Many organizations bombard their employees with e-learning systems and original content. However, it’s evident that corporate employees are not eagerly anticipating these e-learning sessions. The primary reasons for this are the ineffective management of catalogs and communities, the lack of a marketing perspective, and, most importantly, content design. To avoid e-learning fatigue among your employees, here are some key considerations:
Focus on content that delivers immediate and quick results. We are all very busy, and no one has time to learn something new, unfortunately. This is the biggest barrier to overcome in e-learning.
Provide Valuable and Concise Content Summarize the content instead of providing it in full. Squeeze the essence out of raw content and highlight only the key elements.
Ensure participants can easily access all details, information, documents, and tools during training. Most importantly, if possible, distribute the content through tablets to make consumption easier and more engaging. It might sound radical, but consider shutting down your web platforms and delivering e-learning exclusively through tablets and smartphones. In short, accessibility is crucial.
Present the content in very short segments. Otherwise, attention will wane, the content will become boring, and participants will resort to clicking the "Next" button to complete the training, leading us to falsely believe in the consumption of high-quality content.
Create an index that allows users to easily access everything. Let them roam freely.
Design engaging, interactive, and creative content that includes audio, video, visuals, or animations. Although budget constraints often limit the resources for highly creative content, there are still ways to achieve this with minimal resources. Using virtual characters is one of them.
Provide Preliminary Information Inform participants about the essence of the content at the beginning of the training and ensure to motivate them. Mention that completing the training could earn them an iPad or a nice gift voucher.
Allow users to bookmark relevant pages and share them with each other. While this might be challenging with outdated SCORM-compliant LMSs, do your best to push the limits of your system. Or better yet, use InfinityLMS.
Focus on the job and prioritize task-based competencies. Content aimed at imparting fundamental and comprehensive competencies tends to be lengthy, tiring, and challenging for participants. After all, isn’t the job the most important aspect?