This is the last week of development for this round. I will be opening up your courses to the peer advisers next Monday. Please let me know when you complete your developments this week so I can offer suggestions and check them off as the week goes along. Remember to check the Online Course Development Checklist to make sure you caught everything in your development.
Here is a great reminder of overall things to look for in your developments. Click on the link to hear the audio of this information, otherwise you can read my summary below.
10 Ways in 10 minutes to engage online learners:
- Primacy: People remember the first thing they see/hear. It is critical to cover the learning goals and manage their expectations right from the start. The learning objectives (link) will do this.
- Visuals: 60% of people would prefer to receive information visually. Include graphs, cartoons, etc. Not Just Text.
- Sound: Sound can be a perfect way to provoke memory as well as to create an environment
- Movement: In an e-learning environment this can be difficult but consider asking students to enter in yes or no answers that you are not even tracking. Just typing in a response helps learners internalize the information.
- Use Emotion: Take a situation or case study and add emotion to it.
- Teach to a Context: Answer the question “Why do we have to learn this?” Make sure that the online learner knows the answer to this question.
- Build a Sense of Community: Have students work together
- Use Humor: Use free cartoons that are available on the web
- Engaging: Don’t “Dummy Down” the course. Make sure the material is engaging and challenging enough for the learner.
- Recency: People remember the last thing that they hear/see. Make sure to review at the end of each unit what the student has learned.
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