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Adult learning theories for instructional designers: Andragogy

Matrix

In a series of articles, I will take a closer look at three modern adult learning theories that are not only relevant but highly applicable. This is important in the current context, as learning specialists deal with the challenge of building materials fast. The relevance of adult learning theories.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

It is a world where the capability to find information and turn it into knowledge at the point-of-need provides the key competitive advantage, where knowing the right people to ask the right questions of is more likely to lead to success than any amount of internally-held knowledge and skill. Properly d.

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If the spacing effect is so great, why is nobody using it?

Learning Pool

There are few things in learning theory that everyone in learning and development agrees on. Let me rephrase that: there is almost nothing in learning theory that everyone agrees on. Very few organizational learning programs make use of the spacing effect, currently. . We have a disputatious culture.

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What 21st Century Science Says About Memorable Learning Experience At Work

Thinkdom

Modern science, especially in learning & development, has come a long way in the last couple of decades. ,, Learning & behavioural sciences overlap more than we initially thought. Let’s first understand how human beings learn and then focus on some strategies that we can use to make professional learning stick.

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5 steps to using the spacing effect in your next training

Learning Pool

It is used by individuals to build lasting knowledge, boost performance and achieve mastery in all areas of human activity. These associations with learning theory and celebrity high-achievers (whom Gladwell dubbed ‘outliers’) might make spaced practice seem rather abstract and rarified; not for the rest of us.

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Enhancing learning retention with virtual reality technology

STRIVR

Learning retention statistics show that the average learner forgets 70% of what they learn within an hour and 90% within a week — unless efforts are made to help them retain it. The Learning Guild, an NYC-based community that supports research into organizational learning — calls this “the dirty secret of corporate training.”

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Using VR as a tool for behavior analysis

STRIVR

Learning retention statistics show that the average learner forgets 70% of what they learn within an hour and 90% within a week — unless efforts are made to help them retain it. The Learning Guild, a NYC-based community that supports research into organizational learning — calls this “the dirty secret of corporate training.”