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How to Combat the “Hey Look! A Squirrel!” Syndrome

Jigsaw Interactive

We all see students in television shows and movies sitting in neat little rows, listening attentively to the teacher, and answering questions. If creating fascinating lesson plans and delivering them to a highly engaged group of kids was what teaching was really like, teaching would be a whole lot easier than it actually is.

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Effective Video Training – Breaking it down

Dashe & Thomson

Brandon Hall, the research firm based out of Delray Beach, FL, polled over 300 training professionals back in 2011 and found the top 2 reasons for using video in training – effectiveness and high engagement. A good training video can bring out a similar level of engagement as a good movie or television show. It catches our attention.

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How Can Video-Based Training Technologies Be Used To Provide Interesting Training Videos?

Hurix Digital

You can also create courses that include multiple types of media such as text, audio, images, and video clips and other interactive features such as quizzes or polls that allow participants to take action right away after viewing a particular topic or concept covered in the course material.

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Mentors on Creating a Sustainable Work- life Balance

Everwise

To better understand the lives our mentor community brings to their partnerships, we developed a poll series we’ve been sharing over the past few months. Others shared they appreciate passive activities such as watching a movie, reading a book, listening to music or podcasts, or meditating.

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How to Drive Employee Engagement Using Online Quizzes

ProProfs

You can create your fun employee engagement quizzes on various subjects, such as: Pop culture topics, such as movies , music , sports , fashion , etc. You can host employee engagement quizzes during virtual meet-ups and remote training sessions to inject fun into communication efforts.

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50+ Best Team Quiz Ideas to Try Out for Your Next Virtual Meet-Up

ProProfs

Movie Trivia. An evergreen topic for pub quizzes, movie trivia can be super-engaging for your virtual team quiz sessions too. You can create a mix of questions from various popular movies, have an entire round of questions on a single film, or even create a quiz on film directors. Movie Trilogies Trivia Quiz.

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25 Tools to Create Training Videos That Engage Learners

TalentLMS

A sophisticated tool offering 800+ editing effects for videos, Filmora helps you do anything from adding music, text, and filters to controlling the speed of narration and blending videos together. You can also import music, sound effects, and other video files to give your training video more complexity. Wondershare Filmora.

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