Creating an exceptional learning path for adult learners necessitates that the learning designer understand not only good design methodology, but also what gaps are creating challenges for their learners engagement.
Choosing Instructional Design Strategy:
There are lots of different strategies that can be used to deign e-courses, some of the most popular include Bloom’s Taxonomy or ADDIE. Your choice in how you build the learning will result in what outcomes are most easily met by your learners.
Clarity in Learning Outcomes and Approach:
Creating engagement success for learners in a remote world requires the instructional designer to be conscious of right sizing the outcomes and choosing a design model that meets the expected learners multiple intelligences.
Information Overload:
Setting remote online learners up for success requires that we create bite sized learning. To aid in the delivery of this we need to consider time, breaks, chunking, outcomes, and more. Setting realistic amounts of content engages the learner to discover more.
Holding Learners Attention:
There are two factors here – boredom and focus. Boredom as a result of utilizing the same techniques over-and-over again. Ability to focus by the learner and tune out competing stimulus or responsibilities.
Evolution and Application of Technology:
Application of technology has a definite impact on learners engagement. Technology must be intuitive, evolving and unique. Choosing new tools and tech that meet learners intelligences help them to engage in a more fulsome way.
Technology Accessibility & Skill Sets:
As a second step technology evolves, but not always in pace to learners access to hardware and software. Couple that with the global nature of online learning the discrepancy between technology can become deep.
