Have you ever come across the notion that learners tend to lose interest after a short period of time or that it’s just too hard to maintain their interest? Is that always true? Think back to the last time you streamed and binged a TV show or even played a video game. Did you struggle to stay focused, or were you fully immersed and unaware of how much time had passed? If so, that means you were entertained and engaged… and chances are that you retained a large amount of the information you absorbed. At MindSpring, we firmly believe that engaging learners is not solely determined by the course’s duration but rather by the way it is designed–with the learner in mind.
Interactive videos offer a powerful tool to captivate and engage learners within your learning and training courses, facilitating better understanding and retention of new information and skills. By blending live-action storytelling with interactive elements—such as quizzes, hotspots, clickable buttons, and branching scenarios—viewers are encouraged to actively engage with the content as a character in the story. This active participation transforms learners into key players in their own, unique, learning journey, leading to heightened knowledge retention, increased engagement, and improved overall learning outcomes.
Some Benefits of Interactive Videos
Enhanced Engagement:
Captivate learners by offering a dynamic and interactive way to consume information and test their skills in a real-world environment without the risk. This leads to increased engagement, retention, understanding of material, and motivation to complete the training.
Improved Knowledge Retention:
By actively participating in the learning process, learners are more likely to retain information and apply it effectively in real-world scenarios. It creates situations that are constantly changing, forcing the learner to apply what they’ve learned differently.
Personalized Learning:
Cater to individual learners by allowing them to navigate through the content at their own pace. Users can choose their path, explore additional resources, and revisit specific sections, ensuring a tailored learning experience that suits their unique needs.
Immediate Feedback:
Incorporating quizzes, polls, and assessments within interactive videos enables real-time feedback. Learners receive immediate results, allowing them to gauge their progress and identify areas that need improvement, facilitating a more efficient learning process.
Top 7 Areas We’re Seeing Interactive Video
Used Successfully:
- Employee Onboarding: Streamline the onboarding process for new employees by presenting information in an interactive format. New hires can grasp important concepts, company policies, and procedures more effectively.
- Compliance Training: Often mandatory for organizations to ensure adherence to legal and industry regulations, interactive video courses can make this training more engaging, improving knowledge retention, and reducing the risk of compliance violations.
- Product Training: For companies that introduce new products or services, interactive video courses can help sales teams and customer support staff understand the offerings, features, and benefits, enabling them to better assist customers and make informed recommendations.
- Safety Training: In industries where safety is paramount, such as manufacturing, construction, or healthcare, using interactive video in training can simulate hazardous situations without real-world risks, enabling organizations to better prepare their workforce to handle challenging scenarios and ensure a heightened level of safety and preparedness in their day-to-day operations.
- Leadership Development: Businesses can train future leaders by providing them with virtual leadership challenges, decision-making, or management scenarios to aid in their training and development.
- Customer Training: Interactive video engagements can be designed for customer training, providing them with tutorials, troubleshooting guides, and self-help resources. This not only reduces customer support requests but also can help improve customer satisfaction.
- Diversity and Inclusion Training: A valuable tool for promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, interactive video can empower employees to explore various perspectives, challenges biases, and learn about inclusive practices.
Interactive videos are a great solution for those looking to increase engagement and retention. At MindSpring, we pride ourselves on our ability to use interactive videos to meet our clients’ learning needs effectively. We design the course with the unique needs of the learner in mind to create the most engaging and effective learning experience for maximum retention. Whether you’re a business striving for a skilled workforce or a higher education institution seeking innovative ways to deliver knowledge, our solutions are tailored to help you achieve your goals and drive success within your organization.
