eLearning: Engaging All Groups of Learners

Learning styles are individualistic in nature. Every individual perceives content in a way that is easy for them. In a classroom training setup, it has always been challenging to accommodate learners with different learning styles and keep them engaged throughout the teaching-and-learning cycle. On the other hand, eLearning technologies go out of the way to boost these learning strategies and engage the learner from the beginning to the end in a virtual classroom.

The eLearning technology aids modern day teaching for all classes and environments. This technology has made teaching more effective and learning more engaging. The eLearning courses are developed keeping in mind the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic types of learners. Now, let’s look at how eLearning delivers to all these learner types.

Visual Learner

Learners possessing this learning style have a keen sense of visualization and perception. Visual learners have a preference for seeing material in order to learn it. The eLearning courses developed for such learners must have a good look-and-feel, to assist this visual process. eLearning tools such as Adobe Flash, PowerPoint, Articulate Storyline, and Adobe Captivate can be used to creative visual content in the form of diagrams, infographics, presentations, graphical storyboarding and animations to capture the learner’s interest.

Auditory Learner

Learners of this learning style are mostly of the listening and observing type, therefore audio- based eLearning courses suit a learner of this kind. These audios are toggled on or off depending on the learner’s need. People with auditory capacities also make great social learners because they typically portray good group dynamics. All eLearning authoring tools have provisions for audio inputs which can be used to create auditory learning content like recorded lectures, digital storytelling, and podcasts. In Adobe Flash, PowerPoint, Articulate Storyline, and Adobe Captivate audio files of mp3, mp4, wav, and many other sound formats can be incorporated to achieve this purpose.

Kinesthetic Learner

Kinesthetic learners excel at hand-eye coordination because of their agile receptive faculties. Learners of this learning style are chiefly of the ‘understanding-by-experimenting’ nature. Therefore, eLearning courses intended for these learners are designed to engage them by adding simulations and demonstrations. Adobe Flash, PowerPoint, Articulate Storyline, and Adobe Captivate are some of the tools that help create interactive games and simulations with the underlying aim of imparting business specific knowledge.

Technology has made colossal changes to the traditional learning forums and eLearning has indeed executed that with panache!