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eLearning: Attention, Attention!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

In my article, I referenced a piece by the BBC,  Turning into Digital Goldfish , where the author said "The addictive nature of web browsing can leave you with an attention span of a goldfish."  Believe it or not, research has been done that says the attention span of a goldfish is actually 9 seconds.

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How Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction Can Make Your Online Courses Better

CourseArc

Gain Learners’ Attention. Before a student can learn, he or she must be paying attention. When delivering content in person, you can easily gain your audience’s attention by talking loudly, using animated speech or signs, leveraging props, etc. Inform Learners of Objectives. Stimulate Learners’ Prior Knowledge.

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JavaScript Tricks for Articulate Storyline 3/360

eLearning Brothers

Let’s use some JavaScript to draw the learner’s attention to the button. css(“background”, “white”)}, 2000). Tired of putting a bouncing arrow pointed at the Next button at the end of each slide? var default_color = $(item).css(“background”). css(“background”). $(item).css(“background”,

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Online Learning Works – So Why are Schools Failing at it?

eLearning 24-7

Starting in 2015, Florida required every high school student to take one 100% online course/class in order to graduate. . Clearly online learning in elementary and secondary schools were well on their way by the early 2000’s, which puts a big dent into the whole “new experience of learning online” argument. .

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How to Improve Your On-Camera Presence

TechSmith Camtasia

She has conducted live online training for clients since 2000 and has taught virtual classes in more than a dozen countries. We know especially for learning and development, learning absolutely necessitates attention. Diana is also the author of the book Next Level Virtual Training.

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10 Web-Based Training Platforms

Ed App

Whatever topic you may think of, EdApp has got you covered with their bite-sized delivery of information for increased knowledge retention and higher completion rate for learners with short attention spans. Features: 2000+ expert made lessons. There are 35,000 classes by experts with bite-sized lessons you can choose from.

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10 Learning Engagement Platforms

Ed App

With employees getting busier and attention spans getting shorter, gone are the days where reading an informative yet lengthy instructional material is made standard for training. Features: 2000+ bite-sized lessons led by experts. Lessons are taught, with a teacher managing a classroom and learners enrolled in a class.