Ways to Boost Engagement in Industrial eLearning – Part 2

Consider Incentives and Rewards

The most challenging limitation to implementing industrial eLearning is resistance. If a company has a certain way of functioning, it will likely continue the same way, making it difficult to motivate your staff to try something new. eLearning will not be effective if there is resistance from your employees.

In such a scenario, incentives can increase the significant engagement of the audience. If incentives are permitted in your firm, defining them is important. The following components can be used as incentives:

• Gift Cards
• Gamification elements
• Credits
• Status Level

Suppose your company does not permit monetary incentives. Awarding a status level can motivate people to participate in eLearning courses. Gamification is another element that increases audience engagement. It also keeps learners interested in learning.

Microlearning

Deloitte, a multinational professional service company, estimates that employees must dedicate 1% of their weekly working hours to training. 1% of work time translates to only 24 minutes per week or around 5 minutes daily. According to the firm, this helps workers stay updated with the latest trends and development in the industry.

It depicts the power of ‘microlearning’, a bite-sized approach to boost training, engagement, and knowledge retention. This method is less time-consuming, cost-effective, and surprisingly effective for industrial eLearning. Microlearning could be small learning units or short-term eLearning activities for learners to study conveniently. Microlearning content can include games, quizzes, videos, podcasts, images, etc.

Incite Emotion to Connect
at a Deeper Level

Emotionally driven eLearning is more profound and impactful. Capturing and harnessing emotions in learning is quite complex. Various tools can incite emotions in the learners.

Visuals - Organizations should carefully craft the colour scheme, typography, and imagery to engage their audience emotionally. Images evoke many emotions; a picture of a confident employee evokes confidence in your employees.

Acoustic and Sound – A wind chime can elicit emotions of restlessness, the sound of a bell can bring your awareness to the present, your eLearning course can use many sounds well. A recent study revealed that nonverbal sounds could evoke over 24 emotions in a person.

Content – Real-life stories, anecdotes, and compelling case studies make learning relevant for the audience. If a story is interesting, it will make people more emotionally invested in learning.

Interactive Assessments

eLearning has revolutionized how learners can learn new concepts, knowledge, and skills. Regular assessments help you gauge the depth of online learners’ progress. Learning assessments help you determine employee proficiency and knowledge mastery. There are multiple ways to create interactive reviews.

You can incorporate the following to create interactive and meaningful assessments:

• Task-based simulations
• Collaborative projects
• Online Interviews
• Blog reading and reflection
• Problem-solving case studies
• Online forms
• Group discussions
• Branching
• Questions Pools

You can also create personalized assessments for different departments and provide supplemental resources to struggling learners.

You don’t want to wear out good engagement techniques regarding audience engagement. Ensure that you keep updating, innovating, and experimenting with eLearning courses. Use a treasure trove of engagement opportunities and methods to keep your learner happily invested in their professional and personal growth.

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