We frequently use the term 'learner engagement' in corporate learning. But what does it mean?
In the traditional face-to-face classroom, instructors can literally see whether a participant has disconnected from the content or is invested in the program. When we move learning online, those standard indicators of engagement disappear with the lack of eye contact, body language, and subtle non-verbal cues.
Topics: Podcasts and Videos, Learner Engagement
How do you capture your audience’s attention when so many factors provide distractions?
Recently, guest BYTE speaker Mark Harter answered this question and provided pro-tips accumulated from years of practical experience.
Topics: Modern Learning, Learner Engagement
Traditional communication and training methods for engaging and motivating employees are no longer working. Without initial attention, nothing we do really matters. This session will share simple and creative ideas that will grab learner attention and make it more fun. Techniques include both low and high tech examples, focusing on visual design and video. It will also touch on innovation, strategy, and positioning in your line of business. Examples will be shared during the session.
Topics: InSync BYTE Recording, Modern Learning, Recordings, Learner Engagement
Engaging learners has always been a challenge. Not only has training evolved into a blended learning model, the modern classroom is influenced by multicultural cohorts, a mobile workforce, and social networking tools. Managing these influences and integrating them into a blended program requires planning, training, and understanding from all members of the training delivery team.
It starts with language. Engagement, interaction, collaboration : These terms are often used interchangeably, and with little thought regarding what they actually mean, how they might be measured, and how they influence the learner experience and outcome.
Topics: InSync BYTE Recording, Recordings, Learner Engagement
Grabbing and holding the attention of learners is getting harder and harder. In fact, the average person sends or receives more than 150 text messages a day. This means your learner's attention is not always focused on the content you have designed or are delivering to them.
How do you design instruction that engages and motivates the learner? How do you make learning exciting, interesting, and memorable?
Topics: InSync BYTE Recording, Recordings, Learner Engagement
Participant motivation, attitude and active participation don't equal learner engagement in today's classroom.
Instead, engagement depends on an emotional, intellectual and environmental response to the training.
Topics: Virtual Classroom - Instructional Design, Infographics and Tools, Learner Engagement
Our InSync in Action series includes videos filmed during our live, in-person learning events.
This video was shot on location during our 2016 Training Magazine Conference pre-conference certificate program, “Designing and Delivering the Modern Virtual Classroom.”
In this video, our lead online facilitator, Karen Vieth, shares an approach for creating learner engagement during live virtual learning events.
Topics: Podcasts and Videos, Learner Engagement
Does your personal expectation of learning align with how you learned 10, 20, or even 30 years ago? Of course not. Because you are a modern learner! You have a choice in how you learn, and so do the learners you're developing and designing training content for.
The modern workplace requires us to develop strategies that engage your modern learners, keeping your audience and the anticipated learning environment in mind. Not all learning needs to be formally scheduled or assessed. As a matter of fact, most modern learning takes place in the moment of need. The design of the learning will be influenced by where and when learning is anticipated to occur, and success will be dependent on the technology selection, implementation strategy (stand alone, blended, or micro-learning), and design approach.
Topics: InSync BYTE Recording, Recordings, Learner Engagement
Two daunting trends -- the increasing skills gap and the lack of employee engagement -- are affecting the perception of Learning & Development (L&D) in organizations. Employees, managers, and executives are becoming increasingly disengaged from the L&D department and its offerings.
It's time to turn it around! See what happens when you connect competency models to skills and career development with personalized learning.
Topics: InSync BYTE Recording, Recordings, Learner Engagement
