Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 26, 2010

By Shelley A. Gable. Think back to the last time you were in training, whether it was online or in the classroom. What pieces stand out most? While hopefully there are memorable moments from throughout the course, you can probably also recall how the course started and ended. Our tendency to remember especially well how sequences of information or events start and end is explained by primacy and recency effects.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 14, 2010

By Shelley A. Gable. I recently came across a discussion on LinkedIn that debated whether classroom (instructor-led) training is more credible than eLearning. After comparing the effectiveness of the two methods in a variety of studies, many researchers have concluded that they can be equally effective and that the instructional strategies drive effectiveness, not the medium.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 18, 2010

by Jonathan Shoaf. As a developer you learn quickly that there are always multiple solutions to a problem. This can be frustrating at first but soon you learn the benefits and drawbacks of each individual solution. Lectora is a popular tool for creating e-Learning content for exactly this reason--it provides multiple ways to solve problems. In this blog post I'm going to talk about one example of this: hyperlinks.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 6, 2010

By Shelley A. Gable. You've analyzed the client's needs. The client's goals are clearly defined. You've assessed where the client is currently, relative to those goals. In other words, you've identified the performance gap that training is supposed to close. Oh, and of course, you've determined that training is in fact an appropriate way to close that gap.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 3, 2010

Someone recently gave me a copy of Dan and Chip Heath’s book 'Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.' I’ve been impressed with how much learning theory is woven throughout on why certain ideas stick in a person’s head while others don’t. The book is described as containing great lessons for marketers who want to devise the perfect jingle or ad pitch.

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