The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Learner Engagement Tales and Tips

We talk a lot about learner engagement in instructional design, especially for online learning experiences, but what do we really mean by that? With the fast pace of innovation, it seems like there are new learning tech tools available every day, but we know that simply throwing technology at students doesn’t equal engagement. Today we’ll be talking with Cara North about how to sift through all these available strategies and tools to best engage our learners. Cara North is an award-winning Senior Learning Experience Designer at The Ohio State University. As part of her role, she creates online courses and facilitates workshops for the College of Education and Human Ecology. She serves as President of Central Ohio ATD and is also a Ph.D. student in Learning Technologies at The Ohio State University. Cara was previously an instructional designer at Amazon where she created learning materials for Amazon Kindle. A self-proclaimed professional development and social media junkie, you can often find her on Twitter (@caranorth11) or hosting her show about Learning Technologies on The Training Learning and Development Cast (https://www.tldc.us). Resources: Connect with Haji Kamal Broken co-worker Multiple-Choice Mayhem