If you’re managing an LMS online course, keep in mind two important aspects: rewards and clarity.
Why did the chicken cross the road? Everyone knows it wasn’t just to get to the other side. No, there must have been something across the road that the chicken desperately wanted, and in order to obtain it, he needed to risk his little feathery life.
Companies and school systems using LMS online systems should keep this idea in mind.
Even though the process itself usually turns out to be the reward, most people still need a carrot in order to put forth our best efforts. Intentional learning, or learning for learning’s sake, doesn’t typically happen.
Basically, learning is about wanting something. This something may be grades, monetary rewards, or simple verbal encouragement or recognition.
People of all ages are highly responsive to simple encouragement from both peers and authority figures.
As business author Michael LeBoeuf has said, "You get more of the behavior you reward. You don’t get what you hope for, ask for, wish for or beg for. You get what you reward." When individual team members are poorly motivated, or feel like their work doesn’t make a difference, the whole team suffers. By rewarding group accomplishments, you inspire and promote teamwork and creative energy.
A leader who inspires and encourages learners not only aids in the learning process, but instills in students a sense of self-confidence, and may help to strengthen work relationships.
LMS online systems like Coggno can help an organization begin this development of rewards strategies and the establishment of clear goals.
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