

Adult Learning: Motivating and Engaging Learners
Create powerful learning experiences that command your learners’ attention.
This on-demand e-learning course is available online immediately after purchase. Within the course you will have the opportunity to view video and animations, interact with content, and reflect on your learning. You will have access to the course(s) for 12 months from your registration date.
There are defining characteristics of adult learners and factors that influence their motivation and engagement. Being exposed to real-life scenarios will help you reflect on the way these concepts can support you as a learning professional so you can create inspiring formal and informal learning.
In this course you will learn best practices for grabbing learners’ interest and maintaining it throughout the learning experience.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
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There are defining characteristics of adult learners and factors that influence their motivation and engagement. Being exposed to real-life scenarios will help you reflect on the way these concepts can support you as a learning professional so you can create inspiring formal and informal learning.
In this course you will learn best practices for grabbing learners’ interest and maintaining it throughout the learning experience.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
- Explore the options available for training in the workplace and when to select one option over another.
- Become familiar with factors that influence learning motivation in adults and uncover strategies to keep them engaged.
- Apply methods that motivate and engage adult learners.
- Identify factors that influence how adult learners are engaged and motivated to learn.
- Describe the use of learning options and environments.
- Describe motivating factors that influence learning options and environments.
- Describe methods that support learning engagement.
- Apply methods that motivate and engage adult learners.
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Motivating and Engaging Learners
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Adult Learning Certificate
In this interactive certificate program, you will gain foundational knowledge of the theories and cognitive science principles underlying adult learning in the workplace and discover strategies to...
New learning professionals or others who seek strategies for engaging learners and keeping them motivated. This could include instructional designers or trainers, but also managers responsible for individuals’ learning or subject matter experts who have been asked to help others learn.
Anyone responsible for creating, supporting, or leading learning experiences for an adult audience will benefit from the foundational concepts in this program. This may include trainers, facilitators, instructional designers, academic educators, community educators, consultants, coaches, and beyond. This program is also applicable if you are not a full-time learning professional but a practitioner or manager who is responsible for developing team members or transferring your knowledge through learning opportunities.

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ATTENDANCE
On Demand
Full completion of the program within the one-year access period is mandatory in order to receive CEUs. Participants who complete all aspects of the program will see their completion status reflected on their transcript in the ATD Learning Portal.
If applicable, a certificate will be issued to you through the ATD Learning Portal at the end of the program.
CREDITS
1.5 learning hours
0.15 CEUs awarded
This program is eligible for 1.5 professional development hours or recertification points from the ATD Certification Institute (ATD CI) for the APTD or CPTD credential.
This program has been approved for 1.5 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
This program is valid for 1.5 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrm.org/certification.
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