The document discusses four lessons that can be learned from the entertainment industry to make online learning more engaging. The lessons are: 1) use presenter-led video, dramatized scenarios, and expert commentary; 2) treat learners as consumers by making content glossy and persuasive like a TV ad and using campaign-based, memorable messages; 3) incorporate gamification techniques like quizzes, leaderboards, and immersive 3D environments; 4) allow content to be scrollable, include infographics, support multi-device access, and incorporate social learning features. The overall message is that applying techniques from entertainment can help capture learner attention and engage them in online educational content.
Lesson 1: TV & Drama,Video is not new in learning – Video Arts was founded in 1972However, with bandwidth limitations less common, and video production costs falling, we can now integrate full-screen video in to online learning in more interesting ways.Done badly, video in e-learning can put the learner off – however if we can replicate the production values and devices that they’re used to seeing in entertainment, that need not be the case.Here’s a couple of examples of those devices…
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Advertising agencies understand the importance of taking a campaign-based approach because memories are fragile. We easily forget stuff. So rather than seeing training as a one-off event, we recommend taking a campaign-based approach where you promote the learning or change initiative and keep repeating the key messages via a range of different channels.
S:\andygalletly\learn_tech\index.htmScrolling web pages with animated info graphics. Narrative technique.Because parallax scrolling is interactive and somewhat new, it will most likely leave a lasting impression meaning more people will be talking about them. Parallax scrolling.
Within that landscape, we have a duty to make learning engaging for our learners or risk it being ineffective.And since we’re competing against a range of media types from the entertainment industry, we can and should learn from them.In the remaining 25 minutes of this seminar, we’re going to present 4 lessons from the entertainment industry, and look at some of the techniques and devices we can take from them to use in our online learning solutions.