In our realm: Do you make rash judgments about your learners based on their behavior the very first time you meet them? There is always more that what meets the eye and it is your duty to understand the complete picture before you describe a learner. If you jump to the wrong conclusions about your learners, you are going to offend the company. Stress interviews are not for learners: At home, you may teach your kid names of cars rather than fruits. In our realm: Do you make your learners feel comfortable when asking them questions about their work? Be human. MORE >>

The Perfect SME: This SME respects timelines, works with you as a team, takes the learner's motivations and needs seriously, and gives valuable feedback. He/she is an expert in the domain and has the knowledge that will make your training program effective for the learner. SME can ensure that your course is relevant to your learner. In most situations, the SME is in the best position to share the learner's real life situations and happenings. Ensure that the SME also always keeps the learner in mind. Tags: SME learner have attempted to classify the SME. MORE >>

Everything will have meaning to the learner. Even if there is useful information on the periphery learners are not encouraged to seek it out. If I pose any argument it’s that in our rush to inject learners with information we leave out experiences that will not only make the learning more colorful and retentive but we perpetuate the perception that there are two kinds of learning; formal for school and work and informal for pleasure and personal growth. There seems to be a revival of interest about informal learning. Kind of like an accidental scavenger, a web surfer. MORE >>

Geeta Bose presented this paper on Learner Centered Methodology - A New Approach to Effective Learning at the 3rd National Seminar on ‘eLearning and eLEarning Technologies&# , (ELELTECH India) November 5-6th, 2009. Tags: White Paper Contextual inquiry evaluation methodology LCM learner testing This seminar was organized by Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad and JNT University Hyderabad in association with Department of Information Technology, [.]. MORE >>

In Part 1 of “Motivating Adult Learners,” we said that adults like to learn practical information that they can put to use back on the job. Focusing on single concepts also seems to improve retention of knowledge, particularly among older learners. Learners in general, and adults in particular, need to integrate new information into an existing framework of knowledge. Information that is totally new – i.e., information that does not mesh with any of the learner’s previous knowledge or experience – is assimilated very slowly. How do adults learn? Not necessarily. MORE >>