LearnDash

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

For organizations interested in promoting employee growth, a mix of formal with informal education methods may be the key to success. Informal learning refers to the spontaneous, ad-hoc learning most of us engage in every day when we feed our curiosity or explore answers to questions provoked by our environment.

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LearnDash

JUNE 6, 2016

The opportunity for higher quality gains is in informal learning. I have touched on informal learning before as we are seeing it grow in popularity in modern organizations. However, this begs the question: when you start to ‘formalize’ informal learning… doesn’t it become formal learning?

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LearnDash

AUGUST 27, 2014

Most of us are familiar with, and can clearly define, what constitutes a formal learning engagement. Be it in a classroom or corporate boardroom, a formal learning event is pretty easy to recognize. But what about informal learning? People love learning. This isn’t to say that all learning must be informal.

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LearnDash

JUNE 30, 2020

Some learners retain information longer when digesting it in small chunks. By retrieving the information and using the skills covered in a spaced practice module, learners can internalize the information over time. Mobile training turns smartphones and tablets into training tools.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

With so much information, it’s a bit hard to know where to start. I think this is one reason why so many people turn to WordPress for their formal and informal learning programs. It’s clear that Google has a specific target in mind with this page: developers (or at least very web-savvy).

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Conferences in the instructional design field (course creation, learning program development, e-learning technology, etc.) Go to these talks – it’s a great way to informally learn something about your industry that may be beneficial to you in the future. Meet Someone.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 14, 2023

How well do you think you’ll retain the training information? Learning Experience Design plays a large role in how your learners retain information and interact with your course. Given the example above, incorporating LXD principles might break courses up, provide a mobile experience , and have additional learning material.

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