How eLearning Can Engage Learners Through Interactivity
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- 1. eLearning sucks A discussion stimulus for teachers, marketers & communicators everywhere.
- 2. lectures are an inefficient way to teach
- 3. % of class paying full attention Time (minutes) The Attention Curve After 10 minutes 35% of your audience you’ve lost Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training , 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
- 4. % of class paying full attention Time (minutes) The Attention Curve After 25 minutes 75% of your audience you’ve lost Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training , 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
- 5. % of class paying full attention Time (minutes) The Attention Curve Which leaves you with a beginning and an end (but no middle) Don’t say anything important here! Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training , 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
- 6. You end up saying everything 3 times © World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org) swiss-image.ch Remy Steinegger Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tony_Blair_WEF_2008_cropped.jpg EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION “ ”
- 7. Most eLearning is also like a lecture
- 8. This sucks.
- 9. It’s like travelling by train One route. One speed. You can’t contribute to the journey, nor can you determine its outcome.
- 10. Using the web is not like travelling by train
- 11. Explore With the web you can... Trigger Enquire Respond React Engage Create Query Interact Rewind Pause Repeat Test Customise
- 12. Thanks to the Web, creating interactive learning content is becoming faster and cheaper.
- 13. The web-savvy generation now expect a higher level of engagement
- 14. People enjoy video games because their creators put engagement before everything else.
- 15. eLearning authors often put engagement a distant second to academic rigour.
- 16. The principles of game design are significant But the very word game is misleading. It’s synonymous with extra-curricular, solitary activity. This is a misconception we need to overcome.
- 17. of 40 Just like a game eLearning can provide a controlled environment for experimentation, safe failure and experiential learning.
- 18. lecture? So why does eLearning have to be like a
- 19. In life we learn from experience
- 20. Learning results from peer interaction & feedback in an entertaining and risk free environment. It also involves repetition, reinforcement, association and use of multiple senses. E Akl et al 2007 “ ”
- 21. Abilities Challenge Anxiety Boredom flow Csíkszentmihályi, Mihály (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience . New York: Harper and Row. ISBN 0-06-092043-2 Holt, R. Examining Video Game Immersion as a Flow State , B.A. Thesis Dept of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 2000 The flow zone This chart demonstrates the balance between challenge and ability that results in “Flow” – a state of continuous engagement. This balance is unique for every individual; which is why teaching a large classroom is so difficult. eLearning has a tremendous opportunity to create a state of Flow that is suitable for every learner’s ability. of 40
- 22. Often we have critical lessons to communicate...
- 23. Lessons which protect our safety and health...
- 25. ...lessons which protect our future.
- 26. these lessons merit serious attention when it comes to online learning
- 27. We will need to work together Interaction Designers Educators Communication experts + +
- 28. lets make it happen :) @seismograph slideshare follow us on twitter more presentations on (links open in a new window)