April 3, 2006
Why is it so difficult to engage learners in the learning
experience? Perhaps our
designs are missing key
ingredients that could make
learners care about the
experience.
This week’s
article reviews what we
know about the...
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April 3, 2006
Why is it so difficult to engage learners in the learning
experience? Perhaps our
designs are missing key
ingredients that could make
learners care about the
experience.
This week’s
article reviews what we
know about the non-cognitive elements of learning,
and suggests how you can
hook the learner, relieve
anxieties as you set expectations about content, and
design emotionally
engaging experiences!
Making It Matter to the
Learner: e-Motional e-Learning
By Clark N.
Quinn
E
motion is hot.
Business is exploring Emotional Intelligence in workplace effectiveness, Emotional Design
in product and services, and we’re selling experiences now instead of just services.
Besides flavor-of-themonth, is there any “there” there (to borrow a phrase from
the late author Gertrude Stein)? More particularly, are there
any implications for e-Learning?
The short answer is that factoring emotion into your e-Learning is going to take it to the next level, where it re
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