6 Tips to Gain Your Learner’s Attention

Every so often, while developing an eLearning course, we think about the different strategies and instructional models that will help us to create an effective eLearning course. But, an important aspect of this effectiveness is capturing the learner’s attention. In today’s world of fast-paced life and short attention spans, if you haven’t managed to capture your learners’ attention, they will not be ready to accept what you have to offer. Thus, a hurdle that all learning architects face is to gain and retain the learner’s attention.

Let us see some important elements that can be used to gain the learners’ attention and maintain it until the end of a course.

1. Have a Well-Structured System:

   Using a proper content structure can have a huge impact on gaining the learner’s attention. Give your content a logical structural flow, as it helps learners to easily adapt the new information to their knowledge base. Learners will lose all their focus if the objectives of the lessons are not clearly understood. In order to give the learner a sense of satisfaction at the end of the course, you could structure your content as per the lesson objectives.

2. High Quality Visuals:

   Always prefer to make the content visually appealing. We as humans are naturally inclined to pay attention to images as it is the best way to learn and understand the concept. You could also replace large chunks of information with infographics and relevant images. Your content could be accompanied by images to add meaning to your information as visualizing content has a better and lasting impression on the learner’s brain.

3. Use Relevant Content:

   The content used in the course should be relevant to the learner. The content should be learner-oriented so that they are able to relate to it. The content should be designed keeping in mind the learner’s needs and requirements. You could also use real-life scenarios, workplace incidences, and real images to make the online course more relevant to the learner.

4. Transfer Information In Bites:

   Use bite sized information to draw focus on the important aspects of learning. It encourages learners to process information quickly and effortlessly consume a large amount of data.

5. Connect With The Learners:

   Connect with your learners so that they will learn better and easier. Create an emotional connect with the learners by using scenarios so that they can connect emotionally to the content. You could also add humor or surprising moments that grab your learner’s attention and also have some knowledge to take away.

6. Use Interactivity:

   Make your course interactive with the appropriate use of assets like quiz, gamification or drag and drop activities. Provide appropriate feedback at regular intervals. The learner’s interactions with the course can transpire through exercises that provide control to the learners. Making choices while taking the course could enhance the learning experience.

By using some of these learner retention tips, you could increase the quality of your learning delivery and decrease the rate of drop-outs. Grabbing and holding onto your learners is exactly what you need to do to improve your learner’s retention.