Maximizing Online Learning Engagement

Traditional training is expensive. You need to pay an instructor for their time, transport your learners to wherever the seminar is held, and deal with the loss of productivity that arises when you send your entire staff away. In contrast, e-learning means that you don’t have to pay an instructor every time you host a course. Likewise, learners can access educational content on their terms, saving your organization money in transportation costs and lost productivity.

Research also suggests that learners get more out of virtual training. For example, research compiled by Shift Learning reveals that remote learners retain approximately 25-60% of the information presented to them vs. just 8-10% for traditional instruction. Furthermore, learners need less training time to learn the same material by a factor of five.

The benefits of remote learning are clear, yet we’ve all heard the stories of remote learners falling behind during the pandemic. The reason for this disconnect is a lack of online learning engagement and EchoPoll is designed to address that issue for organizations of all sizes.

For instance, remote learners may feel too far removed from their instructors and their peers or colleagues to make the most of online learning. EchoPoll addresses this issue with live classes including communication tools such as screen share and embedded presentations to foster collaboration between learners. There are even virtual breakout rooms so instructors can break

classes into smaller groups just like they could in person. And with the added capabilities of Echo360, your organization can easily accommodate learners that cannot make live classes, as Echo360 also records sessions automatically to ensure equity for all.

That said, self-paced courses can also promote online learning engagement by allowing learners to choose where, when, and how to interact with training materials. EchoPoll supports on-demand playback, allowing learners to go back for a refresher on anything they don’t understand at their convenience. The content is also mobile-friendly, allowing learners to study on the devices that they already feel comfortable using. Echo360 offers integrated transcription windows on video content as well, allowing learners to engage all of their senses through multimodal learning instead of choosing one at a time.

Learners will naturally engage with content that interests them, and EchoPoll allows for the creation of personalized learning paths so that learners can concentrate on the material they need for their role with your organization. You can also offer upskilling opportunities to help today’s employees prepare for the jobs they want tomorrow, improving employee engagement and retention in one swoop.

Similarly, instructors may feel ill-equipped to help struggling learners catch up to their classmates in an online setting. EchoPoll allows course creators to add inline quizzes and other assessments directly into their lessons, providing real-time evidence of who is grasping what while simultaneously promoting learner engagement. Better yet, we offer a complementary product called EchoExam that gives instructors more choice in the types of items presented to learners. Our platform also allows administrators to enroll learners in remediation by simply copying and pasting a list of email addresses, making it simple for learners to get the extra support they need.

Perhaps most importantly, EchoPoll empowers course creators to make engaging content for their learners. Adding a video from a site such as YouTube is as easy as importing it to the Echo360 ecosystem, and instructors can also choose from an extensive library of pre-made graphical assets to help their courses pop. Echo360 also uses Amazon Transcribe to index video content, making it easy for learners and creators to find exactly what they are looking for.

Gamification elements such as leaderboards and badges can also make your organization’s courses feel like playing a video game, engaging learners who otherwise might find the content boring. Our suite of Point Solutions products takes gamification one step further by enabling learners to participate in remote polls on the web, on their phones, or through clickers.

Choosing the right learning platform is essential to online learning engagement, and we’re confident that EchoPoll will bring your online learning to the next level! Book a demo right now and see our platform in action for yourself.