitions, clickable regions, course branching, and so on.

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JULY 6, 2016

Not every elearning course that you take is going to hold your attention. This “battle for attention” has been a constant struggle for instructional designers as they create their courses. This “battle for attention” has been a constant struggle for instructional designers as they create their courses.

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APRIL 29, 2020

The attention to detail you put into the early stages of your course will pay off as users feel welcomed and initiated. And if this is an area you haven’t revisited in a while, giving it some more attention may be worth your while.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Gain Attention – In the beginning of any training course, it is helpful to present a new problem or scenario to pique the interest of the audience and to grab their attention. Truth is, there are many design models you can use , so feel free to just add this one to your toolbox as it could very well prove useful.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

Pay Attention to Design - Just because something is “cool” doesn’t always make it the best choice for your elearning design. If there is a great deal of content, break it up logically so that learners can better maintain attention and ultimately retain the learning. Gamification is a perfect way to do this.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Black and white charts with various Clipart images aren’t going to do any favors with regards to attention span. Understand your audience and what can hold their attention, then build this into your course. Speaking of which, if you do decide to use charts and graphs (or images), make sure to keep them interesting.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

If that happens to you, focus more of your attention on this new demographic, and see how you can create material that better serves them. When we hear it spoken or see it in writing, it jumps out at us, and we pay attention. On the other hand, if you’ve created a more generic course, it’s time to refine your idea and find a niche.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

This is unlikely to be your most promising way of drawing attention to your course, but if you have a very defined niche with a tight target audience, there’s no reason you shouldn’t give it a try. Advertising is an excellent way to draw attention to your course—but don’t jump the gun.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

One of the inevitable battles online instructors face lies in retaining learner attention. If they’re working from home, they may also have children begging for attention, a partner asking for help, or a side hobby lying out in plain sight. Attention is precious. Compare and contrast. These also make for excellent visuals.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

You’re not entirely at the whims of your members, but you should be paying attention to what your community is asking for (and responding to)! In order to maximize your membership revenue, you need to deliver content that people actually want.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

With micro-content on the rise there has been greater attention given to the concept and why it resonates with today’s learner. Micro-content doesn’t fall victim as easily to our short attention spans, and therefore can make it quite effective. We live in a world of instant answers and not-so-original questions.

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MARCH 30, 2014

Still, non-linear reading is on the rise, which is in-turn leading to a decrease in attention. The average attention span online has been reported at about eight seconds. This makes sense though given that these individuals are more familiar with digital devices.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

An online instructor leading a humanist course would need to focus a lot of attention on the learner’s emotional needs. An artist might seek influences and feedback, but would probably leave a class if they felt they weren’t allowed to choose the subjects of their drawings and paint in a style they liked.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Based on this information, you may want to consider offering some office hours at different times of day, so that learners in different time zones can connect with you and benefit from that one-on-one attention. Your attention is a valuable resource. Your learners have more going on in their lives than your course. The key is balance.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

And no, it’s not because attention spans are shrinking. According to TED curator Chris Anderson : It [18 minutes] is long enough to be serious and short enough to hold people’s attention. If they are, they’re probably pausing it mid-stream and coming back to it later. It’s simply a tiring length of time to listen to someone monolog.

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JULY 22, 2021

You know there’s market interest because other businesses offer similar courses, but you don’t know how to draw attention to yours. You’ve recently developed a certification course, but you’re having trouble attracting learners.

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JULY 31, 2018

When you start and grow an business selling courses or some other e-learning focused product, then it pays dividends to occasionally turn your attention inward. Every so often you should shift your attention from the outward tasks and turn it inward on your business. Growth is a natural part of a successful business.

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APRIL 3, 2017

It is becoming increasingly more important that we create learning experiences that “work”, and this is becoming more difficult each passing year as courses compete for the learner’s attention. Instructional designers are tasked with finding the best way to teach new information to a target audience.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

The concept of flow, also described as a state of “effortless attention” was nothing new, but Csikszentmihalyi’s research kicked off a surge of interest in the idea. In 1975, a Hungarian-American psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, identified a cognitive state of high focus and productivity which he named “flow.”

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

But, when you do help learners finish, the opposite is true: They’re more likely to be satisfied because of the attention you paid them, they’re more likely to sign up for another course, and they’re more likely to give glowing reviews of you course to their friends. Learner support takes time, thoughtfulness, and patience.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

Instead of trying to monitor how your learners are progressing through your course, an automation system can send them reminders if they don’t sign in for a while, and only notify you when the situation requires your attention. Similarly, a lot of courses benefit from automatic grading, because this gives learners immediate feedback.

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JULY 31, 2013

As you can expect, it has received a lot of attention from the community – some criticizing it, others providing praise. Anyone who is actively involved with instructional design has at some point used the ADDIE model (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) for their course development.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Many learners crave personal time with the instructor, where they have the instructor’s full attention, and can ask whatever questions they want without worrying about appearing foolish in the eyes of their peers. And yet instructors are often hesitant to offer this, feeling that it will take up too much of their time.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

Instead of having to sit through an often inconvenient classroom session, being able to complete the online version of the course allows people the ability to work at their preferred times when their attention will not be so divided that they end up losing a good part of the lesson. How teachers can merge past and present methods.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

A good LMS should pay attention to the industry and make adjustments accordingly, but that shouldn’t mean abandoning essential offerings in pursuit of the latest fad. Let’s take a look at the top five reasons you should prioritize flexibility in your search for an LMS. Core features aren’t neglected in the favor of trends.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

While you may not achieve your most aspirational goals, taking a moment to think about where you want to go can keep you from treading water—and from letting your attention scatter in too many places at once. At the very least, trying new ideas will give you a sense for what’s worthwhile and what isn’t.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

If you get a good reaction, then you can use your blog to continue to grow interest, to keep your readers attention, and to float ideas as you go to refine your idea into something you know your audience wants. Have an idea for a course, but not sure if there’s any interest? Blog about it. See if people respond. Is the reaction tepid?

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