CETS 2010, Judy Martins, Creating Engaging Elearning

• 1.Chicago eLearning ShowcaseAugust 11, 2010 Creating Engaging eLearning Presenter Judy Martins Mid American Regional Training INStitute

2. While we wait.

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3. TEAMS WORK

• T ogether

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• A chieves

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4. Lets get to know each other!

• Pick an Object

• ANY Object

• Note 5 things about the object

• Share with your neighbor how these 5 things apply to YOU!

5. Butterfly

• Flying / Soaring

• Transformed from a caterpillar

• Dramatic / Creative

• In Motion

• FUN

6. Judy Martins Mid American Regional Training INStitute

• Interactive /Engaging

• Accelerated Learning

• Business Simulations

• Teamwork/Team Problem Solving

• All of US are Smarter than any one of US

• Leadership Development

7. NOT Good eLearning! 8. Your Turn!

• What makes eLearningSuccessful?

9. Why Engaging is Important! 10. Interaction ALWAYSBeats Passive Learning !

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• I nitiate group discussion

• N ew ideas

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• E ngaging

• R efreshments

• A ctivity

• C ollaboration

• T eamwork

11. What do we mean by Engaging?

• Kirkpatricks 4 levels of Evaluation

• Level 1 Reaction

• • Did theyLIKE it?

• Level 2 Learning

• • Did theyLEARNSOMETHING ?

• Level 3 Behavior

• • Did theyUSEwhat they learned ?

• Level 4 Results

• • Did thenew behaviorIMPACTthe bottom line ?

12. What can we do to Engage Learners?

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• E nthusiastically Received

• N ot Boring

• G rabs our Attention

• A ctivates Our Minds

• G ains Our Knowledge

• I nteractive

• N oteworthy

• G ives New Ideas

13. Your Turn!

• What techniques can we use to create

• ENGAGING eLearning?

14. Some Engaging Ideas:

• Color

• Graphics & Pictures

• Job Aids to Print after Post Test

• Case Studies / Role play

• Webinars

• Questions and Answers

• Blogs / Wikis / Twitter

• Social Networking Face book

• Games for Review

15. 4 Steps toCreating Engaging eLearning

• Define the Outcome

• • What do you want to achieve?

• • WIIFM

• Design Content

• • Simple, but not simplistic

• • Include practice Sessions

• Deliver Content with 75 - 86% Interactivity

• • Easy to: Respond & Remember

• Assess Learner Achievement

16. Using Games for Review

• Jeopardy Board

• Tick Tack Toe

• Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

• Wheel of Fortune

17. Points & Prizes

• Funny Money

• • 10 wins a piece of candy

• • 500 a mug

• • 50,000 wins a jacket

• Messenger Bag

• Rubber Duckies

18. Your Turn!

• Pick an eLearning topic and discuss it (Technologies? Tools?)

19. Resources Shank, The Online Learning Idea Book (Pfeiffer) Watkins, 75 Ideas for E-Learning Solem & Pike, 50 Creative Training Closers: Innovative Ways to End Your Training with IMPACT! Silberman, 101 Ways to Make Training Active (2005 **2nd Edition) Scannell & Newstrom: The Games Trainers Play series http://jeopardylabs.com 20. Good Work!

• Give Yourself a Hand !