Part of a Series: Here’s Why I Love Content Types: And You Should, Too
Sometimes Napping Is the Best Learning Strategy Cognitive Strategies. With this content type, we help our learners to manage their own learning. For example, we teach study skills. We show students how to organize their thoughts, or good ways to memorize,… Continue Reading
Don Kirkpatrick passed away on May 9, 2014, at the age of 90. He’s best known for the Kirkpatrick Model, with its four levels of evaluation. Nearly everyone in training and development uses it (at least in part). If they don’t use it, they can usually talk about it. He was a major figure in… Continue Reading
So, let’s say you are designing a learning program, and you want to schedule some follow-up activities in advance (to make sure they’ll happen.) Why follow up? Short answer: so your learners will use their new skills. Also, to provide updates. Don’t Let Your Learners’ New Skills Go Dormant Here are a few ways to… Continue Reading
Very often, once a training program has been designed and delivered, everyone goes on to the next assignment. But the design for almost any learning program should include what to do afterward to make sure the learning sticks. Plan for the Final Stages Here are some reasons to make follow up part of your program:… Continue Reading
It’s too bad about that lack of transfer, because the learning opportunity or event you were offering really mattered. But wait… why aren’t the learners using what they learned? There are a host of possible reasons… Bridge to Using What We’ve Learned Why Your Training Doesn’t Transfer I learned it in class, but… Causes for Lack… Continue Reading
Part of a Series: Here’s Why I Love Content Types: And You Should, Too
Things Are Looking Up Problem Solving (or “Processes”). With this content type, the learner must select from multiple potentially-relevant principles and then apply them to make something better. Instructional design, performance technology, medical diagnoses, planning a complicated trip to Timbuktu, or creating… Continue Reading
Part of a Series: Here’s Why I Love Content Types: And You Should, Too If It’s Late Afternoon, Then the Light Will Be Lovely Principles. Rules that help us to predict, explain, or control things. Principles can be natural laws or rules that people define. Why Learning Principles Matters We love to explain, predict, and control… Continue Reading
Sometimes we wonder what it costs to put employees through mandatory training. There are organizations that have five or ten programs a year that every employee must take. The Power of Multiplication Here’s a great idea I heard last week: If an internal customer wants to add yet another compliance training program, then first they… Continue Reading
Over the years I’ve worked on many projects at a distance—in one organization or across many, in the same country, or across oceans. In some cases, we started and finished whole projects without ever meeting in person. Sometimes you have to go to the airport, but not so much as before. In organizations where people… Continue Reading
In addition to learning new skills, adults often expect to (or at least prefer to) enjoy the time they spend in training. Climb the fence, but watch the barbed wire. Having fun, laughing at jokes, playing games, solving puzzles, watching videos, enjoying beautiful slides, even taking breaks… all of these can act as vehicles to… Continue Reading
