By Guest Blogger: Rob Catalano, MA – Senior Learning Consultant at Bravo Wellness So how do you use effectance motivation to keep your learners’ skills up to date, without them getting bored? Well let me share my fish tail,...
Brandon Hall’s latest survey revealed that exploring new learning technologies is the number one priority for most Learning and Development teams. Check out the full survey for details about the survey including the types of technologies and what this...
eLearning Brothers always have great tips and this article is no exception. It provides straight forward, easy tips for making training videos, simulations, screencast, and the like user-friendly, relevant, and professional. However, as the article points out, you can...
How to reach Millennials is a topic that seems to be ever present in the training and business world. In 10 years, Millennials will make up 75% of the workforce, and companies are paying big money to learn how...
You are developing training for adults, but is your training aligned to their unique needs? Make sure you know the Knowle’s four principles of adult learning theory. Click the image below to view more.
Laughter enhances the classroom environment and it activates the part of the brain related to learning and understanding. Laughter helps with information retention and when you laugh the brain releases endorphins which boost creativity and problem solving. Enjoys these...
I’ve talked about Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week, in a previous blog post. He has brought another great learning guru to my attention: Josh Waitzkin, the chess prodigy depicted in Searching for Bobby Fischer. The Tim...
It does not matter if you are an instructional designer or a technical writer. Understanding how people learn is important if you want your audience to remember the information you provide. My company, Radcom, hosts a monthly book club,...
Learning Management Systems (LMS’s) seem like large, mysterious infostructures that are impossible for the lowly instructional designer to comprehend or set-up, or so people have come to believe. LMS’s are having difficulty shedding the enigmatic reputation even though they...