Workshop Tip # 6:

 

Workarounds: Why They Help Learners Learn

Do you know that with an iPhone app you can walk to the Apple store, scan the price in iPhone and pay with your iPhone without having to talk with a cashier?

We hate standing in line. We disdain flight delays. We abhor slow and tedious processes ... we avoid ways of doing things that weigh us down.
 
Our brain seeks for short cuts and workarounds
Why do we like texting, drive-throughs, buying without getting in line? We definitely want immediate satisfaction. Sigmund Freud calls this our pleasure-seeking behaviors. We love pleasurable things - in this case short lines - and avoiding displeasure - long waits at the airports. 

In converting technical and compliance programs to engaging experiences, start with SWEET SPOTS, the "pleasure" experiences. These are the WORKAROUNDS. If you can show quick ways to learn and use valuable knowledge, you have your learners hooked.

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Workarounds
 
Compare these two videos. The first one is "product usage" training. While the second one is a "problem solving" video. Which video do you think makes the learner think and learn more? Which video should you invest more time doing to help your learners learn.
 
Instructions: How to Adjust a Front Derailleur


 


Workaround: How to Finish the Race 

 
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PREVIOUS WORKSHOP TIPS

 

Workshop Tip #1: When "ERRORS" are powerful eLearning devices.  

 

Workshop Tip #2: Using the ridiculous and exaggerated situations to hone learning ideas.  

 

Workshop Tip #3: The wrong way shows the correct way... sometimes. 

 

Workshop Tip #4: Creating Engaging Technical eLearning - Move: Learners to Tears.

 

Workshop Tip #5: Listening to the Geniuses Who Created Our Worlds

 

Dozens of methods will be presented in the workshop. Participants will have access to hundreds of stories and methods to help them produce more engaging technical and compliance eLearning.  They will own copies of the examples for their own reuse.

 

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