Speaker 1: Increase learners engagement. Learners stay motivated when they are learning with an instructor who is clearly passionate about their subject and knows how to keep the class interested. To engage learners, we need to understand what inspires and challenges each individual student so that we can tailor your lessons accordingly. If you want your students to stay hooked through the entire program, then there are some things we should know about increasing learners engagement and keeping their attention on the material while they are learning it. People learn in different ways. Some people respond well to visuals, while others are more auditory learners. Some people need to be regularly tested on information, while others retain information better when they're challenged with assignments and quizzes. In this vlog post, you will learn tips for increasing learner engagement in your virtual training courses, online classes, workshops, discussions, or blended courses. Plan for increasing engagement with your content. When designing your e-learning content, we need to ask yourself, how could I make this more interesting? How could I make this more relevant to my audience? How could I make this more engaging and interactive? Engagement starts with us and our ability to craft an engaging learning experience that meets learners where they are and what they need. As you plan our e-learning content, keep the following tips in mind to boost engagement. Know your audience. Create active discussions. Let your learners express themselves. Understand their needs and professional goals. Get to know your audience deeply. Make sure you understand their needs, challenges, and goals. Make sure you conduct audience research before designing your course and getting started with your design and content development process. Beyond knowing basic information about your audience, a job title, location, and level of experience, research your audience's challenges, goals, and interests. To get your learners engaged in your content, provide a brief introduction to the topic and context. Make the connection obvious. Give your learners a quick snapshot of what they'll be learning and how it connects to their daily experience. Keep your introduction short and concise. Make sure your introduction stays focused on the key points. Be connected to your audience. Create a brief introduction, focusing on the relevance of the topic and how it impacts your learner, and using examples to illustrate the point. People engage more deeply with topics that are relevant to them and their lives. Make sure your learning objectives and content are connected to your target audience. Identify and make use of your resources. Incorporate the expertise and experience of your team members in your course design and tap into their resources. Blogs, social media posts, books, and more. Include examples of your team's work and share their knowledge and expertise with your learners. Include a call to action. A clear, specific action that your learner should take after engaging with your content. Provide clear, specific learning objectives that are related to the call to action. Craft an engaging, interactive, and personalized experience for each learner. Diversity of media. Add variety and different types of media to make your content more interesting, relevant, and engaging. Audio, video, illustration, scenarios, stories. Incorporate collaborative elements such as peer feedback, team activities, and discussion boards to promote interaction and engagement. Digital events. An easy way to get your learners more engaged and involved in your e-learning course is to create a series of digital events, such as webinars, online seminars, or a series of online lectures. Holding online learning events allows you to bring the interactivity of in-person events to the online learning experience. To get the most engagement from your online learning events, plan them out just like you would a live event. Think about what you want to cover, when you want to cover it, how long each section should be, and how you want to end the event. Make sure to include plenty of time for Q and A and other types of interaction with your audience. Embrace social learning. Social learning is when people come together to share, collaborate, and learn from one another. There are a number of ways to incorporate social elements into your online course to increase engagement. Create a discussion board where your learners can post questions and engage with each other. Incorporate collaborative elements such as peer feedback, team activities, and discussion boards to promote interaction and engagement. Use social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube. Do weekly or monthly meeting. Let learners talk to each other. It is a place to share ideas and knowledge. Review user generated content. Share articles and blogs. Gamification. Gamification is the process of turning a task or experience into a game to increase engagement. You can apply gamification strategies to your online course to increase learner engagement and participation. There are a variety of ways to incorporate game elements into your course to make it more interesting and engaging. Offer rewards or recognition for meeting certain milestones or completing certain tasks. Create leaderboards or ranking systems to encourage competition among your learners. Integrate collaborative elements such as peer feedback, team activities, and discussion boards to promote interaction and engagement. Use clickable links, images, and interactive content to keep your learners engaged and interested. Use sound effects, music, or other audio elements to engage your learners. Give award and badges. Deliver certifications. Do friendly competition. Give public praise. Create a leaderboard. Ask for feedbacks. A great way to get your learners more engaged and involved in your course is to ask them for their feedback. You can do this in a variety of ways such as include an online feedback form at the end of each module or lesson. Hold online polls or surveys periodically to get feedback from your learners. Encourage online discussions about course materials and topics. Hold a live queue in a session with your audience periodically. Learning experience platform. The learning experience platform LXP makes it easy for learners to search, create, and share learning supports. Give your learner a voice. Open the door to dialogue. Share user-generated content. Invite to participate. Encouraging information sharing. Project management tool. Video-based learning. Engagement is a critical component of successful online learning. One of the best ways to keep your learners engaged is to incorporate video-based learning and audio into your online course. Keep in mind that for video-based learning to be effective and engaging, the content needs to be short and to the point. Don't try to pack too much information into a single video. Keep the video short, between one and three minutes and to the point. Similarly, audio content should be short and to the point. Don't make your audio clips longer than three minutes. Make your audio short, sweet, and engaging. Encouraging information sharing. Project management tool. Summing up, engagement is crucial for successful online learning. Fortunately, there are a number of strategies you can implement to keep your learners more engaged throughout the course. Begin by planning for increased engagement with your content, providing a brief introduction to the topic, and being connected to your audience. Get to know your audience and include their expertise in your course design. Additionally, incorporate digital events, ganification strategies, and social learning to increase engagement. These strategies will help keep your learners more engaged throughout the course and will increase their likelihood of success. Thank you for watching and see you soon for a new vlog. The Learning Lab, an innovative e-learning platform for creative people.