| Want to support and motivate students in your | | | | who inspires and motivates trainees not only |
| LMS online course? Create a system of rewards | | | | facilitates the learning process, but instills a sense |
| and incentives. | | | | of team unity and improves work relationships. |
| Even though the process itself usually turns out to | | | | If your organization's members feel good about |
| be the best reward, we humans still require a | | | | their training program and how they are |
| carrot to put forth effort. Intentional learning--or | | | | progressing, and collaborative activities promote |
| simply learning for the sake of learning--isn't a | | | | healthy workplace relationships, the organization |
| common occurrence. It does happen, but it is not | | | | always benefits. |
| the norm. | | | | On the other side of the coin, when individual |
| Remember: learning is basically about wanting | | | | team members are unmotivated, or sense that |
| something. In a school classroom setting, that | | | | their efforts go unnoticed or make no difference, |
| something may be high marks or peer and/or | | | | the whole group suffers. By rewarding group |
| teacher approval. In an LMS online training | | | | accomplishments, you facilitate collaborative |
| program, the desired something may include | | | | creativity and strengthen the effectiveness of the |
| monetary rewards for good performance, or | | | | LMS online training. |
| verbal encouragement and praise for a job well | | | | Each trainee in a group learning context should |
| done. | | | | have a sense of responsibility. Though an LMS can |
| Simple words of encouragement and acclaim go a | | | | be used to track achievements to provide |
| long way in motivating learners in an online training | | | | rewards as part of a reward and recognition |
| system. This goes for both adults and children. | | | | strategy, the best kind of recognition is |
| When possible, a training program should not only | | | | face-to-face, in the form of positive words and |
| have its own system of rewards and points, but | | | | encouragement from a respected leader. |
| also a personal touch--human motivation. A leader | | | | |