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December 12, 2017 by Michelle Spencer Leave a Comment

What We’re Reading: Patti Shank on Deeper Learning

What We’re Reading: Patti Shank on Deeper Learning

I’ve been following Patti Shank, Ph.D. for eons on Twitter and value her insights on learning and development. Her content is always evidence-based and thoroughly researched, but also easy to read and apply. I am really enjoying Patti’s two recently published books, so I wanted to share them with you. The latest is Practice and Feedback for Deeper Learning, which […]

Filed Under: Blog, Learning & Development, Learning Theory Tagged With: books, cognitive load, learning, long-term memory, practice, retention, retrieval practice, writing

April 8, 2016 by Michelle Spencer 1 Comment

The Learning Experience: Being a Beginner

The Learning Experience: Being a Beginner

I attended a two-day gamification class earlier this week. It was a class full of American corporate trainers with a very animated, fast-moving South African instructor. Aside from being a good class, the learning experience was also a good reminder to me of what it is like being a beginner learning from someone else. Many […]

Filed Under: Blog, Learning & Development, Learning Theory Tagged With: cognitive load, communication, fun, gamification, learning, long-term memory, training

March 28, 2016 by Michelle Spencer Leave a Comment

Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect

How many times have we heard the phrase “Practice makes perfect?” But, as busy adults, do we really put it into practice like we should? (Yes, pun intended.) Or, do we instead learn something and get frustrated when we don’t immediately pick it up? Or, do we simply forget what we’ve learned, because we don’t reinforce our […]

Filed Under: Blog, Learning & Development, Learning Theory Tagged With: practice, retrieval practice, spacing effect

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