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E-Learning Challenges
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How Do Course Designers Gain Learners’ Attention in Online Training? #279
Motivating and Gaining Attention in E-Learning #279: Challenge | Recap
Motivating learners is a key goal for course designers. Even the most exciting subject matter can feel boring to learn...
And here's a good article on how displaying the user's name can take advantage of 'The Cocktail Party Effect'. Just like when you overhear your name in a crowded room, seeing your name written will also gain your attention.
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\n Motivating and Gaining Attention in E-Learning #279: Challenge | Recap \n Motivating learners is a key goal for course designers. Even the most exciting subject matter can feel boring to learn...","body@stringLength":"4338","rawBody":"
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Motivating and Gaining Attention in E-Learning #279: Challenge | Recap
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Motivating learners is a key goal for course designers. Even the most exciting subject matter can feel boring to learners if the content is irrelevant, has poorly written course descriptions, lacks benefit to the learner, and more. What’s more, if they’re not interacting with the content, learners are more likely to space out.
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As course designers, it’s our job to come up with creative ways to keep learners tuned in and receptive to the material. And finding ways to gain our learners’ attention is what this week’s challenge is all about!
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Challenge of the Week
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This week, your challenge is to share ideas to grab learners’ attention at the opening of the course. This can be a quiz, scenario, video, case study, or any other idea you want to show.
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Share Your E-Learning Work
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Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post.
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Forums: Start your own thread and share a link to your published example..
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Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure.
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Social Media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness.
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Last Week’s Challenge:
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Before you turn your attention to this week’s challenge, check out the creative ways random number variables are used in e-learning:
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Random Number Variables in E-Learning #278: Challenge | Recap
Motivating and Gaining Attention in E-Learning #279: Challenge | Recap
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Motivating learners is a key goal for course designers. Even the most exciting subject matter can feel boring to learners if the content is irrelevant, has poorly written course descriptions, lacks benefit to the learner, and more. What’s more, if they’re not interacting with the content, learners are more likely to space out.
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As course designers, it’s our job to come up with creative ways to keep learners tuned in and receptive to the material. And finding ways to gain our learners’ attention is what this week’s challenge is all about!
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Challenge of the Week
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This week, your challenge is to share ideas to grab learners’ attention at the opening of the course. This can be a quiz, scenario, video, case study, or any other idea you want to show.
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Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post.
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Social Media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness.
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Last Week’s Challenge:
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Before you turn your attention to this week’s challenge, check out the creative ways random number variables are used in e-learning:
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Random Number Variables in E-Learning #278: Challenge | Recap
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Hello!
What better way to get your learner's attention than addressing them by name?
My mobile-optimised demo showcases a natty bit of JavaScript by Zsolt Olah, which grabs your user's name from your LMS.
And here's a good article on how displaying the user's name can take advantage of 'The Cocktail Party Effect'. Just like when you overhear your name in a crowded room, seeing your name written will also gain your attention.
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I'm a Superhero fan so this would have drawn me in instantly. Would love to have a go on the demo if you have it.
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Hey Paul - will see if I can share it. (Although the 'name' JavaScript won't work outside an LMS.)
Watch this space!
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Beautiful design as always Jonathan!
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Very useful
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