3 Ways to Make Your Video Training Better for Everyone

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Don’t let video training for your employees be a drag! Here are just a few things to consider that can help employee training be enjoyable and engaging with video.

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Don't Let Your E-Learning System Collapse Like Jenga

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Making your e-learning interactive is key to a successful e-learning system. Here are some ways to utilize interactivity to better engage your employees with Bridge.

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3 Ways to Win at Online Course Design

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So you’ve stockpiled a ton of great content, but you’re not sure where to start when it comes to shaping that content into an engaging course for employee training. These three tips will set you on the right path.

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Video Is Supreme Overlord

Research overwhelmingly shows that learners prefer video to other e-learning mediums. Keep your videos between two and four minutes long. (Whoever said overlords can’t be short? It’s time to challenge traditional standards of overlord beauty.)

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TWO

Images Keep Things Interesting

Adding relevant images can break text into more manageable, memorable chunks and can help create an emotional response. On a related note, don’t overwhelm your learners with too much text. Like this sentence, for example, which isn’t necessary at all.

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Short Courses Are Smart Courses

Delivering training in smaller segments makes e-learning more digestible and keeps learners from burning out. (It prevents course authors from burning out, too.) Pro tip: Online training should be short enough for employees to complete during a coffee break.

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Published August 2016 by Instructure, Inc.
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Corporate Training + Cognitive Science:
5 Ways to Make Information Stick

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FIRST, SOME BAD NEWS:

Employees don’t retain information for long, let alone apply it in their work.

NOW, THE GOOD NEWS:

These five simple instructional design principles will improve your corporate learning outcomes.

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LESS IS MORE: SHORTER VIDEOS MAKE HAPPIER EMPLOYEES.

One study showed that, when consuming video, our attention spans cap out at 6 to 9 minutes (at best). That’s science telling us to make shorter videos.

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Preliminary EdX Video Engagement Findings Videos grouped by length Analysis by Philip Guo ([email protected]) 0-3 Minutes 3-6 Minutes 6-9 Minutes 9-12 Minutes 12-15 Minutes 15-40 Minutes Certificate-earning students All other students Median time spent watching video (minutes) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

TWO

KNOW THE BRAIN’S LIMITATIONS: OUR EYES AND EARS DON’T LIKE FIGHTING OVER SCRAPS.

Dual-Channel Theory

Eyes Working Memory Ears WORDS Eyes Working Memory Ears WORDS PICTURES
Eyes Working Memory Ears WORDS Eyes Working Memory Ears WORDS PICTURES

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POSE PROBLEMS, NOT ANSWERS: TEST THAT KNOWLEDGE.

Scientific research has shown repeatedly that tests and similar challenges help us retain knowledge better than just studying.

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Roediger, H.L. & Karpicke, J.D. (2006). Test-enhanced Learning: Taking memory tests improves long-term retention. Psychological Science, 17(3), 249-255. AFTER EVERYONE STUDIED FOR 7 MINUTES THEY... FINAL TEST TOOK PLACE AFTER... 5 Min 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 2 Days 1 Week Studied more Took a practice test FACTS RECALLED

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PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE: REPEATED APPLICATION HELPS PEOPLE REMEMBER STUFF.

The Forgetting Curve

E.g. Schrater, Daniel. (2001). The seven sins of memory: How the mind forgets and remembers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Learning TIME KNOWLEDGE RETENTION Forgetting

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BAIT THE HOOK: NO ONE LIKES BORING THINGS.

If we’re bored, we don’t listen. That’s just a proven fact according to research. And the longer we’re bored, the further our minds drift.

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Medina, John. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work. Home, and School. Pear Press, 2009 5 HIGH LOW 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Subjective measureof attention Minutes of class

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Published July 2016 by Instructure, Inc.
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7 Course Design Wins & Other Cool Learning Strategies

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In this webinar, you’ll gather some fast tips and design ideas for building corporate training, all shared within our cloud-based corporate learning platform, Bridge. We’ll dive deeper into topics such as leveraging video content, learning how to design just-in-time training, and creating tailor-made training for adult learners. Enjoy an up-close demo of Bridge and learn how it can help you design beautiful training in no time.

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