Improving participation and effectiveness of international training courses

For global brands, ensuring the continuous development and training of international teams is critical. Some of the key challenges faced by clients include converting existing materials into e-learning courses, maintaining audience attention, and effective information retention.

According to Learn Upon, 71% of respondents believe that increasing engagement is the biggest challenge in delivering training. So how do you make learning more engaging and fun? Here are the top 10 things to consider when developing eLearning courses.

1. Set clear goals 
   Understand your learners and set clear goals for them. Making goals clear at the beginning of the course can help maintain direction and avoid lengthy modules that can cause learners to lose focus.
2. Using Video Data from 
   SAVO Group shows that employees forget an average of 65% of content within seven days of training, rising to 90% after six months. Data from Wyzowl shows that people remember 80% of what they see and do, 20% of what they read, and 10% of what they hear. Videos are more engaging than text and can significantly improve long-term memory.
3. Keeping 
   video length concise and concise is critical for engagement and information retention. Techsmith research shows that 43% of people prefer instructional videos of three to six minutes. Break the content into small chunks and add interactive elements to make the course more engaging.
4. Visual Appeal 
   Creating visually accessible training courses helps capture learners’ attention. Use high-quality videos and images and avoid blurry photos and lengthy text.
5. Use scenarios 
   to tell stories in your lessons and provide context for learners to apply what they have learned. Be as specific as possible to enhance relevance.
6. Make learning interactive 
   to capture your audience’s attention and require them to participate in your course. Add quizzes after each video or chapter to help with information retention and allow learners to demonstrate what they’ve learned.
7. Explore Gamification 
   Enhance the course experience through gamification to increase interactivity and fun. Provide rewards to learners to motivate their efforts.
8. Improving accessibility 
   is necessary to ensure that all learners can access the course content smoothly. In addition to human voice dubbing, you can also use AI or text-to-speech solutions. Adding subtitles to videos can help the hearing-impaired and non-English learners.
9. Create a personalized experience 
   Personalize courses to suit different audiences while maintaining the effectiveness of the original content. Create materials that are relevant to learners to help increase adoption and completion rates.
10. the learner's language 
    provides the best learning experience. Ensuring content is culturally relevant to the training market reduces confusion and misunderstandings, which improves engagement and information retention. Planning translations in advance can reduce costs and increase the appeal of your courses.

Whatever your business, find ways to make learning more interesting for your employees to achieve the best results. To learn more about how to make your courses more engaging, increase information retention, and reduce costs, please feel free to contact us.

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