To maximize user engagement, provide incentives for continued participation, keep content fresh and creative to avoid boredom, and foster a sense of community and belonging by highlighting achievements and making users feel part of a group.
One of the keys to success is user engagement and is also one of the greatest challenges.
Very difficult to sustain using distance learning tools
Offering incentive is a great motivator
MSHUP
Awards
Communicating achievements
Always offer interest this means keeping in touch with your audience, keep abreast of what is happening within the organisation.
Tap into existing trusted communication channels to deliver messages.
Follow up on enquiries and comments.
Let them know you are interested in what they have to say through debate
Post regular questions.
Do something once a month that is not work related and has a reward, theater tickets beg steal or borrow if necessary.
COMMUNICATE
Clever advertising is key, communication must be strong, consistent and constant
Define drivers
Talk to the business about what they need.
Discover what the gap is costing (pain)
Give them a solution that will bridge the gap for the users and support business
Choose the right tool, but be aware that one size doesn’t fit all, innovate, mix and match
Talk to them in a language they can relate to, performance, productivity, results (Business)
It must be seen as the thing to do, as second nature and be accepted as the norm
Generating the buzz in the organisation requires commitment and hard work but once underway it will begin to sustain itself and embed in the fabric of the organisation
Content must connect with the audience to be effective and create interest amongst the target group. (difficult with dry subjects)
Use scenario's that are relative to the target audience. Bring in real world examples
Use the tools at our disposal
Twitter
YouTube
Google Docs
Delicious
SlideShare
Google Reader
WordPress
Skype
Moodle
Facebook
If content already exists, we should use it where ever possible, developing a library of learning objects along the way that are ready to reuse when a proactive need arises is key to efficient service delivery “recycling”
Plagiarism is good when a common goal is achieved, LP offers the opportunities to share, collaborate and create content, repurposing and rebranding content that was created in the public sector for the public sector.
Must align with the business strategy
Ensure that your in there
Feel part of a community
Making learning social, a shared experience
A trouble shared is a trouble halved, Mentoring by other users, knowledge shares, forums and wikis
Cost effective, Ref training in tough time, doing more for less.
All can be done using the Learning Pool platform and its community environment.
Never lose sight of your customer as they are the key to success.
Give them what they want when they want it.
Always listen.
Give them incentive to learn but make sure it aligns with your objectives
The Learning Pool community provides the platform on which to share, collaborate and meet the challenges we face when presented with the business change and married with ever decreasing training budgets, user engagement is the key to our common goal of providing a sustainable learning deliver service in times of austerity.