Evidence-Based L&D Series: Article 3 of 8 Picture Maria, three weeks into her new role as a financial advisor. Her manager has just assigned her first real client—a 52-year-old teacher who needs retirement planning. Maria opens the spreadsheet. Stares at it. Closes it. Opens the training manual. Scans for the formula. Tries a calculation. GetsContinueContinue reading “The Right Kind of Difficulty: Why Worked Examples Beat Practice for Novices”
Tag Archives: Instructional Design
Embracing Productive Failure: Why Getting it Wrong First Might Be the Right Approach
A counterintuitive learning strategy that’s changing how we think about instruction Here’s a wild idea: What if we told learners to dive into complex problems before we taught them how to solve them? What if we let them struggle, make mistakes, and yes—even fail—before stepping in with our carefully crafted lessons? If that sounds backwards to you,ContinueContinue reading “Embracing Productive Failure: Why Getting it Wrong First Might Be the Right Approach”
Thinking Fast, Learning Faster: 10 L&D Insights From Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow offers critical insights for Learning & Development professionals. The book distinguishes between fast, intuitive thinking (System 1) and slow, analytical thinking (System 2). To enhance learning, L&D can use storytelling, reduce cognitive overload, and implement diverse examples and feedback loops, improving overall engagement and retention.
Friday Finds — Interactive Emails, Content Compass, AI in L&D
This week we take a look at the benefits of interactive emails, aligning content with business goals, and leveraging AI for strategic impact in training.
Plus useful new tools and the podcast of the week. Dive on in!
Presentation & E-learning Starter Kit
Over on the past several months, I’ve written about some of the things anyone can do to make better presentations and e-learning courses. Want to rock your next presentation? Don’t build slides until you’ve done these two critical steps Think your slides are great? Better ask your audience! How Handouts Make You a Better PresenterContinueContinue reading “Presentation & E-learning Starter Kit”
Friday Finds | October 20, 2017
Data Viz Project What do you do when you’ve got a big pile of data and need a way to display it? If you didn’t have an immediate response to that question, you’ll be glad to know about the Data Viz Project. The Data Viz project is a collection of over 150 data visualizations toContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | October 20, 2017”
Applying Cognitive Strategies to Instructional Design
In putting together a webinar on Learning Design, stop number one was Ruth Clark. While browsing her articles I came across this article which is way too good not to share. “Applying Cognitive Strategies to Instructional Design” [PDF] “Instructional technology is a design science that must guide the professional production of instruction. This article recommends aContinueContinue reading “Applying Cognitive Strategies to Instructional Design”
21 Questions to ask before Designing Any Training Program
Here’s something to file under the ‘Must Read’ category for instructional designers and anyone else tasked with creating training; a great list of questions to consider before you start working on any training program. NOTE: These questions originally created and shared by The Training Doctor were offline for awhile but now they’re back. You can findContinueContinue reading “21 Questions to ask before Designing Any Training Program”
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