68 Tips for eLearning Engagement and Interactivity

Engagement is a critical element of learning. If we canget people to pay attention to what we’ve developed or what we’re saying andengage with us, the content, and each other, learning follows.

Gaining and maintaining engagement in the physicalclassroom seems straightforward: If learners look bored or inattentive, weadjust our training style on the fly or call on people to recapture theirattention. But in eLearning, especially self-paced eLearning, drivingengagement requires much more planning, monitoring, and, most of all,creativity.

So how do we drive engagement in eLearning andmLearning? Interactivities can help, but only if we design thoseinteractivities effectively. Learners also need engaging content, an engaging(or at least not frustrating) interface, engaging media and visual design, andmaybe a game here and there. In this eBook, experts provide 68 tips for makingsure your learners are fully engaged, in areas including:

• Creatingengaging content
• Creatingan engaging interface
• Usinginteractivities to drive engagement
• Usingmedia and visual design effectively
• Usinggames for learning
• Measuringengagement and learning