Adult learning theory is where the art and science of learning collide. These articles address adult learning theory from multiple angles.
Does training actually change behavior? It’s a question we should be able to answer honestly. (And the answer is: No, not 100%… and yes, but seriously, not 100%)
If you’re on the lookout for some new activities to engage your learners, today’s post offers you a step-by-step downloadable guide to five training activities.
Once we get into a comfortable routine, how easy is it to want to try something new? Erin Clarke shares a few ah-ha’s about what she discovered and how she became better when she decided to leave her comfort zone and try something new.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It’s what we’re told from a young age, and sometimes that stick-to-it-iveness can be an important skill for children and working professionals alike. But do we always need to figure everything out on our own?
Lessons learned in parenting from a poop emergency can have surprising transferability to the world of instructional design.
Sometimes the things we remember most are the little surprises in life. What can we trainers do to surprise and delight our learners so much that they remember something really well?
When we stop and reflect, there are instructional design lessons everywhere we look. Today, my colleague Erin Clarke shares some lessons she learned just by being a parent.
Mad Libs are a fun activity designed to allow you to choose any random word that aligns with the fill-in-the-blank component of the sentence (in this case a verb). While it’s true that you need to insert a verb to complete this sentence, it really can’t just be any old verb you pick from a chart of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Have you ever put together a really good training program and then wondered what made it so good? What was it about your training program that you wish you could bottle and pour out into your next training program, and the training program after that? Chances are that you knowingly or unknowingly incorporated principles of adult learning into that program.
This past fall I had an opportunity to coach my son’s 6th grade school soccer team. I’ve never played organized soccer, but I’ve watched plenty
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