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 […]
8 Critical Items for Online Learning
I recently attended a few classes online after having spent the last couple months teaching numerous online sessions. Wow! What an eye opener it was to be on the other side of the microphone. I had coffee with a fellow trainer friend afterwards and told her that I think I’ve become an online learning instructional design […]
Are You Teaching Swimming or Preventing Drowning?
Years ago, I heard a story about someone being a first-time swim coach and realizing there were two different approaches to take – teaching swimming or preventing drowning. As a result, I wrote: “Are we teaching swimming or preventing drowning?” on a sticky note that I’ve kept over my desk. I keep it there, because […]
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 […]
Why the ’10 Tips in 10 Minutes’ Mindset is Ruining Learning
Can you really learn 10 tips in 10 minutes? Most people would say that we can. That is because very few people understand how we take in information and, this next bit is the important part – how we retain and then turn that information into learning. Many believe that simply taking in information is […]