623 Will They Stay or Will They Stray? Strategies to Boost Engagement
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Thursday, June 11
Strategy
Lone Star G
As we move, albeit haltingly, to more independent and technology-enabled learning and performance support, participants enjoy choice. Lots of it. They choose to participate, engage, and contribute. Or they can choose to skip your learning program entirely.
In this session you will explore the significant problem of drop outs and tune outs in the context of the very organizations that are attempting to add more independence, agency, and informality to their offerings. You will discuss what organizations and leaning and development professionals can do to avoid this problem by examining what the literature says about engagement in general, and in learning in particular.
In this session, you will learn:
- Five strategies for enhancing learning engagement
- Views on organizational engagement
- From literature on engagement
- How to apply what we know about engagement to your work
Audience:
Intermediate designers, developers, project managers, and
managers.
Technology
discussed in this session:
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Allison Rossett
Principal
Allison Rossett & Associates
Dr. Allison Rossett, long-time Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University, is in the Training magazine HRD Hall of Fame, and was a member of the ASTD International Board of Directors. Recipient of ASTD’s recognition for lifelong contributions to workplace learning and performance and designated a 2008 LEGEND, Allison co-authored Job Aids and Performance Support: Moving from Knowledge in the Classroom to Knowledge Everywhere and a new edition of her book, First Things Fast. Rossett edited The ASTD E-Learning Handbook: Best Practices, Strategies, and Case Studies for an Emerging Field. She also wrote a white paper for the American Management Association, Blended Learning Opportunities and another, on learner engagement, for Adobe Systems. Allison’s client list includes IBM, HP, Ingersoll Rand, the Getty Conservation Institute, Fidelity Investments, Kaiser Permanente, BP, the IRS, Amgen, Royal Bank of Scotland, USAA, National Security Agency, Transportation Security Administration, and several eLearning start-ups. Allison was awarded the Guild Master Award in 2013 for her accomplishments and contributions to the eLearning community.
