Clark Quinn
JANUARY 24, 2023
So here are some thoughts on learners as learning evaluators. For one, we want to support free answers on the part of learners. One alternative, occasionally seen, is to have the learner evaluate their response. There are positive benefits to this, as it gets learners to become self-evaluators. At least, initially.
Learnnovators
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
I’ve previously talked about borrowing learner personas from marketing , where I argued that the learner personas that we in L&D define need to be two-pronged. So let us say that you’ve kept these two goals in mind, and defined a learner persona accordingly. Let’s call this the marketing goal. To do that: 1. Absolutely not!
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InSync Training
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
Keeping learners engaged - it’s the boundless task as a facilitator. There are a whole heap of ideas and tactics that work but here’s one I have used that may be a bit different… Shock your learners! Embarrass yourself! Give them what they never expected, SING loud and proud??.
InSync Training
OCTOBER 17, 2022
How to tell when learners become zombies and what to do to prevent it. So why do so many facilitators believe that having learners on camera is enough to ensure engagement? Just because our learners are on webcam, looking present and looking human doesn’t mean they’re not already a room full of zombies.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course.
eLearning Industry
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
In this article, we’ll look into what learner experience design entails, why it matters, and how to implement its principles in your online courses to boost engagement and benefit your students. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
LearnDash
AUGUST 12, 2021
When applied to learning, flow can engage learners for longer, reduce learning fatigue, and improve the overall learning experience. With all that in mind, it seems obvious that educators should want to create a learning environment that makes it easier for learners to be in a state of flow. Orient learners through badges.
LearnDash
JANUARY 12, 2022
With the absence of face-to-face interaction, keeping learners motivated and engaged enough to finish is proving to be a mountain of an obstacle for anyone opting to offer their courses online. With online learning, it is difficult to know the individual learning style of every learner that takes your course.
Experiencing eLearning
JULY 13, 2021
In a branching scenario, how long should we let learners go down the wrong path? “Why make a learner go so far down a wrong path? I’m not sure how much value there is to learners in going down seven steps of the wrong path with no way to recover. I try to give learners the opportunity to correct their own mistakes.
LearnDash
DECEMBER 29, 2022
We implemented learning paths to help your learners get the most out of your courses. With learning paths, learners have the option to take a test at the beginning of a course and move on to the next course if they pass. Let’s explore how to keep learners engaged by using challenge exams in your course.
Speaker: Don Schmidt - WW Sales Enablement Director, Inside Sales MongoDB
From sales enablement and soft skills to onboarding and leadership training, demonstrating skills with video helps learners conquer communication challenges and validate knowledge. January 26, 2023 at 9:30 am PT, 12:30 pm ET, 5:30 pm GMT
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 13, 2020
I’m wondering about ‘learner-centered’, and it may seem churlish to suggest otherwise. First, ‘learner-centered’ (apparently also known as ‘ student centered ‘) is used to take the focus away from the teacher. My worry, with learner-centered learning, is that we may become too accommodating.
LearnDash
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Adjusting your course to better fit the needs of your learners may not be as complicated as you think. By customizing the learner experience, you can tap into learner motivations , support learners during their slumps and struggles, and create a course that dovetails neatly with their preferred learning environment.
InSync Training
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Our research identified that learner engagement turns on three factors: An emotional response to the training—How does the learner “feel” about the content and its presentation/treatment? An intellectual response to the training—Does the instructional experience require and involve the learner’s intellect?
Dashe & Thomson
MAY 6, 2021
Creating learning experiences that are built around the learner is a strategy that has been used in L&D since its conception. We’ve written time and again about the benefits of creating solutions that are user-centric and put the learner first. But what exactly is user experience learning?
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Simultaneously, programs are often more engaging when personalized to the learner. Simply adding content doesn’t address the needs of all learners in the organization. Striking a balance between these demands can be a challenge. Managing an eLearning program includes more than just expanding content libraries.
LearnDash
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Courses lose learners when they are either too hard or too easy. One of the greatest challenges for online instructors is to keep their learners motivated after their initial burst of excitement. If you only present a learner with the material they can already do, they will become bored and disengaged.
LearnDash
OCTOBER 7, 2021
To become a successful online educator, your learners have to have a successful experience in your course. But these skills are your skills, and your learners need opportunities to exercise their own if they are going to succeed. The truth is that putting learner experience first is good for your learners, and it’s also good for you.
LearnDash
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Automation can help you get learners the support they need before they know they need it. One of the biggest struggles facing online instructors is that of helping their learners complete their courses. From there, you can use it to send emails based on specific triggers, such as a learner completing a lesson or enrolling in a course.
LearnDash
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Online education offers learners many benefits—from increased accessibility, flexibility of schedule, and a wider range of courses than traditional education can support. But it does have a down-side, and that is that many learners who sign up for online courses struggle to complete them. Try these tips.
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In this eBook, we focus on how organizations can take a holistic approach to creating upskilling strategies for their learners. Taking a holistic approach might be necessary to protect from some of the inherent risks of training expenditures.
