Little known ways to keep your learners engaged

Lindsey Coode Deborah LimbContent Development Manager Chief Operating Officer

What is engagement?

•Occupy or attract (someone’s interest or attention)

•(engage with) Establish a meaningful contact or connection with

Oxford Dictionaries

Wikipedia

An "engaged employee" is one who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work and so takes positive action to further the organization's reputation and interests.

What do we mean by engagement?

• Your overall e-learning strategy• Management buy-in and active

support• E-learning champions• Launch & Marketing• Drop in sessions (ongoing)• Think about hard to reach

groups• Consider single sign-on• Give learners a reason to visit

the LMS!

Getting people to your e-learning…

Hints and tips to engage your learners

What we will cover…

Bob

Hi, I’m Bob and I’ve been designing e-learning for 15 years. I know everything there is to know aboute-learning design! I love e-learning, it’s a quick easy way to get information out to people and it can be great fun!

Sue

Hi, I’m Sue and I hate e-learning. My company seem to love it so almost every week we get told there is a new course we have to do and generally they are so dull I struggle to make it all the way through.

Mary

Hi, I’m Mary and I work in HR. We’ve produced some great e-learning recently but I’m finding that people are really reluctant to do it and it’s getting really frustrating. I’m sure if they just gave it a go they’d realise it can be just as good, or even better, than heading into the classroom.

Tip 1

Grab their attention!

Tip 2

Get them to think

Tip 3

Only tell them what they really, really need to

know

Tip 4

Frequent knowledge checks

Tip 5

Tell stories

Tip 6

Summarise well and point to other sources of

information

Tip 7

Use formative assessment to

personalise learning

Tip 8

Deliver responsive e-learning

Responsive web Design: Adapt

Tip 9

Think REALLY hard about the right blend

Encore

Tip 10

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What are you going to do differently?

1.Short survey when the Learning Hour closes

2.A link to a recording of this webinar will be hitting your inbox

3.Continue the conversation on www.learningpool.com or email lisa@learningpool.com for further details.

Thank you