Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Informal learning, like the scenario above, takes place constantly in most organisations. It is estimated that probably as much of 80% of learning within an organisation is informal, with formal training constituting the other 20%. What is informal learning? How can informal learning be harnessed?

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 12, 2015

But what if there is a need to just impart information, with compliance issues for example? Design in repetition and reinforcement of key facts and always keep in mind that most people can hold between one and five pieces of information in their working memory at a time. How many pieces of information are in your module?

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 14, 2015

This chimes with George Loewenstein’s earlier research on the Psychology of Curiosity which also identified that curiosity arises from an information gap. The scientists involved in the University of California study found that people are better at learning information they are curious about.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 31, 2016

These might be in the form of videos, blogs, games quizzes or even simulations. We already know that we humans struggle to retain a lot of information – having concise help available at the point of need makes a lot of sense. The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In a pull platform, talent development emphasises on-the-job learning and informal structures rather than a formal training programme. They can also upload documents, links, blog posts and other things that they have found useful in helping them to achieve their goals. Goal-based learning fits ‘pull’ learning style like a glove.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

These questions measure only the effectiveness of the learner’s short-term memory; not whether they will retain the information or be able to put it into practice. We know from Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve that we forget the majority of what we learn in a matter of days if we do nothing with that information.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 19, 2011

Learning theories are like fashions – they come and go, whereas the way the brain processes and stores information is fixed, changing only with evolution. For the majority of elearning content we expect our learners to go through it once, pass the assessment (using their short-term memory) and remember the information forever.

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