LearnDash
JANUARY 26, 2021
Our commenter wanted to know whether a certain type of course content was still relevant, given the number of tutorials learners could find for free on the same subject on YouTube. Probably the biggest misconception about online education is that, once learners have the content, they won’t stay for the instruction. Interactive content.
Docebo
JULY 23, 2021
Find out why you should establish learner autonomy in your organization. Learner autonomy can enhance a learning strategy and act as a driver of learner engagement. With an autonomous learning approach , autonomous learners are often better prepared for their job function and life in general.
LearnDash
APRIL 20, 2021
How do you convince learners who have never heard of you that you’re an expert in your subject area? The biggest challenge of any course creator, once they’ve built an online course, is to get learners to sign up. Learners don’t want to risk sinking their money into a bad course. Let’s take a look.
CourseArc
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Traits of Adult Learners. Working with adult learners comes with a lot of perks. They’re savvy, motivated learners who have specific goals in mind and they bring valuable personal experience that instructors can leverage to create engaging learning experiences. Adult learners want to build skills now.
Speaker: Seth Puri, EVP Global Sales and Marketing, Gutenberg Technology
The importance of learner analytics is well understood among the eLearning community – but practical knowledge of how to capture and use those numbers is much harder to find. You’ll walk away with a wealth of knowledge on learner analytics, including: The must-have components of effective student analytics tracking.
Learnnovators
JANUARY 4, 2023
A recent topic that has come up on social media - LinkedIn, primarily - is that we shouldn’t refer to our audience (the recipients of our content) as learners. Here are the arguments for changing it: They are humans, or just people, not learners. Here are my counter arguments: They are humans, or just people, and not learners.
LearnDash
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Procrastination is a trap many learners fall into. ” As an educator, learner procrastination will have a direct impact on your success. Learners who struggle with procrastination are more likely to burn out , leave the course incomplete, and not sign up for more. How could you remind a learner of their motivations?
Learningtogo
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Give Learners a Nudge by Margie Meacham As often happens in the learning profession, what most of us know as nudge learning has been adapted from its original purpose in a different domain to address L&D needs. Want to Change Behavior? Repeated rewards build behavior patterns and make it more likely that we’ll do that same thing again.
LearnDash
MAY 26, 2020
There are few learning assignments that require more active learning, demonstrate a learner’s knowledge, and lead to long-term mastery of subject matter than the essay. But setting the assignment is not the same as ensuring learners benefit from it. Here are a few tips to help your learners get the most out of writing essays.
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Download this guide to learn how to shift the perspective from event to journey and how to take learners through Proficiency Journeys to get results. It’s well documented that people leave managers – not companies.
Infopro Learning
JUNE 25, 2021
Effective product knowledge training programs engage learners and familiarize your sales reps with new products. According to LinkedIn’s 2021 Workplace Learning Report, learners who engage with social features are up to 30 times more engaged in the learning process than those who do not (1).
LearnDash
JULY 14, 2020
Learners studying from home frequently struggle to complete their course work. Learners who have difficulties with time management and focus are more likely to become disengaged and drop out. Give learners a clear outline of the course so they know what to expect. This is a serious problem for educators.
LearnDash
MARCH 11, 2021
Online education for younger learners is a growing market segment, but requires special management tools for parents. However, creating courses for young learners is not the same as creating courses for adults. And for another, the parents of young learners usually have to be involved.
TalentLMS
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
If you want to build training that sticks, though, consider taking a learner-centered approach. There are plenty of reasons to make the learner experience a priority and not an afterthought in your training strategy. What is a learner-centered approach? What is a learner-centered approach? Learner-centered approach.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn - President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions, Inc.
This means that not only are learners bored, but they aren’t truly learning either. We'll explore how to optimize learner engagement by adding scenarios to your training, regardless of your budget. We'll explore how to optimize learner engagement by adding scenarios to your training, regardless of your budget.
LearnDash
JUNE 10, 2020
Assigning your learners a research project for your course? Of course, as an educator, the duty to help your learners find good sources now falls on you. And since you’re teaching an online course , it should be a given that your learners will be searching for resources online. Here’s how to help them find good sources.
InSync Training
JANUARY 31, 2022
In this post, we’ll discuss what hybrid is, how it affects learners, and provide 7 key techniques to use when implementing your hybrid learning model to ensure no learner is left behind.
InSync Training
AUGUST 9, 2022
Learners engage emotionally, environmentally, and intellectually - Here are 3 steps help you help them! A few weeks ago, I logged in to a virtual instructor-led class and soon felt like taking a little nap. I even muted myself so other participants wouldn’t hear an accidental zzzzzzzzz. Don’t get me wrong. I was interested in the content.
dVinci Interactive
JUNE 28, 2021
Using Video to Engage Learners Video and animation can foster a deeper level of engagement with your learners. d’Vinci Client Solutions Consultant Angeline Evans shares her expertise on using video to engage learners in this episode of Powered by Learning.
Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning
Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Harnesses the power and potential of new technologies.
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