Learning Engineering Toolkit

CHAPTER 15 Tools for Learner Motivation

by Laura Casey, Diana Delgado, Jim Goodell, and Prasad Ram

This chapter discusses learner motivation, one of the most important-yet often overlooked—elements to successful learning. A tool later in the chapter offers categories of motivational variables and suggestions for motivating operations.

Chapter 1 presented the learning engineering process, which starts with understanding the challenge. This includes recognizing that learners and teams are contextually situated and also that learning challenges often involve motivation. Learner motivation impacts engagement and may be heavily influenced by the context and culture of the learning environment. This is highly personal. Each learner is motivated ...