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
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
Let’s say you belong to a group of people about whom there are common stereotypes. And let’s say that you are about to do something that is supposedly difficult for someone of your race or gender. Just before you start, someone reminds you that your group usually does less well at this kind of task.… Continue Reading
In some circles, the term instructional design elicits this kind of statement: “Oh, well, instructional design assumes that training is always the right answer. And of course we know that’s not true.” Not a Problem That Training Will Solve I ran into a version of this statement just the other day. So I started to… Continue Reading
March 13 and something cool happened. What? Michael Allen, Julie Dirksen, Clark Quinn, and Will Thalheimer launched their eLearning Manifesto, with its 22 principles for designing better elearning. Lighting Up the eLearning World Why? Sadly, much of today’s elearning offerings are, well, terrible. How? They talked about it via a Google hangout, which was broadcast… Continue Reading
Sometimes there’s a great book, article, or website that just begs to be read. Maybe your learners, your team, or your professional organization can benefit from reading it together. Reflecting Pool in Campbell Here are three ways to get more from what you and your team or organization are reading. Training Program. Let’s say you’re… Continue Reading
In conversations about important life skills, it’s not unusual to consider useful additions to a school’s curriculum. Mendocino Spring In a TED talk by a young student named Logan LaPlante, he shared an interesting list of topics that he is studying. They are called Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLCs), and they come from a psychologist named… Continue Reading
Just the other day I was reading about someone’s “digital sabbatical.” My thought about this was, “Good for her, but I’m not all that excited to take one myself.” Maybe someday, but not yet. At least, not so far. Mendocino Coast I’m spending a long weekend in northern California with professional colleagues. Before deciding to… Continue Reading
7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching By Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, and Marie K. Norman We (that’s the collective “we”) know a lot about two areas that can make teaching and learning so much better: How people learn (the science of learning) How to help people learn (the… Continue Reading
Sometimes in life there are moments when something you know becomes something that you know. It’s a sudden insight that feels like some kind of revelation. It might be the sort of thing you would have answered correctly on a test, but maybe you hadn’t noticed it all that much until now. Or you might… Continue Reading
